In what city is the complex uses a corporate organization in which its supply chain is totally owned by the company located?
Vertical integration In microeconomics and management, vertical integration is an arrangement in which the supply chain of a company is owned by that company. Usually each member of the supply chain produces a different product or (market-specific) service, and the products combine to satisfy a common need. It is contrasted with horizontal integration, wherein a company produces several items which are related to one another. Vertical integration has also described management styles that bring large portions of the supply chain not only under a common ownership, but also into one corporation (as in the 1920s when the Ford River Rouge Complex began making much of its own steel rather than buying it from suppliers).
Direct Supply Direct Supply is an employee-owned company that specializes in providing equipment, eCommerce, and service solutions to the Senior Living industry. Founded in 1985 and headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the company offers a variety of products and services to Skilled Nursing and Assisted Living communities throughout the United States. Today, Direct Supply employs more than 1,300 people on its mile-long, eleven-building campus in Milwaukee. In 2007, the company opened its first international office in China.