USBuild: Creating an Internet-Driven Supply Chain
While business-to-consumer e-commerce initiatives targeted toward home builders are still popping up so fast it’s hard to sort them out, the pace is distinctly slower on the business-to-business side.
Quality Imporvement Business Processes
When your job seems more like problem solving and fire fighting than leading and managing, it is time to use quality methods to improve the organization’s business processes.
FCC Makes 'category' Wiring Mandatory
The word has been out for years. Higher bandwidth telephone wire is a must for new homes.
Design Focused: Top Trends
Maybe it’s getting a little late in the year to be listing trends for 2001—and perhaps naming trends of the New Millennium is already a little blasé. Nonetheless, builders and architects are talking about what’s new —as well as what’s holding its groun...
A New Turn for Virtual Tours
Customers for Life
Pulte Homes seeks brand allegiance from a most familiar group - its own satisfied buyers.
Helping Homeownership
With the economy clearly on a downswing, the Bush Administration is proposing a comprehensive tax stimulus package to combat slowing economic growth and prevent a recession.
Workspaces: On My Laptop
With his job requiring him to always being on the move, Bernie Glieberman's laptop has become more of a necessity than a convenience.
Becoming Adult
The process of stepping into adulthood is the same for organizations as it for individuals. Beginning building firms require the most support and guidance. They lean hard on their suppliers for quality information and guidance that will enable their yo...