{"id":276,"date":"2013-03-15T07:52:49","date_gmt":"2013-03-15T02:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/indonesia-furniture.com\/news\/?p=276"},"modified":"2013-03-15T07:52:49","modified_gmt":"2013-03-15T02:22:49","slug":"stanley-furniture-names-rick-lovorn-senior-vp-of-manufacturing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indonesia-furniture.com\/articles\/stanley-furniture-names-rick-lovorn-senior-vp-of-manufacturing\/","title":{"rendered":"Stanley Furniture Names Rick Lovorn Senior VP of Manufacturing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By: Furniture World Magazine\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Stanley Furniture Company has appointed Rick Lovorn to lead the company\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s manufacturing operations as senior vice president of manufacturing. He will report to Jeff Scheffer, chairman, chief executive officer and president.<br \/>\n<!--adsense--><br \/>\nExperienced in implementing lean manufacturing practices, Lovorn was previously director of manufacturing for Masco Builder Cabinet Group. Prior to that, he managed two plants of a subsidiary, Merillat Industries, which won the prestigious Shingo Prize for Manufacturing Excellence \u00e2\u20ac\u201d an industry first \u00e2\u20ac\u201d under his leadership.<br \/>\n <!--more--><br \/>\nIn his new position, Lovorn will be responsible for all four Stanley Furniture manufacturing sites as well as engineering.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Rick brings a wealth of experience and expertise to Stanley Furniture Company,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Scheffer says. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153As we move forward, he will focus on manufacturing processes to drive continuous improvement in our factories. We are confident that his leadership will result in better quality, lower costs and improved customer service.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>One of the largest furniture manufacturers in the United States, Stanley Furniture Co., Inc. is widely recognized as a style and design leader. The company has received 11 coveted Pinnacle Awards for fine quality residential wood furniture, ranging from traditional to contemporary. Stanley Collections are presented as dining room, bedroom, home entertainment and accent tables, and home office. Young America\u00c2\u00ae is the industry leader in youth furniture.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 1924, Stanley Furniture\u00c2\u00ae has a strong tradition of superior product supported by excellent quality and service. The shipment of orders to retail stores is among the fastest in the industry. Production facilities are located in Stanleytown and Martinsville, Va., as well as Robbinsville and Lexington, N.C. Stanley Furniture&#8217;s upper-medium priced furniture is sold to furniture specialty stores, department stores and furniture store chains. Stanley Furniture\u00c2\u00ae common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol STLY. For additional information, visit stanleyfurniture.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Furniture World Magazine\u00c2\u00a0 Stanley Furniture Company has appointed Rick Lovorn to lead the company\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s manufacturing operations as senior vice president of manufacturing. He will report to Jeff Scheffer, chairman, chief executive officer and president. Experienced in implementing lean manufacturing practices, Lovorn was previously director of manufacturing for Masco Builder Cabinet Group. Prior to that, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-furniture-world-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indonesia-furniture.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indonesia-furniture.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indonesia-furniture.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indonesia-furniture.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indonesia-furniture.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indonesia-furniture.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indonesia-furniture.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indonesia-furniture.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indonesia-furniture.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}