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Business Solutions Groups (BSG) are composed of non-competing business owners and managers who come together and talk openly about their businesses. These groups are for component manufacturers from the across the country to share advice and strategies.
SBCA conducts annual Financial Performance, Wage and Climate Surveys for Component Manufacturer (CM) members.
optimization using SBCRI truss assembly test data.
- A key SBC industry value proposition is to sell a value-added product by providing unique engineering and supply-chain management solutions to customers.
- SBCA members should have passion for and speak with a united voice in advocating for supplier and supplier association initiatives that positively support the SBC industry.
Quality. It’s the word you want each and every one of your customers to attribute to your products. It’s a word that implies reliability, a characteristic that builds trust and respect. It’s also a concept that points to superior craftsmanship that differentiates you from your competitors.
Given that our industry is in the component design and engineering business, which is closely related to the building design business, accurate and reliable engineering is central to every CM’s future success.
- Scott Ward first implemented In-Plant WTCA QC in 1998 and has more than a decade of experience with the program.
- He reflects on the benefits he first saw when implementing the QC program and how QC helps differentiate his business based on the unique quality of their production.
- The In-Plant WTCA QC program’s biggest impact for Ward’s company has been training employees and reducing customer product issues and related costs.
Components play an integral role in the structural integrity of a building, but in this case, they’re used purely for aesthetics. For the remodel of a Summit Credit Union’s “Inspiration Branch,” removable façades were built inside the lobby to represent financial and life goals dealing with travel, education and home ownership.
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The invention of the modern-day metal connector plate in the mid-1950s is commonly attributed to A. Carroll Sanford and J. Calvin Juriet. As the baby boomer generation was being launched, houses could not be built fast enough for America’s fledgling families striving to capture the dream of homeownership. Connector plates gave builders a method to assemble homes more quickly and spawned over 50 different types of plate configurations and manufacturers.
The Fire Sprinkler Initiative, a project of NFPA, has created a presentation highlighting the dangers of lightweight construction and the corresponding benefits of home fire sprinklers.