Excellence Awards Best Use of Technology: Winner
How Looking for Trouble Helped TW Perry Improve Its Operations
Dealer's Quality Assurance Systems helps it stamp out persistent troublemakers. Read more
Excellence Awards Best Use of Showroom: Winner
How a Dayton Lumberyard Grew Bigger by Going Smaller and Going Downtown
Requarth Supply One uses the same space where it sold materials to the Wright Brothers to appeal to Dayton home owners. Read more
Excellence Awards Best Use of Technology: Merit
Dispatch, Delivery Software Turns Vermont Dealer Into an Award-Winner
Poulin Lumber calls its new system a win for all concerned. Read more
Epicor plans to put Progressive Solutions' bisTrack system on an equal level with its Catalyst and Eagle programs, Bieszczat, Epicor's senior marketing manager, told ProSales. Read more
Big run-ups in lumber prices within the third quarter were a major reason why margins shrank at Builders FirstSource (BFS) in the July-to-September period compared with 2011's third quarter. Read more
My Yardsticks
Norman Taylor
What it's like for a scrap yard owner to get involved in wood grades and species and a whole lot more. Read more
Build It Right
When Sealed Attics Make Sense for Your Builders
Savings and comfort from bringing the attic into the thermal envelope can pay off. Read more