Direct Supply is an employee-owned company specializing in the provision of equipment, eCommerce, and service solutions for the Senior Living industry. Founded in 1985 and headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the company offers a wide range of products and services to the Skilled and Life a Living community across the United States. Today, Direct Supply employs over 1,300 people on campus, eleven-mile-long buildings in Milwaukee. In 2007, the company opened its first international office in China.
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Direct Supply begins as a direct supplier of household appliances and maintenance supplies, before finding a niche in Senior Life. After introducing its first health care catalog in 1988, the company defined its corporate mission: to improve the lives of American seniors through a commitment to Senior Life.
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Business Line
Direct Supply has many major business lines.
Direct & amp; Furnishings is the company's premier division, providing Senior Living facilities with health equipment, clinical equipment, rehabilitation equipment, food service equipment, maintenance equipment, and furniture. Direct Supply also has a variety of appropriate brands, including Panacea, Attendant, Maxwell Thomas, and Direct Choice.
DSSI Direct Supply is an eProcurement system that connects over 10,000 Senior Living facilities to their supply chain and displaces about $ 3 billion of products annually.
TELS Direct Supply is a technology-based system to provide Life Safety, asset management, maintenance, and repair services to build management professionals.
Aptura Direct Supply offers services including interior design, food service design and furniture, fixtures and equipment (FF & amp; E) procurement, focusing only on the Senior Living industry.
Technology Focus
Direct Supply is a "virtual" equipment distributor - it operates without directly owning a warehouse or factory. The company's founder, President and CEO, Bob Hillis, said that Direct Supply operated through "legions of smart people and computers."
Direct Supply partnered with the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) in 2012 to open a technology center on the MSOE campus. Occupying more than 9,000 square feet in the German-English Academy building on the MSOE campus, the center has the capacity to hold 60 computer engineers and Direct Supply technology apprentices.
In 2013, Direct Supply joins the MGrid consortium, a high-performance technical computing network that helps public and private partners with technically challenging research issues involving modeling, simulation and visualization. Companies use MGrid to perform analytical research on large amounts of data.
Community Outreach
Direct Supply engages with many local and national charities and nonprofit organizations. Local involvement includes sponsoring and volunteering employees within the senior living community, SeniorFest at Summerfest Milwaukee, Al's Run/Walk for Children's Hospital, the Milwaukee's Hunger Task Force, the Garfield Avenue Festival, and the YMCA Teen Summit. Nationally, Direct Supply works with organizations to influence changes in Senior Living policy in Washington, D.C.
Culture
100% Direct Supply is owned by employees and refers to its employees as "Partner." Almost all Direct Supply employees hold a direct supply stake in their 401 (k) account. The campus is dog friendly, and the show is family friendly.
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