Manufacturing

In Pursuit of a Better Performing Truss

When it comes to getting the right structural building components for a project, cost isn’t everything, but how do you convince the building designer? Communication is key.

Top 10 Employee Training Tools: Material Handling

A look at safe and proper handling and storage

Machine Guarding: Protect Your Most Important Assets

While one of the most critical concerns in a manufacturing facility, machine guarding isn’t as simple or easy as it sounds. 

Top 10 Employee Training Tools: Driver Training

Good truck drivers make good decisions.

Top 10 Employee Training Tools: Quality Control

Quality doesn't just happen automatically.

Implementing What You Learned at BCMC: The SCORE Advantage

  • SCORE’s focus on best practices and risk management helps protect the component business and saves CMs on precious training resources.  
  • In an effort to make the program and costs more understandable, SCORE certification requirements have been streamlined, while still focusing on industry best practices that matter most to CM customers.
  • The new package pricing gives CMs the opportunity to meet SCORE requirements, at a reduced cost, and begin to reap the benefits from key SBCA programs and products.

Implementing What You Learned at BCMC: Plan Where You Are Going

  • In order for a company to grow successfully, it needs to evaluate its current situation and costs accurately and be able to articulate what the company wants to grow into. 
  • To improve production areas, start with the “5S” approach: sort, straighten, scrub/sanitize, schedule and finally, score the result. 
  • The right people, the right customers, the right vendors, and most importantly, the right motives grow a successful business.

Top 10 Employee Training Tools: Safety Communication

Safety Communication: Sing the Right Lyrics

Top 10 Employee Training Tools: Housekeeping

Cleaning. It’s not sexy, and when a component manufacturer (CM) is cranking out trusses, it’s difficult to switch focus and make sweeping and picking up scraps a priority. However, a few simple housekeeping steps can help bolster a CM’s bottom line, and that is sexy. This article will look at some of the most common areas of the production facility where cleaning can have a big impact and explore easy steps to make it part of a CM company’s culture.

Do You Need a Swiss Army Knife?

You don’t want a Swiss Army knife when a good sharp blade is all you need, and vice versa.