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T-Time Ticking? Ken Pinto's Q4 Homebuilding Commodities Report
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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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Eliminating Guesswork In Real-Time A Key To 2024 Resiliency
In a "VUCA-for-longer" backdrop, guesswork and the wide margins of error needed to sustain viability that go with ballpark ranges, rough estimates, and theoretical outcomes practically beg for extinction moments.
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Grid Block: How A Transformer Shortage Impacts Affordability
Grand Oak Builders president and CEO Dave Erickson lays out the domino effect of an acute shortage of distribution transformers needed to bring new homes and communities onto the grid.
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Eliminating Guesswork In Real-Time A Key To 2024 Resiliency
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Grid Block: How A Transformer Shortage Impacts Affordability
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