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Vaughan Buckley on Restarting a Former Katerra Factory

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We’re taking that approach with each of the [production] lines for cabinets, countertops, windows, floors, walls, ceilings, and trusses, and each of them really needs to be independently profitable. PB: So the intention is to treat every production line as a separate profit center? Perhaps a better word for that is viable.

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An Invisible Revolution: How Leading Construction Firms Are Rethinking Construction as a Business

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While productivity has never been so high, profits and margins are still very low for most businesses. Six years ago, I started to inventory the strategic moves of the largest players across the construction industry to better advise these customers.

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SPECIAL REPORT: Two Train Cars Forward, Three Cargo Ships Back

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Sophisticated planning is required to account for never ending variables that help to keep supply chain costs down and quality and profits up. Logistics incorporates the complexity of integrating information, transportation, inventory, warehousing, material handling and packaging. The report reveals that this number rose to $1.28

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Economic Growth Continues, Manufacturing Growth Expected In 2013

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Survey respondents also forecast that they will increase inventories by 0.3 Profit margins are reported to have decreased in the second and third quarters of 2012, and respondents expect them to increase between now and April 2013. “Manufacturing purchasing and supply executives expect to see continued growth in 2013.

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Economic Growth Continues, Manufacturing Growth Expected In 2013

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Survey respondents also forecast that they will increase inventories by 0.3 Profit margins are reported to have decreased in the second and third quarters of 2012, and respondents expect them to increase between now and April 2013. “Manufacturing purchasing and supply executives expect to see continued growth in 2013.

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Top 25 Finalists for Ivory Innovations' Housing Affordability Prize

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CoFi is piloting a new modular construction financing program with Manufactured, an end-to-end inventory manufacturing & finance solution. They seamlessly integrate each component, including pre-designed housing products that are compatible with industrialized housing manufacturers, into their online REDtech platform.

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New York Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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Loans may be used for, but not limited to: upgrading display lighting, advertising and promotion, payroll for additional staff and training, purchase of computers to enhance inventory control, and the purchase of display cabinets, furniture and fixtures. Fixed asset loans of up to $20,000 for terms not to exceed seven years. Eligibility.