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Home Builders
Webinars, articles, podcasts, and reading from the TMG team — practical knowledge on the topics that matter most to residential builders.
AI Can't Fix Chaos
Five essential areas every homebuilder must master to improve efficiency and reduce costs. Getting these fundamentals right boosts current performance and lays the groundwork for AI to act as an accelerator — not a distraction.
Why Spreadsheets are the New Waste!
Builders recognize visible waste, but often overlook hidden waste: countless hours spent wrangling data in spreadsheets. This session shows how to eliminate spreadsheet chaos and unlock real value with streamlined, decision-oriented solutions.
Your Most Profitable Year Starts Now!
Matt Collins walks through five key variables to set up your budget for next year. Template included.
7 Ways to Reduce Cycle Time
Seven practical solutions designed to significantly reduce the cycle time in homebuilding.
Foresight Can Be 20/20
With an absence of forecasting tools, homebuilders typically focus on lagging indicators. In this webinar, explore critical leading drivers in the area of revenue and profitability that you can use to project with clarity.
Yes, You Have to Manage Your Soft Cycle
Learn how to manage your soft cycle — the period between contract and the beginning of construction — with the same rigor and care used for construction cycles. Featuring Kevin Oakley from Do You Convert.
Transforming Data into Decisions
How homebuilding operations and finance teams typically go about collecting the data necessary to complete analysis and get to decisions — plus more advanced tools and ideas.
Revolutionizing VPO Management: Beyond the Blame Game
Several key methods for builders to elevate their variance purchase order (VPO) management strategies.
Reclaiming Hidden Cash in Your System
Three common errors that cause cash to remain stuck and hidden within a builder's system. MarkSystems user-focused session.
Be a Cost Reduction Guru by Lunch
20 specific ways of lowering costs, increasing value, or both — Matt Collins and Jason Sherman in a roll-up-the-sleeves session.
Unearthed Potential: The Crucial Role of Data-Mining in Modern Homebuilding
A typical journey from Operational Competence to Operational Excellence through the major milestones in the life of a homebuilding company.
The Hierarchy of Needs for Homebuilders
Defining data mining for homebuilding, and exploring the evolution of this technical skill from a nice-to-have to an absolute necessity in today's uncertain environment.
Constructive Conversations: Agility — The Builder's Antidote to Chaos
Hosted by Higharc — Matt Collins discusses the importance of agility for today's homebuilders.
Homes for Hope E2: Fragile or Agile
Matt Collins shares what builders must keep front of mind during uncertain times. Hosted by Homes for HOPE.
Is Your Home Building Business Set Up for Agility?
Why developing an agility-based mindset is critical to effectively manage today's homebuilding challenges. Article 2 in a series published by Professional Builder.
Agility: Your Business's Antidote to Chaos
Volatile market conditions are now the norm in the homebuilding industry. Taking an agile approach will set you up for success. Article 1 in a series published by Professional Builder.
Business Metrics and the Imagination Age of Home Building
It's time to get serious about your business metrics. Staying competitive means leveraging your data creatively — not just gathering it.
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