Keep a close watch on critical materials to avoid costly delays.
- Getting materials for your project can be a process
- Purchasing
- Submittals
- Fabrication
- Delivery
- Storage
- Getting them on time is critical
- Avoid delays in production
- Avoid missing key dates
- Understand long lead items
- Create systems to track your materials
- Create a tracking log for each project
- List each item and track the entire process from start to finish
- Use the dates needed on the project to work backwards to determine when to buy
- Make this part of you project start-up process
- Follow-up on the items to make sure suppliers are hitting the dates
- Create a tracking log for each project