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Lean Building Blog: What to read on Lean
Today, a sharp young guy named Ryan wrote to me after seeing a Keynote Presentation I did at the recent BuilderExchange meeting in Las Vegas. Two-…
Lean Design Blog: The Lean 2,400-square-foot chameleon plan
My Aunt Janice (rest her soul) gave amazing Christmas gifts when I was a kid. One of my favorites was “Hugo the man with a thousand faces.” It was…
Has risk management become a higher priority for you?
A Risk Management Benchmarking Survey in 2010 showed that 65% of businesses conduct no form of risk analysis prior to making major corporate…
Home Building's Most Mismanaged Asset - Customers
A builder would never build, merchandise, and maintain a model without staffing it, would they? Of course not - this would be abuse of an asset! …
Success through collaboration
When you look at your trade contractors, your suppliers, product distributors, what do you see?
Are they a line item, an expense, a necessary evil or…
Lean Building Blog: Who has the edge on innovation?
Last fall the president of one of America’s “Top 10” builders who I have known for years corralled me at a conference. Because I travel this industry…
Rework
Construction projects are complex in nature and prone to cost and schedule overruns. A significant factor that often contributes to such overruns is…
Lean Design Blog: One small item that can save you $100 per house
I catch myself from time to time spending money on things that I just don’t need to. Whether it’s the cool action video I think I will watch after…
Lean Building Blog: Should the National Housing Quality Award survive?
The NAHB in conjunction with Professional Builder Magazine launched the National Housing Quality Award (NHQA) in 1993 to encourage and recognize best…
Flat empowered organizational structures
Flat, team based and empowered organizations have the potential to out-perform tall hierarchical organizations in most every competitive industry and…