Articles, Papers, Supplements, and Other Stuff.

The SAI Library is where you will find many of our previous articles, white papers, supplements, and presentations, including links to articles previously published in Professional Builder archived at www.housingzone.com. 

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SAI Management Case Study:
Analyzing the Current State of the Application-to-Close Process in the Mortgage Banking Operation of a Community Bank
MBO_Process_Mapping_Case_Study (11-11-11).pdf 152 Kb
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'The Saga of RB Builders' 
Insights into SAI Consulting's new approach
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Fletcher Groves, 2004 NAHB Conference presentation.
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Fletcher Groves, 2002 NAHB Conference presentation.
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Fletcher Groves, 2001 NAHB Conference presentation.
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Fletcher Groves, Teambuilder 2000 Conference presentation.
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Build By Numbers Evenflow production may be a no-brainer for mega-builders. But can it work for their smaller competitors? We went to Florida to find out. By Charles Wardell Builder Online, Jan 2003	Fidelity's Process Architect Fletcher Groves III designs and maps processes to provide a framework favoring a key business driver. Housing Zone, Nov 2001
The Road That Lies Ahead The Giants offer their perspective on growth strategies, consolidation and other issues. Profesional Builder, July 2000	Why Productivity Matters The effects of productivity declines can be masked temporarily but it's the long-term results that are worrisome. Profesional Builder, April 2000
Making Change.  When it comes to accommodating their buyers requests for change, the Giants still prefer to offer selection over customization. Will this approach continue to work? Professional Builder, September 1999	Recruit, Reward and Retain Faced with a full-employment economy, big builders struggle to fill top poistions. Professional Builder, November 1999
Fight or Switch? You can change anything you want, so long as it's something we do. In a nutshell, that's the approach most large production builders seem to take with buyers' requests to change something about their new homes. Professional Builder, September 1999	Strategic Positioning and Competitive Advantage Are the Giants delivering the value their buyers really want?  Professional Builder, July 1998
Who has P&L Responsibility in Your Company? When it comes to Open-Book Management, the Giants tend to keep the door closed. Professional Builder, June 1998	Building Better, Faster & Less Expensively How the Giants plan to improve the length of their contract-to-closing process. Building Homes & Profits, May 1998
Growth Strategies 'The homebuilding industry will struggle to absorb the Giants forecast increase in production capacity.' Professional Builder, April 1998	Looking for Better Business Performance? Try Mapping Your Processes Understanding the way you perform work is the best tool for improving the way your company runs. Originally appeared in Building Homes and Profits (NAHB publication published in connection to the 1998 International Builders Show, 02-98).
Quality Management 'Quality Management: We have a long way to go' Professional Builder, April 1997	Breaking the Code: Understanding the Factors That Drive Performance Understanding and measuring the cost of quality;  Using cycle time improvement to leverage reductions in variable costs;  Understanding the limits of performance improvement;  Making it work. Whitepaper, published in 1997.