Business Management
Improving Process With Clarity, Priority, and Focus
What to do when everything on the list is Job No. 1
Why do builders avoid facing the facts on process failure?
“Sometimes life – and work – would be easier if you could forget some things you’ve learned.”
So begins my August article in…
Business Management
Process Failure: Product Waste in Home Building
The desire to deny it is strong, but it's time to admit: Most product waste in home building has its roots in bad process. Let's look at what to do about it
Business Management
12 Processes for Sustainable Profit
How to establish sound business systems that ensure a healthy bottom line
Business Management
12 Processes That Must Be Addressed by Every Builder
Establishing sound business systems that ensure a healthy bottom line
Merge With Caution
Last week’s big announcement of the merger of StanPac and Ryland Group, creating a new member of the Top 5 Homebuilders, spawned a flurry of…
It’s All About the Process
Significant savings opportunities can be found in being more efficient with trade labor, materials, and employees, but that isn’t how you find the real cost savings. The route to the margin you seek is through process
Trade Shortage Heats Up. Looking for Love (and Relief) in All the Wrong Places
The shortage of qualified trade contractors is a problem that vexes the entire industry and finally people are waking up to it, largely for the…
Fear of First-Timers?
This week I read that Ivy Zelman, generally acknowledged as the top homebuilding financial analyst, was laying it on pretty heavy to builders at a…
