3/29/2024 0 Comments Fireside bowl cash only![]() The entire supply chain is affected by the shortage we’re seeing impacts in drywall roofing insulation and more. And we did put a little note at the goddess. Why is the lumber shortage happening? How to handle the complications from this shortage ways to navigate through the credit collections and customer relations side, as well as some takeaways and insight that people have seen just over the last year. Uh, we have a few different directions we’re going to do. I’m always trying to sell that credit relationship within our industry and best practices. Um, as for me, I’m just a strong advocate of credit as an extension of sales. So we really have a focus on a decentralized environment where we can keep decision-making close to the local customers. Um, we sell appliances as well as structural steel and rebar. We operate in the lumber space, the gypsum space. Um, Kodiak’s a fun organization that is very, um, diversified. And now I serve as a senior director of credit and AR for Kodiak building partners. I’ve been doing this for just over 25 years, um, have worked for several large distributors, um, but far as wholesome roofing supply group, beacon roofing products. Um, so I’m a credit manager in the building materials space. Jen, do you want to introduce yourself, right? Yeah. I’ll go ahead and let him introduce himself. Um, he is with web analytics and if you ever watch LinkedIn, there’s tons of information. ![]() Uh, Craig is actually having some technical difficulties. And that they’re positioning themselves in a proactive cashflow position instead of kind of just relying on the hope as a credit tool kind of thing.Īwesome. But my company focuses on, um, helping, uh, lumber companies, supply yards, contractors, all make sure that their credit collections process are where they need to be. So it, I think once you get into this industry, it’s kind of like a tar pit. ![]() My dad was a contractor and I married a man whose family owned lumber yards. Um, well, like Mike, I grew up in a construction family. Do you want to tell him a little about yourself? ![]() Well, thank you for being here next on our panel. Um, and then in 2019, my partners and I launched materials exchange, which is an electronic B2B marketplace for buying and selling lumber. Um, in 2009, I basically left the lumber industry per se, and became an independent floor trader at the Chicago mercantile exchange in the lumber futures pit. Uh, so I have been in the lumber industry, um, kinda my whole life because I grew up in a construction family, but started in the mid nineties, uh, learn how to buy and sell lumber in the wholesale marketplace and, um, you know, learned about trading and then the financial risk management using futures and, um, tools like that. Would you like to tell us a little about yourself? My first person today on our panel is Mike Wisnefski. That’s got the credit professionals with all the meet and greets and the education and the blogs as well. I am the new payment professionals, community manager. Uh, we have software that manages your lien rights processes, waivers, and much, much more. We have a community of credit professionals that are here to answer questions and share their experience. So we offer free educational classes and webinars. If you don’t know who Levelset is we, uh, we understand that the construction industry is confusing. So we’re going to talk about what’s going on. Hopefully in this industry, there’s a lot of issues. As we have a fireside chat with some of the lumber and building industry’s premier experts, they know everything that’s going on. Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedules to join us today. Takeaways from the past year and industry trends so you can stay ahead of the curve.Ways to navigate credit, collections, and customer relations during the lumber shortage.Why the lumber shortage is happening and how to handle it.If you work for or with LBM companies, join this live roundtable discussion to learn: With the current lumber shortage bringing new changes each week, one question is top of mind for all of us right now: what’s really going on in the lumber industry? To answer this question, we’re bringing together a panel of leading industry experts from top lumber and building materials companies across the country.
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