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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.

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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.

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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.

Matt Collins
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Your Most Profitable Year Starts Now!

Matt Collins walks through five key variables to set up your budget for next year. Template included.

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7 Ways to Reduce Cycle Time

Seven practical solutions designed to significantly reduce the cycle time in homebuilding.

Matt Collins
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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.

Matt Collins
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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.

Matt Collins
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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.

Matt Collins
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Revolutionizing VPO Management: Beyond the Blame Game

Several key methods for builders to elevate their variance purchase order (VPO) management strategies.

Matt Collins
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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.

Matt Collins
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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.

Collins + Sherman
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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.

TMG Team
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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.

TMG Team
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Constructive Conversations: Agility — The Builder's Antidote to Chaos

Hosted by Higharc — Matt Collins discusses the importance of agility for today's homebuilders.

Matt Collins
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Podcast

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.

Matt Collins
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Article

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.

Matt Collins
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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.

Matt Collins
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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.

Matt Collins

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