Manufacturing Insights to Power Your Team Douglas Krauss Making performance visible and easily tracked powers your team members with the knowledge of achievements and areas for improvement. I’ve spent my career working in a variety of manufacturing roles. Here’s what I’ve learned: Knowledge is key. I believe it’s crucial... Read More November 2021 Issue #13268 Page 64
Advertiser Forum: Cheers to the Show Anna Stamm In our everyday lives, we habitually take many things for granted. It can be little things, like a store always having your favorite brand, or bigger expectations, such as your favorite store always being in business. We expect things to be where we expect them to be, and we anticipate that... Read More October 2021 Issue #13267 Page 6
Beyond Products, It’s People Who Make the Difference Tracy Roe At Eagle Metal, our TrueBuild® software gives you an advantage in efficiency. Our software gives our customers the flexibility they need to build more. We offer fabricators the options they need to make operating their facility as simple or as complex as they want it to be. From design to... Read More October 2021 Issue #13267 Page 50
My Cutting-Edge Tour at Triad In our May issue, I began this series From the Road, inviting everyone along the course of our cross-country adventure to connect with me for an in-person visit. Recently, I was pleased to tour Merrick Machine Co. in Alda, Nebraska, the home of Triad Machinery. Arriving at the industrial park... Read More October 2021 Issue #13267 Page 82
Spida Meets Your Requirements Head On Sean Hubbard Recently, in lieu of my 15-year-old son destroying my personal vehicle while working through drivers education, I decided it was safer to purchase a vehicle specifically for him. For several months, I browsed the internet, visited car lots, and test drove cars. Eventually, this became such a... Read More September 2021 Issue #13266 Page 19
Communicate Through the Cloud Tracy Roe It’s a simple fact—successful projects depend on good communication. What’s not so simple—there’s a tremendous volume of information that must be shared between multiple stakeholders in any construction project. Last month’s article, The 3D Model Everyone Can... Read More September 2021 Issue #13266 Page 54
Adopting More Efficient Ways to Solve Problems Chad Komnick For more than four decades, JL Schwieters Construction (JLS) has provided quality and dependability to the building industry. Brothers John and Leo Schwieters built the company in Hugo, Minnesota, and it has grown and built a reputation of reliability in the Twin Cities’ framing... Read More September 2021 Issue #13266 Page 60
My Favorite F Words: Fall, Football, and Fellowship Chris Scott We once again are at the end of summer, patiently waiting for the high temps to subside, the leaves to start changing, and Fall to officially begin. With the arrival of Fall, we get a new school year, football, Halloween, and so much more. One of the Fall events I have always looked forward to... Read More September 2021 Issue #13266 Page 75
Lumber Briefs: Most Valuable Lumber Lesson...EVER! Matt Layman That is a pretty bold statement coming from a guy who makes his living giving advice. After a lifetime of making mistakes, overlooking the obvious, and stumbling over attempts to be right, one might think all the big hurdles had been cleared. Not even close. In August, I learned perhaps the... Read More September 2021 Issue #13266 Page 106
Advertiser Forum: Bring On the Ideas Anna Stamm Some have complained that our magazine articles include advertorial content—but that simply means that they have misunderstood the purpose of our forum. Unlike an association that is supposed to speak with a united voice, our forum encourages everyone to speak with their own voice. We are... Read More August 2021 Issue #13265 Page 6