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Many of the same signs that are pointing us out of the homebuilding trough are directing us toward a time of commodity shortages and price spikes.
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Like many Americans, columnist Don Magruder worries about this nation's dependence on imported products from China. Unlike many Americans, he and his lumberyard are doing something about it by creating a Buy American campaign.
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Mead Lumber Co., the 25th-biggest LBM operation on the ProSales 100, continued its growth this year by purchasing Dakota Craft Inc.'s Cheyenne, Wyo.-based Truss Craft division.
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A Red-Yellow-Green report is designed to bring attention to items that you will run out of in seven or 14 days.
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If you want to free up cash, reduce your inventory.
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The national forest and panel products purchasing manager for Allied Building Products Corp. took issue today with a ProSales article in which a veteran timber economist said lumber prices are near their peak and likely will begin dropping "fairly sharply" in May or June.
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Lots of buyers at lumberyards are getting nervous about the recent trend toward higher lumber prices despite continuing low demand, columnist (and LBM purchasing manager) Wally Roderick notes. What to do? His advice: Keep calm and carry on.
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While terms of the deal were not disclosed, Home Builders said it is making "a substantial investment in the Wilson community" and remodeling the former Stock location. This is the latest chapter in series of acquisitions of former Stock locations since the LBM titan emerged from Chapter 11 earlier...
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84 Lumber has closed five more yards and two component plants as well as cut 28 headquarters positions in recent weeks.
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Five Star Group of East Hanover, N.J., distributes paint and accessories in a 13-state area to a customer list that includes such pro dealers as Builders General, Somerville Lumber, and Riverhead Building Supply. It's a mutually beneficial relationship. Some of these dealers generate "several...
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The housing slump has put extra strain on the always-tough relationship between builders looking to trim construction costs and suppliers grappling with smaller orders and shrinking margins. But the downturn is also forcing these trade partners to call a truce–however temporary and sometimes...
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McCray Lumber Co. is expanding from its Kansas City area base by purchasing Whelan's Lumber, a century-old dealership with a contractor yard and door plant in Topeka, Kan., and another contractor yard in Lawrence, Kan.
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The old adage that tells you to "get to the decision maker" is sage advice, but it fails to address the real challenge of business-to-business selling today. In the real world, decisions frequently are not made by one person but rather by a committee of influencers. To strengthen your relationships...
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America's biggest home builders want you to share their pain. In fact, they're demanding it.
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What percentage of your deliveries are made OTIF–on-time and in-full?
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While scale affords the LBM industry
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Even when a war isn't involved, the government spends billions outsourcing materials and logistics needs to private corporations, and there's no reason why dealers cannot be in on some of that action.
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As individuals and as an organization, we much prefer to do things rather than talk about them. It's great that we're active and enjoy rolling up our sleeves, but meetings and planning are part of business, too.
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Like the dealers they supply, two-steppers are reacting to myriad changes in the supply chain status quo, primarily the effect of consolidation among large-volume home builders and the ramifications of that dynamic regarding direct and national accounts with manufacturers, price-driven purchasing...
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For 13 years, Mike Brown managed Stock Building Supply locations throughout North Carolina and South Carolina, catering to the custom home builders