Unleashing the Potential: Robotics in the Building Industry and Manufacturing Ben Hershey & Mike Ruede, Jr. This year, you can start your BCMC experience with an exciting panel discussion led by 4Ward Solutions Group that features four of today’s most significant robotics manufacturers: House of Design, Trussmatic, Brave Control Systems, and Randek. The panel discussion will take place Tuesday,... Read More September 2023 Issue #15290 Page 40
Scale Your Business & Profits MiTek Staff As a component manufacturer, you enable better building. As a partner to CMs across the country, MiTek does the same — from advanced design software and automated production equipment to innovative and integrated technologies that lead to a more profitable and stable future for your... Read More September 2023 Issue #15290 Page 54
Let’s Talk Shop at BCMC! Edmond Lim, P.Eng. At BCMC 2023 Indianapolis, let’s talk shop and start planning your next incremental process re-organization or complete plant makeover. From simple process improvements to extreme plant makeovers, we have the expertise, proven solutions, technology, and field personnel to get the job done... Read More September 2023 Issue #15290 Page 66
Introducing the New Raking Wall Framer By Vekta Ed Serrano Vekta is known in the industry for our market-leading Razer V5 Linear Saw, but it’s our culture of innovation that defines our unique product and systems solutions. Today, Vekta’s current system technologies range covers many of the manufacturing processes involved in producing... Read More September 2023 Issue #15290 Page 74
Job Site Success Begins with Good Communication Landon Boucher My favorite place to meet with a customer is on the job site. Always has been. I started in this industry approximately 20 years ago as a young truss salesman for UFP in Southern California. My training consisted of building trusses in the yard, creating estimates, and completing engineering... Read More September 2023 Issue #15290 Page 86
Sacrificing Your Family Relationships for Bad Company Employment Practices Todd Drummond If you knew now that a promotion or career move would eventually lead to divorce and ruin your relationship with your children, would you think it was worth the sacrifice? When I’m doing a consultation and ask this during my employee best practices training, everyone thinks this question... Read More August 2023 Issue #15289 Page 25
Feed Any Component Saw with a Lumber PickLine Edmond Lim, P.Eng. Did you know that any existing automated saws output can now be boosted by switching from a forklift lumber picking process to that of a Lumber PickLine? That’s right, we have proven that a Lumber PickLine will boost the cutting output of all the major automated linear saws out there,... Read More August 2023 Issue #15289 Page 46
Inbound to Indianapolis with Eide Eide Machinery Sales Team With BCMC 2023 rapidly approaching, we can feel the excitement growing! We hope you’ll stop by to see what we have to offer in Indy. As shown in these photos from BCMC 2022, we’re proud to show off our WizardPDS®. [For all photos, See PDF or View in Full Issue.] This... Read More August 2023 Issue #15289 Page 54
Unlock Your Factory’s Potential with Moducore’s Bill of Materials Thomas Griffin At Moducore, a Bill of Materials (BOM) is more than just a simple list of materials and parts. It is the backbone of your production process, and harnessing its true potential requires an advanced and interconnected system. Our BOM solution lies at the heart of our software, but its real... Read More August 2023 Issue #15289 Page 60
Simplify Your Wall Panel Production Process with the Panel Stacker Diego Polanco Component manufacturers are continually improving production environments to optimize performance in order to maintain market position. Planning and organizational tools are essential for streamlining the production workflow. Wall panel projects in particular require careful planning in order to... Read More August 2023 Issue #15289 Page 102