It’s a whole, new ballgame when it comes to taxes. “This is going to be everyone’s first year with the new tax law,” says Michael Dinich, a financial advisor and personal finance blogger in Pennsylvania. That’s due to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, which went into effect[Read More…]
Operations
Shop Automation: Another Take on Wall Framing
If you have followed my previous articles on shop automation you might be thinking, “Here he goes again with some out-of-reach, expensive equipment for shed building.” Well, that’s not the case with what I’m about to describe. What if you could build a jig for framing a wall panel out[Read More…]
Direct-to-Consumer Business Model: Opportunities, Challenges, and Tactics
Direct-to-consumer is not often a term you hear in the shed building industry. However, with more and more shoppers gravitating toward making their “big ticket” purchases online, this type of business model has an increasing appeal for modern day shed builders. While there are many opportunities for shed builders using[Read More…]
Employee Retention
During a time when the unemployment rate is at an all-time low, employers find themselves struggling to hire and keep good employees. Turnover is expensive and the cost of losing employees can be devastating to a company. Due to the current job market, 85 percent of human resources leaders consider[Read More…]
Shop Automation: The Framing Table
There are many benefits of building wall panels on a framing table. Now, framing tables aren’t exactly new technology. They’ve existed for many years and are popular with manufactured and multi-family housing and home builders. But, what exactly is a framing table? A basic framing table is a mechanical fixture[Read More…]
The Lure of Unmanned Lots
Matt Glick wears several hats at Pennsylvania-based Tuscarora Structures. As owner, sales manager, and marketing head of his family-owned and -operated rent-to-own (RTO) business, he is involved in all aspects of the entity established in 1991. With three retail and one wholesale lot in Maryland, New York state, and Pennsylvania,[Read More…]
Start-up Success
There’s a lot more to shed building than building and selling sheds. It’s that “lot more” that can cause a new builder to not succeed in an industry they love. So, how can a start-up shed builder have a better chance of success? Learning from others. Shed Builder Magazinegathered new[Read More…]
Full Disclosure
Although many aspects of rent-to-own (RTO) businesses mirror one another, there are definite areas that differ due to state laws governing those peculiarities. For example, laws pertaining to the information that must be included on price tags for sheds vary from one state to the next. Because of those differences,[Read More…]
Shop Automation: An Overview
Does shop automation make sense for the shed building industry? Delivery trailers and installation equipment like The Mule have made the delivery process quicker and safer. Online shed visualizers are improving the customer experience and speeding up the sales process. Why not utilize production machinery to improve the building process?[Read More…]
Shop Talk
If you’re building sheds or shed components in a manufacturing facility and pay attention to your bottom line, then you’ve certainly asked at some point, “How can I build this better?” Having set processes in place to get repeatable levels of productivity and limit waste and inactivity can go a[Read More…]
