HEADLINES ADDED: December 27, 2007

Process Improvement - The Second Most Important Thing

December 27, 2007  |  from The Construction Contractor's Digest  |  Read the Full Article

Any construction firm seeking a faster or more accurate business process must start at a reservoir of best practices. For a quicker achievement of its goal, a library of best practices allows a contractor to sort, discard and pare down dozens of ideas in a single day to the strongest ones which will help him or her reach schedule, financial, safety and quality goals. Once a good set of practices are destined for adoption, the next step is not so obvious. It is the concept of "discrete tasks go... Read More

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HEADLINES ADDED: May 14, 2007

Construction Bid Tracking Form

January 03, 2007  |  from The Construction Contractor's Digest  |  Read the Full Article

It is critical that construction contractors track competitor's bid prices. They must know what the trends and characteristics for each peer if they are beat them and at the same time "leaving less money on the table".We have a Bid Tracking Form for your review and use. It is free for the asking. Just send to us an email re: Bid Tracking Form and we will send it to you within 3 working days. Our contact email is clientservices@stevensci.com... Read More

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HEADLINES ADDED: March 26, 2007

Case Study: United Rentals Plays by the Book

March 26, 2007  |  from ManageSmarter.com - Sales Top Stories  |  Read the Full Article

United Rentals, an equipment rental firm based in Greenwich, Conn., had no formal training for its salespeople and sales accountants. The learning curve was steep and it took too long for salespeople to understand how the company worked. So last year, the firm wrote a sales playbook to teach new hires how United Rentals works.... Read More

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HEADLINES ADDED: March 24, 2007

The Genius of the Five Why's

February 14, 2007  |  from D. Brown Online - Project Management Productivity & Construction Operations  |  Read the Full Article

Such a simple concept.... So sad that it is not used more widely... I wonder if it is because construction is dominated by type 'A' personalities and asking a questions is seen as a sign of weakness... If asking one question is a sign of weakness then asking five questions must be utter incompetence... I wonder if this is why we routinely see the people with LESS experience actually achieving better production once they are shown the basics of a Production Tracking system... Perhaps it is because they are... Read More

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HEADLINES ADDED: March 18, 2007

Streamline Your Business

August 22, 2006  |  from HousingZone Headline News  |  Read the Full Article

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