Vantaggi
Good line card Diverse customer base so not too many eggs in one basket Very hard working internal account managers (particularly the 10+ year crowd) Laurentide is a much better company, and Emerson is aware of this, so Lakeside will likely go the way of the BC and Sask LBPs , meaning the useless management cadre will eventually get there due.
Svantaggi
Outside sales force is on the whole weak, having no significant incentives to improve performance. Way to many equipment specialists that mosty consume oxygen and provide little value to clients or the internal order handling staff. Young, low self-confidence management team that is unable to take critisism and do anything other than play politics with each other to attempt to rearrange the deck chairs on the titanic.