HAMILTON BUILDING SUPPLY Hamilton, NJ
John Perna, president of Hamilton Building Supply, hesitated to describe the Garden State company as an “early adopter.” But the prodealer celebrating its 100th year in business is faster than a typical “fast follower.” The company’s operations continue to adapt and adjust in a variety of ways.
The need for speed: We use tech to create speed and efficiency. So we've always believed that the faster we can respond to a customer, the more likely we are to get the sale. If we’re the first to respond, we’re going to be that much more likely to get the order, regardless of pricing. If we are the first ones out there with the quote, customers truly appreciate it.
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LOUWS TRUSS Burlington, WA
With four Washington locations, Louws Truss has served the Pacific Northwest as a truss manufacturer for 70 years. Third-generation owner and President B.J. Louws doesn’t claim to be a technology guy, but his company is certainly pushing at the high-tech boundaries with a fully robotic truss manufacturing system, installed in 2022.
On robots in the truss plant: We were one of the first in the country to implement the sort of line that we have. We’ve got robots placing plates onto lumber and then being assembled by an even bigger robot with lasers and automated jigging and all that kind of stuff. And we’re going to be installing a second robotic line later on this year, so we're moving forward on this technology.
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ASHBY LUMBER Berkeley, CA
With locations on opposite sides of the San Francisco Bay in Berkeley and Concord, California, Ashby Lumber operates in the shadows of tech industry royalty. Brian Rocha, vice president of sales and marketing for the prodealer, says he can’t directly trace Ashby’s embrace of technology to the local business culture. But it certainly doesn’t hurt.
On e-commerce initiative: We switched providers recently from an iNet service to Toolbx, which is a startup company and an e-commerce platform in the building products space. And if you look at lumber yards in general (at least in our neck of the woods) the online services are pretty limited. Pricing, ability to purchase online — a lot of independent dealers can’t do that. So we felt here was an opportunity for us to have a leg up on the competition, and expand our business beyond just the local footprint. It will allow customers to shop with us outside of our radius, and keep us ahead of the curve.
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Hamilton Building Supply has been an LMC Dealer since 2012
Louws Truss has been an LMC Dealer since 2006
Ashby Lumber has been an LMC Dealer since 2006