LIFE STYLE FURNISHINGS INTERNATIONAL, Inc.

"Our 3D modeling software, Alias Wavefront, is the same software that was used in Toy Story."
–Tyler Best, Vice President, Information Technology/CIPO

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Oracle, i2, Pro Engineering

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Fast Facts
Revenues: $2.00B (1999)
Employees: 30,000 (1999)
Founded: 1901
Furniture manufacturer
Private
Awards
Forbes 500 (#68)
Headquarters
4000 Lifestyle Court
High Point, North Carolina 27265
(336) 878-7000

The Venetian hotel in Las Vegas and your living room may share furniture. Life Style Furnishings makes furniture for all rooms, all styles, and all budgets. From country to casual, from European to Oriental, from eighteenth century to contemporary, from home office to outdoor, Life Style offers something for consumers, the hospitality industry, model homes, and government. They offer price categories from modest to premium. They distribute through their own showrooms as well as department stores and chains. Couches, chairs, sleep sofas, recliners, tables, tables that fit with recliners, lamps, mirrors, entertainment centers. Themed suites of furniture are available from Ralph Lauren, Bob Timberlake, and Nautica. Life Style Furnishings, based in the heart of furniture country in High Point, North Carolina, prides itself on offering the broadest range of products in the industry.

And, it is driven by technology. Thin margins and fierce competition demand efficient processes. Management understands this and has responded by making technology infrastructure a priority. An enterprise-wide Oracle-based system to drive procurement, order entry, inventory management, manufacturing planning, and communications with suppliers for product manufacture and delivery and a sophisticated suite of computer-aided design tools to streamline product development combine to provide the infrastructure needed to sustain the company's push into new markets.



CONTACT
Email: lfirecruiting@lifestylefurnishings.com
Email: tbest@lsfi.com (Tyler Best)
Fax: (336) 878-7040
Mail: Human Resources
LifeStyle Furnishings
4000 LifeStyle Court
High Point, NC 27265
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