Boogie Dual

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010 at 8:29 pm

Boogie Dual

Oneida Ltd. is one of the world’s producers and marketers of flatware, with a variety of tabletop products they market all over the world. Some of their products include sterling flatware, china dinnerware, and crystal and glassware. Oneida was founded in upstate New York in 1848 by John Humphrey Noyes. The interesting thing about this company is that they actually began as a community founded on Noyes’s theology of Perfectionism, which was a brand of Christianity that held to the values of self-perfection and communalism.

The community shared property and supported the “complex marriage” model, where monogamy was not regarded as the norm. All children were raised by the members of the community from the age of two right up to the age of 12. It was this system of child rearing that permitted the adult members of the community to commit themselves to the making of animal traps, chains, silk items, and silver knives, forks, and spoons.

It was through the production of these goods that the Oneida Community gained a reputation for being creators of quality merchandise, as well as a community of believers. It was the business of manufacturing and selling these items that allowed the community to persist longer than most of the similar communities of the 19^th century. However, in the 1870’s the community split due to conflicts over doctrinal issues, and became two separate entities. It was at this time that the Oneida Community was transformed into a joint-stock company to be owned and operated by some of the members of the community.

For fifteen years after the reorganization, the financial status of the Oneida Company deteriorated and a depression in the 1890’s dealt the company more financial challenges. Finally, in 1984, Pierrepont Burt Noyes, who was the son of John Humphrey, came back to the company after working as an Oneida wholesaler outside of the community. It was this experience outside of the community that gave him the insight needed to rebuild the floundering company. After a struggle with some of the community idealists, the company finally came together under Pierrepont Burt’s leadership.

By the age of 30, he had risen to having full control of the Oneida Company and in 1904 he established Oneida’s emphasis on brand recognition and marketing, and increased the company’s budget for promoting their products to the world. Since then, the company has continued to progress and grow while building their brand and perfecting their manufacturing technologies.

Today Oneida is one of the primary creators and marketers of stainless steel flatware, which is a signature component of the Oneida brand. Their workforce has preserved its devotion to excellence in spite of many difficulties, and remains devoted to their mission of being a modern-day complete tabletop supplier. Every single position in the company is recognized as a key component of the company’s success. Their emphasis on brand recognition and product quality, and their devotion to a strong work ethic, form the foundation of the Oneida Company as they progress into the new era.

Danielle Brooks is a freelance writer who loves to entertain. She enjoys entertaining with Oneida Michelangelo flatware. This pattern of Oneida flatware is made of high-quality stainless steel.

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