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Component Connection

SBCA's podcast focuses on everything from production and marketing best practices to risk management and leadership tips. We are interviewing fellow component manufacturers and industry experts and t... Read more

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EP 23: Gene Frogale and Jeff Taake Discuss COVID-19 Impacts on Operations

EP 23: Gene Frogale and Jeff Taake Discuss COVID-19 Impacts on Operations

Gene Frogale is the president of Annandale Millwork & Allied Systems in Winchester, Virginia, and Jeff Taake is the ... Read more

23 Apr 2020

39mins

Ranked #2

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EP 13: Gene Frogale Shares His Approach to Component Sales and Marketing

EP 13: Gene Frogale Shares His Approach to Component Sales and Marketing

Gene Frogale and his brother Rob are co-presidents of Annandale Millwork & Allied Systems in Winchester, Virginia. G... Read more

4 Dec 2019

35mins

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EP 24: Mike Bugbee Discusses the Industry’s Evolution and Approach to Sales

EP 24: Mike Bugbee Discusses the Industry’s Evolution and Approach to Sales

Mike Bugbee, part owner of Oregon Truss in Salem, Oregon, shares his perspectives on the evolution of the component manu... Read more

6 May 2020

29mins

Ranked #4

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EP 10: Barry Dixon Discusses Business Approaches to Integration & Automation

EP 10: Barry Dixon Discusses Business Approaches to Integration & Automation

Barry is the owner and CEO of True House in Jacksonville, Florida, and is an early adopter of technology and automation ... Read more

16 Oct 2019

34mins

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EP 22: Mike Ruede and Scott Ward Share Business Changes Due to COVID-19

EP 22: Mike Ruede and Scott Ward Share Business Changes Due to COVID-19

Mike Ruede and Scott Ward discuss the various challenges the COVID-19 Coronavirus has created for their businesses and w... Read more

16 Apr 2020

45mins

Ranked #6

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EP 11: Richard Brown & Jim Finkenhoefer Discuss Business Practices & Their Successful Partnership

EP 11: Richard Brown & Jim Finkenhoefer Discuss Business Practices & Their Successful Partnership

Richard Brown and Jim Finkenhoefer met in 1986 at a Georgia Component Manufacturers Association meeting and later partne... Read more

6 Nov 2019

39mins

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EP 21: Joe Hikel and Steve Stroder on COVID-19 Business Practices and Reactions

EP 21: Joe Hikel and Steve Stroder on COVID-19 Business Practices and Reactions

Joe Hikel and Steve Stroder discuss their reactions to the COVID-19 pandemic and how they're leading their businesses th... Read more

10 Apr 2020

58mins

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EP 7: BJ Louws Discusses Lean Manufacturing & Innovation Opportunities with Sean Shields

EP 7: BJ Louws Discusses Lean Manufacturing & Innovation Opportunities with Sean Shields

BJ Louws, president of Louws Truss in Ferndale, Washington, discusses the family business and how structural components ... Read more

4 Sep 2019

34mins

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EP 3: Sean Shields Talks With Current SBCA President Greg Griggs

EP 3: Sean Shields Talks With Current SBCA President Greg Griggs

Sean Shields and Greg Griggs explore the latest efforts of SBCA to help component manufacturers grow market share and ta... Read more

3 Jul 2019

22mins

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EP 9: Angie & Ashley Stroder Share Their Perspectives About the Industry

EP 9: Angie & Ashley Stroder Share Their Perspectives About the Industry

Angie and her daughter, Ashley, share their experiences as women in a traditionally male-dominated industry. Both Angie ... Read more

2 Oct 2019

33mins

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EP 8: Matt Layman Discusses Lumber Market Trends with Kirk Grundahl

EP 8: Matt Layman Discusses Lumber Market Trends with Kirk Grundahl

Matt Layman, president of Layman's Lumber Guide, discusses current lumber market trends with SBCA Executive Director, Ki... Read more

18 Sep 2019

37mins

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EP 5: Greg Griggs & Larry Dix Discuss Value of Face-to-Face Meetings

EP 5: Greg Griggs & Larry Dix Discuss Value of Face-to-Face Meetings

SBCA president Greg Griggs, Builders FirstSource, and SBCA board member Larry Dix, Apex Truss, discuss the value they re... Read more

7 Aug 2019

39mins

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EP 14: SBCA President Mike Ruede Shares Thoughts on How to Better Promote Your Business

EP 14: SBCA President Mike Ruede Shares Thoughts on How to Better Promote Your Business

SBCA President Mike Ruede shares his thoughts on what component manufacturers could do to better promote their businesse... Read more

18 Dec 2019

23mins

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EP 19: Scott Arquilla Reflects on Running a Successful Business in Chicago

EP 19: Scott Arquilla Reflects on Running a Successful Business in Chicago

Scott Arquilla, former co-owner, vice president, and COO of Best Homes, Inc., shares how his family got started in the ... Read more

11 Mar 2020

35mins

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EP 16: Dean DeHoog Discusses Business Culture and Management Best Practices

EP 16: Dean DeHoog Discusses Business Culture and Management Best Practices

Dean DeHoog is the director of manufacturing for Standard Building Systems, a US LBM company in Grand Rapids, Michigan. ... Read more

22 Jan 2020

37mins

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