Advertiser Forum: False Choices and Two-Dimensional Thinking Anna Stamm When someone in management starts complaining about how the problem is “we need change but people don’t want to change,” I wonder how deeply they’ve evaluated the real dynamics in play. If you simply dismiss employee resistance as “resistance to change,” then... Read More January 2023 Issue #15282 Page 6
TrueBuild® Batch – Time Is Money Tracy Roe Now more than ever, every process, every motion, literally every minute counts for a component manufacturer. The saying “Time Is Money” couldn’t be more true in our industry. Ultimately, a component manufacturer is simply selling time. They are selling the value they add to raw... Read More January 2023 Issue #15282 Page 19
Design Connections: Cost-Saving Measures and Memorable Debacles Geordie Secord A recent truss and EWP project had so many site-related problems, it must go down on my list of most memorable for all the wrong reasons. Like many of you, I’ve certainly experienced challenging jobs in the past, but it seemed like the stream of problems just never ended. As is often... Read More January 2023 Issue #15282 Page 92
Creating Capacity Through Efficiency Tracy Roe With today’s high-demand market conditions, capacity is everything. Capacity constraints are widespread across our industry and have been for a while now. Many have added the capacity they can afford in the form of additional equipment. Some have been fortunate enough to add labor to... Read More December 2022 Issue #14281 Page 46
Supply Chain Optimization Rob Bellian With the COVID-19 virus still a live threat, the state of the disruption to supply chains continues to be severe as a number of regions and economies emerge into a very different world. As everyone in business knows, supply chains are critical to supplying goods and services quickly, safely,... Read More December 2022 Issue #14281 Page 64
Design Connections: “Making” a Truss Designer Geordie Secord Reading Thom’s article in last month’s issue, “JobLine Turns 30!”, brought back many great memories of the times I have worked with him. I’ve known Thom for over 25 years and worked with him numerous times, with one of our best projects being the training business... Read More December 2022 Issue #14281 Page 102
Advertiser Forum: Thankful for the Little Things Anna Stamm November is a time when we can reflect and be thankful for many things in our lives. But the truth is – anytime of year gives us reasons to be thankful for little things, even when those things are silly or trivial. The Monkey Wrench in the Plans For reasons unknown, when I attempted... Read More November 2022 Issue #14280 Page 6
Having a Plan for Tomorrow Tracy Roe The Greek philosopher Heraclitus is credited with the origin of the phrase, The only constant in life is change. This couldn’t be more true in the world we live and work in today. Whether we are enduring labor shortages, a global pandemic, material shortages, input cost increases, or an... Read More November 2022 Issue #14280 Page 44
JobLine Turns 30! When I think about JobLine turning 30, my first thought is: how did time go by so fast. Then again, with everything we have done over the years, it makes me smile. We’ve achieved a lot, from pioneering the Candidate Profile, which gives employers a “first interview” and... Read More November 2022 Issue #14280 Page 88
Design Connections: Resolving Our Inevitable Mistakes Geordie Secord I once had the sales representative for a software company looking to secure our business tell me that, in his view, being a truss designer (or panel designer) was like taking a never-ending math test in which any score less than 100% was failure. He was certainly of the “old school”... Read More November 2022 Issue #14280 Page 90