Lean Building
Top 10 Lean Building Myths Busted
From the lack of meaningful savings to the overwhelming time commitment, Lean operations guru Scott Sedam refutes the most common misconceptions about implementing Lean process in home building
You don't have time NOT to do this
Probably the simultaneously most understandable yet least valid excuse for not launching a Lean implementation is that your staff is overloaded…
Rebid redux — Lean Tuesday with Scott Sedam
As a dedicated practitioner of Lean process and methods, one of the more aggravating things I sometimes hear is a builder bragging about how they…
Lean means cheap, ugly houses – NOT!
Todd Hallett and I are working with a fantastic smaller builder in California this week. They really “get it” and are very open to input from all…
Lean Building
Trades Speak Out on Lean Process
What does it take to build a Lean culture with your suppliers and trades, and how does it impact their business and yours?
Soft costs? That hurt so much, how could it be anything but hard? — Lean Tuesday with Scott Sedam
I am finishing up my September column for Professional Builder based on a list of the 10 biggest myths of Lean Building, and I just wrote…
Honest wrong beliefs: Sometimes it’s what we know that gets in the way — Lean Tuesday with Scott Sedam
As I write this week’s blog on a plane from Detroit to Vegas, I happened upon an article in the Delta in-flight magazine about healthy eating and…
Lean Building
How to Save $5,000 Per Unit
If you knew you were losing about $5K per unit due to just one item of waste in your houses, would you do something about it?
Construction Quality
Defining Value to the Customer
One person's better value can be another's substandard. So how do you define value to the customer?
Purchasing
9 Basic Tenets of Purchasing for Builders
Measuring the lowest total cost of operations and counting every dollar, no matter who it goes to initially, are among the key tenets of purchasing. But there are more
