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Scott Sedam
Scott Sedam is president of TrueNorth Development, a consulting and training firm that works with builders to improve products, process, and profits. A senior contributing editor to Pro Builder, Scott writes about all aspects of the home building business and won the 2015 Jesse H. Neal Award, business journalism's most prestigious prize, for his commentary in Pro Builder. Scott invites you to join TrueNorth's Lean Building Group on LinkedIn and welcomes your feedback at [email protected] or 248.446.1275.
The most notable evolution is in building processes, not in products and systems. | Image: Bits and Splits / stock.adobe.com
More home builders should be using data to guide informed decision-making. | Image: goir / stock.adobe.com
Quantitative measures are often presented as straightforward: Find the data, apply the technique, do the analysis, make your decision, done. But it's rarely that simple. | Illustration: leremy / stock.adobe.com
Deming has become a household name in major industries around the world, but home building still remains largely ignorant of his teachings. It's time to rectify that. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
It's remarkable how many home builders and trades don't actively notice jobsite waste and simply walk on by. | Image: Nuthawut / stock.adobe.com
Many home builders find the software system they purchased does a lot of what they believed it would do, but not as much nor as well as they had hoped. | Image: gguy / stock.adobe.com
Eight great home builders you can learn from that really stand out for their particular strengths. | Icons: north100 / stock.adobe.com
Will this downturn be as bad as, or worse than, the great housing recession of 14 years ago? We don't know. What is clear is home builders should be prepared.
