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Spend less, win more: What success looks like with group purchasing organizations’ local chapters
It’s about more than simplifying complex procurement processes. Through local chapters, CBUSA members accomplish more together.
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How to start a CBUSA group purchasing organization chapter in your market
Don’t have a CBUSA chapter in your area but want to simplify procurement processes with a GPO? Here’s why you want to get one off the ground.
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5 Tips On What To Do When Construction Supplies Get Costly
Lumber prices continue surging, driving home costs up and thinning builders’ margins. CBUSA’s Phil Randolph offers practical solutions to stay ahead. It’s not just summer temps that are skyrocketing as we head deeper into the year. Lumber prices have been on the upward climb, too. More recently, we have started to see the high prices…
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CBUSA + CoConstruct have joined the Buildertrend family!
We are excited to announce that at the end of February a press release was issued announcing the acquisition of CoConstruct, CBUSA’s new parent company, by Buildertrend, the Omaha-based software company that provides project, financial, and client management software for the residential construction sector. Although CBUSA was not involved in the pre-acquisition discussions, we are…
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CBUSA has joined the CoConstruct family!
We are excited to announce that at the end of October CBUSA was acquired by CoConstruct, the #1 rated client, project, and financial management software for independent builders and remodelers. The acquisition will pave the way for two dynamic organizations to bring increased efficiency, greater project management control and extreme buying power to our customers.…
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COVID Doesn’t Have To Impact Your Lumber Purchase
National Contracts are a big part of how CBUSA helps residential construction companies strengthen their business, but local commodity purchasing through our Committed Purchasing Programs are just as important to your bottom line. What are CBUSA Committed Purchasing Programs? CBUSA Builder Members in each chapter across the nation are empowered to enter projections for their…
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What’s Happening With The Supply Chain
On April 14, 2020, CBUSA’s CEO, Bill Smithers, invited Wendy Minichiello, Director of North American Sales at Weyerhaeuser, to discuss how their company was navigating the ever-changing landscape of the COVID-19 crisis. Similar to the interview with David Kohler, CBUSA learned that Weyerhaeuser was using the unprecidented time to pivot and provide more support and communications…
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Power 30 2020 Roundup
Where do you get the trusted information that keeps your residential homebuilding business ahead of the game? Are you merely reacting or trying to see the future of our industry before it happens? For the past fourteen years, CBUSA has made the gathering and sharing of residential homebuilding business trends and insight knowledge a priority…