About
All owners of independent lumber and building material retail companies face similar challenges as they service their customers and grow their businesses. Sourcing products and maximizing margins is difficult enough, but competing with big boxes, pro-chain consolidators and one-step distribution make the job even more challenging.
LBM Advantage was formed with one mission in mind: "To create a competitive advantage for our members by leveraging their collective power".
LBM Advantage Sales Force One Brands
Delaney Hardware
Delaney Hardware is a manufacturer of residential and commercial door locks, builders' hardware, bath accessories, and door hinges. We market our products and services to companies that supply builders of commercial, residential, assisted living, and multi-family construction projects.
Maze Nails
Maze Nails, the largest division of W.H. Maze Company, is located in Peru, IL - just a mile from the Maze lumber yard. The nail mill, besides manufacturing a wide line of hand-driven nails, is now actively supplying nails to the pneumatic market.
EMTEK
Emtek is dedicated to helping bring your personal style to life. Door hardware is more than a way to open, close, and secure a space. To us, it is an integral part of a room’s design theme.
WM Coffman Stair Parts
With a heritage dating to 1874, WM Coffman’s Premium Stair Parts Collection contains iron and wood components recognized by consumers nationwide for their quality, style, and breadth of design options.
Purchasing Power
LBM Advantage brings the purchasing power of 443 members operating 821 locations in 33 states to the marketplace. Our long-standing relationships with 250+ vendors support dealers with pricing, terms, rebates, delivery and quality. In times of market movement and product constraints, Advantage leverages these relationships to ensure our dealers have a competitive advantage in their market.
Expertise & Service
As an extension of our dealers' capability, LBM Advantage hires and trains professionals to watch the market, make purchasing recommendations and provide consulting expertise to our dealer owners and their buyers. LBM Advantage service levels are second to none in the industry. Our traders and staff are proactive, responsive and seek accuracy and transparency in all transactions. LBM Advantage is making investments in training and systems to remain the cooperative who services its members best.
Independence & Flexibility
We recognize that each dealer competes differently in their market. Products, quality and inventory requirements vary from dealer to dealer, even within the same region. This may include the need for affiliation with a prominent hardware cooperative to complement the hardware services of the LBM Advantage vendor community.