Providing Job Management Solutions with TrueBuild Tracy Roe Software flexibility in managing your plant isn’t a luxury, it’s a necessity that every truss operation should expect for their business. You need to manage everything from customers to invoices, and you need to do it efficiently. And, you should be able to determine exactly how you... Read More January 2022 Issue #14270 Page 48
Complete Management Solutions – Scheduling Tracy Roe At Eagle Metal, our TrueBuild® software gives you an advantage in efficiency. Our Job Management software gives our customers the flexibility they need to build more. We offer fabricators the options they need to make scheduling as simple or as complex as they want it to be. From individual... Read More December 2021 Issue #13269 Page 52
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
Management Software YOUR Way Tracy Roe In this series of articles focused on job management, the main theme has been adaptability. Component fabricators shouldn’t be required to adapt their operation to a piece of software. Instead, the value is in a software solution that adapts to their needs. No two component manufacturing... Read More June 2021 Issue #13263 Page 52
Industry Software: What you need to know Chris Scott Software used to be an afterthought, using whatever software your truss plate provider had. In the past, most companies thought software was given to them for free with their machine purchase, when in actuality it was rolled into their pricing. Whether you used Comsoft’s Wall Builder... Read More June 2021 Issue #13263 Page 65
Alpine Embarks on a New Era of Information Sharing John Croll Component manufacturers (CMs) are continually challenged with improving communication with customers and collaboration between teams. It is essential for design and production teams to receive live updates regarding orders, project lead times, and ongoing trends to operate at full capacity.... Read More February 2021 Issue #13259 Page 62
Change Impact Ben Hershey Goodbye 2020 and Welcome to 2021!!! Our business world has been changing fast, especially this past year, and we continue to move forward through complex issues and how best to provide our goods and services to our customers within the building industry and beyond. But what... Read More January 2021 Issue #13258 Page 28
Three Conditions for Smarter Margin Application to Make Healthier Profits Todd Drummond Establishing a proper margin to maximize profits for your roof truss component sales is not as easy as most people think. Most do not have a clear understanding of how small changes make a significant impact on the company’s profitability. Making the most profits possible, no matter what... Read More June 2020 Issue #12251 Page 24
Rethinking a Linear Saw Linked to Two Workstations Todd Drummond It seems some people are upset that I made such a public statement with my latest advertisement – “Pairing a Linear Saw with Two Workstations with Each Having Two Assemblers will Cost Your Company Millions in Lost Net Profits.” Specifically, I’m talking about linking... Read More May 2020 Issue #12250 Page 48
Knowing the Ideal Manufacturing Cycle Time Ben Hershey Building components is really great! It was a lot of fun in the 1970s when several plants had competitions on who could build the fastest run of trusses (for example, see Joe Kannapell’s article, Vertical Presses—The World Record). Back then, it was really easy to calculate cycle... Read More March 2020 Issue #12248 Page 28