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Hangin’ with HCG: big, rich and smart!

Recently I was asked to present to a group of purchasing managers for a Top 20 builder, led by a Corporate VP who truly gets it when it...

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Henry Ford was a genius and if not father of the automobile per se, he was arguably father of the automotive industry. As usually...

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A supplier never forgets

In the past month I have had the opportunity to present to and spend time with two different groups of 25 successful, independent lumber ...

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Honest wrong beliefs or just pig-headedness?

Both my grandfathers were self-made men who did well during the Great Depression and retired quite comfortably, if not wealthy by today’s...

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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...

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Rebid redux — Lean Tuesday with Scott Sedam

As a dedicated practitioner of Lean process and methods, one of the more aggravating things I sometimes hear is a builder bragging about how...

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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...

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I am finishing up my September column for Professional Builder based on a list of the 10 biggest myths of Lean Building, and I just wrote...

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As I write this week’s blog on a plane from Detroit to Vegas, I happened upon an article in the Delta in-flight magazine about healthy...

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How to Save $5,000 Per Unit

If you knew you were losing about $5K per unit due to just one item of waste in your houses, would you do something about it?

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