The Legend of Ibp: Established 1960

by Rodengen, Jeffrey L.; Vanzile, Jon

• ISBN13: 9780945903529
• ISBN10: 0945903529
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-04-01
• Publisher: Write Stuff Syndicate

Summary

With sales of more than $13 billion, IBP is a world-leading producer of protein. In fact, one out of every three steaks and one of every five pork chops consumed in America today was produced by IBP. Yet remarkably, the company is less than 30 years old. Founders Andy Anderson and Currier J. Holman built IBP by applying seemingly simple concepts to one of America's most established industries. Instead of shipping live cattle across the country to stockyards in Chicago and on the East Coast, Currier Holman located processing plants in Iowa and Nebraska near the largest ranches. From there, they shipped vacuum-packed boxed beef, already trimmed and packaged, to supermarkets across the country. With this single idea, and an unwavering attention to quality and efficiency, IBP transformed the industry.

Table of Contents

Introduction	vi
Acknowledgments	viii
The Trail to a Major Industry	10	(14)
IBP Stakes a Claim	24	(22)
Building the Butcher Shop	46	(20)
Closed Doors	66	(12)
One Step Back, Three Steps Forward	78	(14)
Building the Best Mousetrap	92	(20)
Synergies --- Pork and Oil	112	(18)
Reaching for the Top	130	(14)
On Its Own and Cooking	144	(14)
Buying Power	158	(18)
Toward a New Horizon	176	(18)
Notes to Sources	194	(10)
Index	204