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T-Time Ticking? Ken Pinto's Q4 Homebuilding Commodities Report
With end-of-year price hikes looming, homebuilders are pushing back harder than ever on material costs. Sharpened cost-control strategies, from commodity tracking to supplier negotiations, will be critical as builders brace for supply chain and demand-driven price shifts.
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Q1 Commodity Report Hints At Higher Prices On The Horizon
A look at March 2024 commodity tracking data provides homebuilders with insights to guide their predictive analysis processes. Here are the pressure points.
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A.I.-Fueled Supply Chain Control Can Drive Building Affordably
When the procure-to-pay (P2P) process is digitized, A.I. can quickly analyze the resulting data, find anomalies, and develop process improvement team mandates to tackle and drive potential improvements. The efficiency factor is known.
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What Happened In Minutes Could Set Off A Chain of Delays
Mid-Atlantic and East Coast homebuilders brace for building materials supply disruptions and cost increases after this week's tragic bridge collapse, shutting down the Port of Baltimore.
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Will Red Sea Disruptions Show Up In Builders' Build-Cycles Again?
Securing the right materials in the right place at the right time is crucial to accessing the right labor in the right place at the right time. Supply disruptions affect builders’ ability to use labor efficiently, leading to more challenges in getting homes built on time.
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Trailblazers '23: Horton Bets Big On Building Materials Disrupter
Affordable, sustainable, and higher-performance? Many believe they cancel one another out. Plantd brings all three to the building materials game.