Resource - The Five Minute Foreman
D. Brown Management
July 23, 2023
The Five-Minute Foreman by Mark Breslin is our most recommended book for Foremen in any sized contractor. The writing style, digestible chunks, and companion workbook are a great combination. We have never heard any Foreman not absolutely love this book.
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Resource - 2 Second Lean
D. Brown Management
July 23, 2023
Dozens of practical and fun ways to save a few more seconds each day. 3 minutes per day of additional productive time on tools (ToT) equals about a 1% labor savings - or $10K for every $1M in job cost labor. Helps develop a continuous improvement culture.
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Job Instruction (JI): A 1940s Solution to the Craft Labor Shortage
D. Brown Management
July 17, 2023
The shortage of qualified craft labor, crew leaders, and supervisors has been solved before - just not in our lifetimes. The lessons from the Training Within Industry (TWI) and specifically the Job Instruction (JI) training can be used by any contractor.
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Happy Labor Day 2021
D. Brown Management
September 6, 2021
Happy Labor Day 2021 | Celebrating 127 Hard-Won Years | Always Remember Why
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Changes - Early Identification is Always Better
D. Brown Management
April 8, 2019
Early identification of changes and conflicts is the first key to success. The capability to identify changes and conflicts early in the process is a combination of organizational structure, systems, management, training, and coaching.
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Changes - Impacts Beyond the Direct Costs
D. Brown Management
March 16, 2019
Contractors don't typically see the full negative impact of changes and, therefore, don’t put the right level of resources into their management.
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Levels of Improvement: Start with the Foundation
D. Brown Management
October 3, 2018
Every process in your business including field productivity will go through three levels of improvement: From predictable to productive to scalable. Trying to skip levels is the surest way to slow down improvements across the company.
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Production Tracking - The Basics
D. Brown Management
September 4, 2018
Schedule + Production are two foundational key results the Foreman will achieve through their planning. The heart of any production measurement is simply “Earned Budget vs. Actual Cost”.
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Two Key Results for Project Planning
D. Brown Management
September 2, 2018
There are two critical key results that should be focused on as part of every project planning process.
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Impacted Productivity - Disrupted Workflow (No Schedule "Flow")
D. Brown Management
September 1, 2018
One of the biggest impacts to productivity in construction is when tasks cannot be completed as planned. When this happens frequently, it starts to impact every aspect of the contractor’s scoreboard in a negative way starting with customer satisfaction.
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