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Decrease Your Forklift Accidents and Increase Your Bottom Line!
Get the only forklift training specific to the lumber and building material industry that meets all OSHA forklift training requirements.
All employees who operate a forklift must be trained in order to comply with OSHA standards.
The Complete Kit Includes:
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An Industry-Specific training DVD (Spanish language version available)
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Trainer's Guide
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Complete Operator Package
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Training Poster
Published by NLBMDA & the NLBMDA Institute.
You can contact us for more information at (202) 367-2360 or via email at Stephen@dealer.org.
The Scope of the Lumber & Building Material Industry - Second Edition
Published by NLBMDA & the NLBMDA Institute
In 2009, NLBMDA commissioned the first Scope of the LBM Industry Report based on requests for industry statistics for benchmarking, planning and understanding industry trends. The first report was well received and we are now ready to release a new version.
The 2011 Scope of the LBM Industry Report has a greater focus on statistical trends and includes comparisons to estimate from the first edition. The report explains why building material dealers operate the way they do and how they have evolved in response to the marketplace, noting valuable benchmarking data for all members of the building industry—which is especially vital in today's tumultuous economy.
The second edition of the Scope of the LBM Industry Report features important qualitative data focused on fundamental practices, including:
• How dealer businesses are structured
• How dealers go to market
• What kinds of customers dealers serve
• What products and services dealers offer
• Purchasing practices and inventory management
• How dealers use technology
With this report, dealers are able to conduct benchmarking for their businesses and suppliers are able to obtain key industry metrics influencing business decisions. Further, this information is critical to the advocacy work done by NLBMDA and its affiliated state and regional associations. This data gives a clear picture of our industry and its economic impact.
Prepared by Greg Brooks of The Building Supply Channel, the report also details important quantitative data on the state of the industry, including: Size of the industry; Number of companies; Geographical concentration; Number of employees; Payroll expenditures; Taxes paid; Sales by customer type; Dealer/retailer sales by product category; End use by end-user category; Employee productivity; Product line market share by dealer type; Inventory productivity; and Manufacturing capabilities.
It is important for leading building supply dealers to stay up-to-date with the industry trends, in order to stay innovative and competitive. The Scope of the LBM Industry Report will cover trends within the building material channel, in the context of a dealer’s customer base. Several trends are discussed including residential new construction, remodeling, consumer home improvement, and how the dealer channel is adapting to meet customers’ needs. Few outside observers recognize the degree of entrepreneurship, the unique work environment, and the breadth of career opportunities in this building supply dealer industry. It’s a tremendously challenging industry, combining elements of manufacturing, logistics, retailing, and construction.
Member Price: $250 Nonmember Price: $350
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Delivery & Fleet Safety Training Kit
Published by NLBMDA & the NLBMDA Institute
Protecting People, Property & Materials
The Delivery and Fleet Safety (DFS) Training Kit is an invaluable safety tool that will help you train your employees to be safer, more productive and more efficient. A DFS-trained driver is smarter, achieves better fuel efficiency, lowers maintenance costs, and reduced material damage.
The Complete Kit Includes:
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An Industry-Specific training VHS & DVD and employee handbooks
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Trainer's Guide
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DFS Poster and Certificates
Member Price: $199 Nonmember Price: $349
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National Green Building Standard
Published by NAHB and the International Code Council
A collaborative effort between the ICC and NAHB, the Standard provides the “green” practices that can be incorporated into new homes, including high-rise multifamily buildings, home remodeling and additions, hotels and motels, and the site upon which the green homes are located.
The green practices include lot design, preparation and development; resource, energy, and water efficiency; indoor environmental quality; and operation, maintenance, and building owner education. The four threshold levels, Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Emerald provide builders with a means to achieve basic, entry-level green building, or achieve the highest level of sustainable “green” building that incorporates energy savings of 60 percent or higher. The Standard can be used by any builder for their individual projects, or be the basis for a local community or state green building program.
The Standard is the first residential green building rating system to have undergone the full consensus process and be approved by the American National Standards Institutel.
Member Price: $31.95 Nonmember Price: $35.95
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Risk Management Best Practices: Six Principles to Minimize Legal Liability
Published by NLBMDA
Every transaction you enter carries with it many potential risks that could prove costly to your business if something goes wrong. In some cases, this could have crippling effects on your business. Risk Management Best Practices: Six Principles to Minimize Legal Liability is designed to help you address the growing problem of customers and primarily builders unfairly shifting risk through contract language that requires you to assume the majority of the liability regardless of actual fault. The principles contained in this educational program are designed to inform you of the risks you face and teach you the many steps you can take to contain those risks. They include important information on:
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Basic legal concepts that will help you better design your business operations and train your employees;
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Who your customers are and how to manage them;
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The different phases of a construction project and how to situate yourself during each phase to minimize risk of liability;
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Provisions you can include in your contracts and standard purchase order forms that will minimize your risk of liability;
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Different forms of insurance you can purchase to protect yourself;
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Ways to negotiate that minimize the liability risks you assume; and
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Steps you can take to protect and enforce the legal rights you have.
Available on CD only.
Member Price: $59 Nonmember Price: $99
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To place an order by telephone for any publications, please call 202-367-2360.
