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Quality Management

A3 IMPROVEMENT TOOL

Looking for a way to focus and coordinate improvement initiatives? A3, which is named after the size of paper it is meant to be printed on....

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Whether you are planning to or currently use Energy Star, NAHB National Green Building Standards, DOE’s Builder Challenge or another program...

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BENCHMARKING HIGH PERFORMERS

Reinventing the wheel can take a lot of time. So why not consider benchmarking best practices. The 2011 National Housing Quality Award...

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THE IMPACT OF QUALITY FOR BUILDERS

What REAL bottom-line impact can Quality have on my business! When we look at the cost of not having quality, quality quickly becomes an...

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THE TRUE VALUE OF THE NHQA FEEDBACK REPORT

When builders apply for Professional Builder’s National Housing Quality Award they receive much more than the chance to win an award — they...

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THE VALUE OF CHECKLISTS

Whether you like checklists or not, there’s no denying the impact they can have on ensuring things get done right the first time, every time...

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THE ‘HOUSE OF QUALITY’ MODEL FOR THE NHQA

The NHQA consists of a set of eight criteria but how does it actually function? The criteria does not consist of isolated standalone...

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CUSTOMER SATISFACTION While it has been long established that organizations with a quality foundation have better leverage to achieve high...

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LEAN & SIX SIGMA IN CONSTRUCTION

The key benefits of lean and six sigma include providing structured methods of improvement to reduce waste, shorten production time,...

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CHANGE MANAGEMENT & IMPROVEMENT TOOLS

Creating change is not easy, neither is coming up with fresh ideas and perspectives to prompt those changes in the first place! Below I...

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