Market Education

Bolster Your Bottom Line Through Safety

Simple ways your safety culture can generate a positive ROI

MEXICO: A New Frontier for Truss Manufacturing

An industry outsider strives to open a truss plant near Cancun

Lean Isn’t Just for Production

Why lean concepts apply just as well to a company’s culture

CM Perspective: Jobsite Packages

Relationships with other component manufacturers (CMs), and suppliers help our company to be proactive instead of reactive.

Parting Shots: Fun in the Sun!

The SBCA Open Quarterly Meetings (OQMs) aren’t all work and no play. In reality, the most important aspect of OQMs are the many opportunities to meet component manufacturers (CMs) from across the country and have meaningful conversations about every aspect of the industry.

Faces of the Industry: Austin Huskey

In 1945, our family started the Huskey Company. My grandfather’s brother, Clay Huskey, was building houses around Nashville in the early 1940s. There were not many lumberyards in the area, so he used his connections with Alabama sawmills to personally truck lumber he needed for the houses they were building.

The Journey from Making Trusses to Making Laws

A CM turned state lawmaker uses business experience to help others.

How We Build Our House

Core values live at the heart of Littfin Lumber’s ongoing success.

Don’t Immediately Offer to Repair!

Partition separation is not typically caused by truss uplift.

Editor's Message: Which Department Is Your Customer’s Final Point of Contact?

A recent poll looked at this aspect of CM’s overall customer service.