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Company History |
The year was 1920. Woman voted in a national election for the first time. The Prohibition Amendment took effect. Of the three million miles of rural roads, ninety percent were horse travel. Two-thirds of the world's oil orginated in the United States.
H.J. Scott and Sidney E. Rice, who were married to sisters, borrowed $700 from their mother-in-law, Dorothy Pitcher, to start The Tulsa Rubber Stamp Company, which later become Scott Rice.
Years later Scott Rice is one of the largest office furniture dealers in the nation. Continually evolving to meet the needs of its customers, Scott Rice has journeyed from a rubber stamp company, printing concern, and office supply firm to a company of people with the purpose of changing office space into workspace solutions.
George Basore became majority owner and president in 1998, bringing with him nearly two decades of experience with Steelcase. Under Basore's leadership, the company has reinvented itself. He felt it imperative to make investments in the people and change the culture, processes, and tools of the business.
"Winning at business has the greatest reward: constant improvement of people's lives and livelihoods," according to Basore. "The people of Scott Rice will achieve this reward by working together as a team while building a dynamic company. After all, we're all in this business together and we're all accountable to each other for making sure it succeeds."
In early 1999, Scott Rice relocated its Tulsa operation to a new 42,000-square-foot buidling near the Broken Arrow Expressway. In addition to their Tulsa facility, Scott Rice has expanded its operations and services in Oklahoma City, and in 2010 added a location in the Joplin, Missouri market.
Scott Rice's new infrastructure includes a new "state-of-the-art" automation system with electronic linkages to customers, approximately 75,000 square feet of multi-racked asset storage facilities with proprietary bar code system, and an upgraded vehicle fleet with expanded moving and relocation equipment. These provide the foundation for Scott Rice's core interior workspace products and interior facility services such as furniture, design, installation, furniture maintenance, relocation services, asset storage, and furniture rental.
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