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
The Lean Builder 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...
The Sweet Spot Tablet Revolution It seems hard to believe now, but when the iPad was introduced last year, there was a lot of question about whether or not Apple had finally...
Building Operations Save $5 a square foot with the right integrated software system From the year 1999 to 2001 I led the enterprise wide SAP conversion for a top ten builder. Up until that time, very little was ever seen of...
Quality Management BIM are we using it to its max and not forgetting quality? BIM is technology which can be of enormous help. It can of course be a great tool to help us integrate for example design and estimating. It...
Quality Management An impact of quality video, a builders view So often I hear builders say that quality may work in manufacturing plants, but not out here building homes. Well of course it does work,...
Building Operations Using Performance Feedback to increase Productivity In speaking to many builders and re-modelers weekly, it has been interesting to take note that the classic performance appraisal has fallen...
Building Operations How to get your Real Estate Firm to Perform For several years I led 600 real estate agents across multiple markets. About 20% of my business involved the Homebuilder. Here’s what I...
The Lean Builder 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...
Quality Management Performance excellence self-assessment table From Cargill to Caterpillar, from Motorola and Boeing to Ritz Carlton they all use the Baldrige Criteria to successfully drive performance...
