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One CM’s decision to reach out to a local community college is a win-win for all involved.
As we wrap up last year and plan for 2017, it’s important to assess what SBCA has done in order to set goals for the future. I recently joined the SBCA officers for a few days of doing just that, meeting the SBCA staff in Madison, Wisconsin. We shared ideas and discussed the challenges we’re facing—it was most enlightening. I want to highlight a few of the issues we discussed with the hope of getting everybody’s perspective as to how we move forward.
- We need to focus on our younger employees now and groom them to become the next generation of leaders in our companies and in our industry.
- Just like raising kids, building leaders is accomplished through a million small conversations, learning moments, completed tasks and informal evaluations with feedback.
- There has to be a commitment on your part to ensure the employees you mentor learn everything they can about their jobs and the business.
Integra learns the benefit of giving a plant tour to young people.
It’s one thing to have a salesperson from an MSR producer tell you the advantages of using MSR lumber in your production process. It’s an entirely different thing—and much more persuasive—to have four veteran component manufacturers (CMs) give you the reasons they’re convinced it’s better than visually graded lumber.
Meet SBCA board member Gene Frogale, President of Annandale Millwork and Allied Systems in Chantilly, Virginia.
Builders FirstSource • Albemarle, North Carolina
As an active member of SBCA, the greatest value I receive is through the relationships I’ve formed at Open Quarterly Meetings (OQMs) over the last few years. Sure, SBCA does a lot of great things with the magazine and the services and products they offer, but the ability to pick up the phone and call a fellow component manufacturer (CM) from somewhere outside of my shipping area is the most powerful tool SBCA has put in my toolbox.
Although the majority of component manufacturers (CMs) have a website according to our website poll, the question remains: Is your website up-to-date and attractive enough to be effective? We all know there are countless reasons to have a website but just having a website, especially an outdated one, is no longer enough in this day and age to be effective and could in fact detract from your business. To this point, a website redesign could help tap into new business opportunities and be a huge return on investment for your company.
“More often than not, if it’s a flat roof, it has a green roof on it.”
A-1 takes a start-from-scratch approach to training new recruits.
A single event can spark a continuous effort to make production more efficient.
What is it, where did it come from, and how is it used?
Wood waste conveyor system saves an hour of labor per day
William “Al” James passed away at the age of 87 on February 26, 2015.
Meet SBCA's incoming secretary: Greg Griggs, Senior Vice President, Manufacturing – East for Builders FirstSource.
SBCA’s Jobsite Package is likely the most economical risk management tool a component manufacturer (CM) can deploy.
The dramatic growth in participation has made our discussions livelier and more valuable and has allowed more component manufacturers (CMs) across the country to share their unique experiences and points of view.
Take raw ore, throw it into the fires of hell & out comes steel.
Meet Joseph Maez at Katerra in Phoenix, Arizona.
Save your company time and money by pretesting potential new hires
In 2015, SBC Magazine will embark on an ambitious project. In each of its nine issues, we will begin to record the history of the components industry through the eyes of several of its early pioneers.