The Lean Builder The Lean Building Blog: Nothing left to take away? If asked, I would be hard-pressed to pick a favorite author, but if forced to choose just one I would go with Antoine St. Exupery. St. Ex,...
Customer Satisfaction Home Building and the Ultra Marathon The idea of running a 100 mile race ten years ago was as inconceivable and foreign to me as the possibility of a 6 year real estate crash. ...
Building Operations Why most Builders are stating they can't find the right talent In the Wall Street Journal on 10/24 an article was published indicating that 52% of US companies were reporting major difficulty in filling...
Lean Design Tips on how renderings can sell the home — not the house Traveling around the country I see a lot of renderings - most of them leave a whole lot to be desired. The worst are the black and white CAD...
The Lean Builder The Customer Code – are you meeting it? One of the greatest misconceptions about Lean process and methods is that they cheapen the product. Lean is first and always about value,...
Quality Management Opportunities: November is World Quality Month November is World Quality Month and November 10th is World Quality Day ! This can be a great opportunity to leverage local and regional...
Building Operations Live and work without execuses Not a day goes by that I don’t experience multiple builders telling me why improvement in their business won’t happen. The economy, the lack...
Lean Design 2 hot design trends that will delight your customers Our lives are busy and getting busier. Some of the most popular new design trends focus on making life a bit easier. Simplifying access and...
The Lean Builder Poster child for bad design The accompanying picture was used recently with what was an otherwise good article on how to create profitable design. That article is much...
Quality Management Increasing Sales & Revenue: NHQA Winners 2011-2012 Achieving Performance Excellence In this economy these builders are growing sales, expanding into new markets and achieving 100% customer satisfaction! They are building...
