Sub Culture
Subcontractors are increasingly winning bids based on their takeoff and estimating skills -- a proficiency that dealers can certainly help refine or consult, if not entirely assume, as part of supporting trade contractor customers. Read more
Home Decisions A La Carte / Standale Lumber
Home Ensemble's HomeSpec material selection system allows consumers to make virtually all choices related to the home and materials in real time. Read more
Technology Growth Spurt / Williams Bros. Lumber
When the company couldn't find the right commercial document imaging and archiving system, Williams Bros. built its own. Read more
Blazing Technology Trails
In the LBM industry specifically, forward thinkers are shooting for new tech horizons by focusing on customer-centric information technology strategies that expand their value-added services and improve their profitability. Read more
Supporting Roles
With strong construction activity across many sectors, including national production building, custom homes, and remodeling, dealers and distributors that are focused on customer service, precision, and fulfillment are looking upstream to their building product manufacturers and vendors for assistance and partnership strategies to set them apart. Read more
Dealers who walk on the wild side of special ordering say they are always weighing the risks against the rewards. Read more
Supply chain management for special orders, dealers say, must include better training of their personnel and closer communications with contractors to reduce errors in ordering or measurement that cost dealers and customers time and money. Read more