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Ken Kucera, vice president of installed sales and manufacturing for 84 Lumber, explains what has driven the company’s recent growth and how component package sales fit into their overall business strategy. 84 Lumber was founded in 1956 and operates more than 250 stores in 30 states, which are serviced by their component manufacturing plants, custom door shops, custom millwork shops, and engineered wood products (EWP) centers.
Trussway is a good example of a company that made the decision to focus on upgrading its online presence through its website and different social media platforms. Their journey makes for a powerful case study. Join CEO Jeff Smith and Marketing Communications consultant Mike Loughery to hear more about this worthwhile process.
Kent Pagel, SBCA’s national legal counsel, discusses the benefits of component manufacturers (CMs) being suppliers as opposed to subcontractors, while outlining how much of a CM’s activities are largely subcontracting from a risk perspective.
This week, Ken Timmins and Justin Binning with American International Forest Products look at the past week’s lumber market activity, discuss production volume and purchasing, highlight the housing market and metrics to assess, and share strategies that CMs may consider when purchasing lumber.
Justin has been with AIFP since 2010 with a focus on Southern Yellow Pine and Ken has been with AIFP since 2017, specializing in Fir species. Both specialize in high grade lumber for the component manufacturing industry.
This week, Ken Timmins and Justin Binning with American International Forest Products look at the past week’s lumber market activity, discuss what they're hearing from component manufacturers, highlight what is going on with other lumber products, and speak to the current relationship between Canada and the United States.
Justin has been with AIFP since 2010 with a focus on Southern Yellow Pine and Ken has been with AIFP since 2017, specializing in Fir species. Both specialize in high grade lumber for the component manufacturing industry.
Local school or community events that connect employers with job-seekers provide a focused opportunity to talk with many potential employees in a short period of time and can be a valuable way to promote why your company is a great place to work.
With certain best practices in mind, many component manufacturers have reported having great success finding quality employees through staffing agencies.
Austin Huskey, CEO of Huskey Truss and Building Supply in Franklin, Tennessee, shares what it was like growing up in a family-owned building material and component manufacturing operation. He explores what it’s like to be part of a national buying cooperative and how Huskey Truss is diversifying to stay ahead of the competition. He also discusses how their company is weathering the COVID-19 pandemic.
Employee referral programs can be a great asset and cut recruiting costs when used effectively.
The legal office of Pagel, Davis & Hill defines reasonable suspicion testing, and what procedural steps should be taken when detecting signs of impairment.
While your company has a thorough and consistent hiring process, does turnover and low productivity suggest something is missing? Studies show that most hiring processes not only miss top performers, but actually eliminate them.
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JL Schwieters was started in 1980 by my dad, John Schwieters, and his brother, Leo, as a framing labor business.
If you knew something were to significantly affect/govern your business and your opportunity for success, would you want to have some say in the matter? My answer to this question is “absolutely.”
SBCA’s Truss Technician Training (TTT), along with many other industry-specific training programs, are moving to a new and improved online learning management system (LMS).
Join Heather Young, production manager at Shelly's Building Supply, a US LBM company, for a fresh perspective on the role company culture plays in building a more efficient, successful, diversified component production team.
At the core of your company are the relationships you form with your customers. Hear how one CM is collaborating with customers through open communication and transparent sales and customer service strategies. The goal of this webinar is to discuss new, unique, and innovative ways to engage with your customers and provide the best sales experience from the first meeting to project completion.
Indemnities and insurance provisions can provide your customer with recourse against your company that is otherwise not normally recoverable. In this webinar, Kent Pagel discusses what your customers intend with the indemnity and insurance provisions they include in their form customer contracts. He also covers the key themes to consider when negotiating an indemnity provision.
Don Groom, partner and CEO of Trussworks in Caldwell, Texas, shares how he successfully navigated the many early challenges he faced when starting his own component manufacturing operation. He explains how his friendships throughout the industry played a huge role in helping him ensure Trussworks started on a solid foundation, and he gives advice on the fundamentals to focus on to make it through tough times.
Very few projects are completed without at least a handful of minor issues. Every once in a while, however, “the project from hell” comes along that requires time and money to correct, either during construction or even years after completion.
This webinar focuses on some of the issues Jim has encountered during his 30+ years as an engineer in the structural building components industry, including design and detailing problems, bad installation and construction issues, and material limitations.
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