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In late 2019, SBCA’s Executive Committee launched a strategic planning process that began with a survey of component manufacturers (CMs) that garnered a significant response.
SBCA has gathered numerous resources and materials for employers regarding COVID-19 and arranged them on this page in four general categories: Business Operations, Podcasts, Webinars, Additional Resources (not created by SBCA) and Additional Articles.
To assist the component manufacturing industry, SBCA Legal Counsel Kent Pagel has created a Contagious Disease Control Policy and Procedures template in Microsoft Word that can be used as a foundation for companies wishing to have a documented policy.
To assist the component manufacturing industry, SBCA Legal Counsel Kent Pagel has created a Contagious Disease Control Policy and Procedures template in Microsoft Word that can be used as a foundation for companies wishing to have a documented policy.
Effective April 1, 2020, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) requires private employers with less than 500 employees to provide Emergency Paid Sick Leave and Paid Expanded FMLA to employees under certain conditions.
SBCA’s Legal Counsel Kent Pagel has created three documents to help employers comply with the new FFCRA paid leave requirements, all of which are free to SBCA members!
The COVID-19 pandemic has created an uncertain business climate for many component manufacturers (CMs). To help provide some clarity, SBCA has developed a simple, yet powerful pro forma income statement with sensitivity analysis capabilities in Excel.
This tool is intended to help component manufacturers quickly capture the impacts revenue changes of varying percentages will have on their bottom line performance.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, component manufacturers (CMs) have been sharing various best practices they have implemented to assure employees, suppliers, and customers they are operating in accordance with state and local Executive Orders, as well as regulatory and federal law requirements.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, component manufacturers (CMs) have been sharing various best practices they have implemented to assure employees, suppliers, and customers they are operating in accordance with state and local Executive Orders, as well as regulatory and federal law requirements.
SBCA’s Cold-Formed Steel Council (CFSC) provides supporting documentation relating to Cold-formed steel (CFS) truss quality control.
The following webinars, podcasts and training videos are a great way to get your staff engaged in component manufacturing industry topics while they are working from home.
As individuals, businesses, and governments continue to take actions to mitigate or contain the worldwide impact of COVID-19, component manufacturers (CMs) ought to consider including language in their proposals/bids and customer contract forms giving them a potential out to avoid breach of contract liability if and when they are unable to make deliveries through no fault of their own, such as in the case of COVID-19 rendering their plant inoperable.
SBCA Legal Counsel Kent Pagel has drafted template contractual language that serves as a model for CMs to include in their proposals/bids and customer contracts, as a means to set out under what circumstances CMs as suppliers of building materials, can be excused for performance when unforeseen circumstances, beyond their control, prevent, delay or hinder that performance.
The SBCA Combustible Dust Housekeeping program contains all you need to assess your company’s risk for combustible dust citations during an OSHA inspection and implement an effective housekeeping program for your production facility.
SBCA’s Forklift Certification Program is a dynamic training program that integrates online training with hands-on exercises to provide a diversified course for your forklift operators.
Protect your employees and your company by implementing your own customized safety program with SBCA Operation Safety.
Now there is an efficient and effective way to train your employees on critical concepts in risk management: ORisk – an online risk management course tailored specifically to building component manufacturers.
TRUCK is a comprehensive, industry-specific program that addresses the safety, risk and compliance aspects of material handling, product transport and safe operation of equipment.
Collaboration with local schools is an effective workforce recruitment approach that can result in a healthy pipeline of eager applicants looking for career opportunities.
Plant tours with students and their teachers have proven to be a straightforward way to increase general awareness of the industry, expose students to the manufacturing process, and spark interest that can quickly translate into internships or seasonal help.
Field trips aren’t always an option but it is possible to take your plant – and the component manufacturing experience – to students as part of a classroom experience.
Plant tours with students and their teachers have proven to be a straightforward way to increase general awareness of the industry, expose students to the manufacturing process, and spark interest that can quickly translate into internships or seasonal help.
Certification
A SCORE certification can help you in many areas of your business. It can help you protect your company, it can save you money on SBCA programs, it can help with team building, and it can give you effective tools to demonstrate and market your company's commitment to excellence.
Due to COVID-19, SBCA’s spring Open Quarterly Meeting that was set to happen in West Virginia was held virtually on May 20 via GoToWebinar. In addition to updates on SBCA’s Strategic Plan and what the organization is doing to reach its goals, the meeting included industry-wide and regional updates provided by CMs and suppliers from across the country.
The use of quantitative assessment tools can help ensure you’re putting the right person in the right seat on the company bus.
SBCA staff realized early on that the various truss design software provider’s output of their QC information was in many different, non-standardized formats. Today, the TPSX output standardizes the information allowing SBCA’s Digital QC program to quickly and easily integrate the files.
Most component manufacturers understand the need to have a website – it is the 21st century, after all. But is your website working as hard as it can be to help recruit new employees? Is your website improving your company culture and employee relations?