A Course to the Top

This speed of integration was made possible by an operational restructuring in 1998 following School Specialty’s purchase of Beckley-Cardy Group. Since then, it’s made a concerted effort to operate on a more national, centralized basis.

One goal was to reduce the number of call centers and DCs, and that’s been achieved over time. The company has gone from a high of 17 DCs to a more manageable group of eight. And two call centers now do the work that nine used to handle for the company’s core business.