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…]
Past Issues
Union Grove Lumber Initiates Transition of Ownership to the Next Generation
The board of directors for Union Grove Lumber Inc., a lumber supply company specifically focused on the shed industry headquartered in Harmony, North Carolina, says the company has taken important steps to ensure its continued footprint in the shed industry by initiating the transition of ownership to the next generation.[Read More…]
Cleary Building Corp. Employee Recognized for 30 Years of Service
In appreciation for 30 years of service to Cleary Building Corp., Rich Moen, plant manager at Cleary’s corporate world headquarters in Verona, Wisconsin, was recently recognized and presented with a customized Cleary jacket and anniversary certificate. Over the course of his tenure at Cleary, Moen, who lives in Blanchardville, Wisconsin,[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…]
Forestry Group Nurseries are 100 percent Fossil-free
Södra, an international forest industry group, says its nurseries have now transitioned to fossil-free operations. Heating, machinery, and vehicles are all powered by renewable energy. “Persistent efforts and environmental investments of SEK 10 million have generated results,” says Johan Jonsson, head of Södra Skogsplantor. After several years of hard work,[Read More…]
Oklahoma Builder Takes Part in ‘Day of Caring’
Employees from Quality Buildings Inc. in Norman, Oklahoma, took part in a “Day of Caring,” September 21, with the local United Way of Norman, the company reports. The United Way “Day of Caring” is an annual effort to improve local communities. “We were able to make some great improvements to[Read More…]
Customer Service Success
We’ve been saying “the customer is always right” for more than a hundred years, but it seems that’s never been truer than today when customers can so easily share why you’re wrong on social media. But customer service is about more than avoiding bad reviews; it’s about building ongoing relationships[Read More…]
The Shed App Partners with 37 Percent Consulting
The Shed App has partnered with 37 Percent Consulting to bring a stronger range of integrated solutions to the shed industry, the companies report. The Shed App, created by Robert Oxley, P.E., Ph.D., provides software solutions for shed manufacturers, specializing in point-of-sale, 3D design tools; manufacturing process management; component-based pay systems; delivery[Read More…]
Juggling It All
It’s just after 8 a.m. on a Tuesday in late August in Duluth, Minnesota. Lee Gelineau has been hard at work for some time, gathering materials and equipment. And he’s squeezing in a few minutes for a telephone interview before heading out to a job site to build a shed.[Read More…]
Builder Makes It ‘Big’ at the Fair
The Big E is a big fair in West Springfield, Massachusetts, featuring entertainment, agriculture and food at Eastern States Exposition. Anyone who attended the fair September 14-30 this year knows it was really big, breaking an all-time attendance record with 1,543,470 people visiting the fairgrounds. The Big E was also[Read More…]
