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An Independent Online Monthly Publication for the Structural Building Components and Off-Site Construction Industry

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Our authors are industry professionals using their experience to provide insight and guidance on business strategies, quality control, design challenges, technological advances, codes and standards, lean manufacturing, personnel issues, lumber, market demands, and much more.

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The 20 articles in the April 2025 issue include: Importance of Factory Layouts and Investing in the Right Machinery • Proper Time Management is Essential for Proactive Management Best Practices • Do You Use Sub-Components to Aid in the Assembly of Components? • Giant Kanban! • A Fork in the Road • Labor Tweaks Won’t Save Manufacturing—Automation Will • Custom Equipment for Any Project • Constructing a Safer Tomorrow: The Safety Advantages of Off-Site Framing • Tariff Pressures Squeeze Wood Building Component Manufacturers, Financial Solutions Sought • Component Industry’s Latest Nightmare: Tariffs • Built Over Time, Not Overnight: Why Truss Plant Owners Must Lead Through the Next Season • Fewer Inspections = Better Quality? • Home Building Technology, Part IV • and much more!

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