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Best-of-breed technology lets a Canadian builder keep pace in the challenging market.
Why should home builders care about information technology (IT)? Well, when IT is properly tied to business processes, it helps field supers stay on schedule, professionalizes the salespeople, and strengthens communications with subs—all factors that can help home builders double productivity...
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WIRELESS BLACKBERRY HANDHELDS HAVE become a kind of mania in the business world. The stereotype is of the insatiable "Crackberry" user who can't stop his thumbs from pounding out an endless stream of e-mails.
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THE CONVENTIONAL WISDOM FOR YEARS WAS that Microsoft Corp. owned the desktop and not much else. But builders evaluating new Microsoft products should keep in mind that the company has a way of staking its claim, sticking it out, and dominating niche markets over the long haul.
Many big builders have systems link the operational information and financial elements of home building.
A NEW PHONE SYSTEM BEING DEPLOYED BY Pulte Homes from OpenAir Technologies serves as a switch that routes branch phone traffic, lets telecom personnel manage the phone network remotely, and improves customer service through targeted call routing and music-on-hold advertising.
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In the first six months of fiscal year 2004, Beazer has collected almost the same amount of supplier rebates as it did in the full 12 months of the previous year.
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Kim Haegele, design gallery manager at St. Louis-based Taylor-Morley, is a testimonial to how technology can influence employees' attitude toward their job.
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By far, the technology person who can have the most impact on your company is the product-specific consultant who manages a back-office deployment.
The tech-savvy Gen-Xers are starting to run building companies