ou have implemented a construction scheduling system to monitor your construction progress everyday.  You generate delay reports to figure out where your most delays are.  You use projected closing reports to project your financial numbers in the coming months.  You and your crew look forward to reducing construction cycle time with these reports.  You hope to translate your time savings into money before the end of the year.  You are just waiting for the good news, but somewhere deep inside, you have a feeling that you are still missing something!  You know for sure, there is something else that you should be doing.  The fact is, you are absolutely right.  All the things you do are great for your business, but unless you implement the principles of volume management to manage your homes, you are losing out.  To learn more, read on.
There are several reasons construction cycle time increases--lack of material, delayed shipments, shortage of labor, poor quality requiring rework time, inadequate crew, bad weather etc.  How we manage these delays and prioritize the topmost items on a daily basis is the key to reducing construction time.
Anybody who uses a planner knows that the secret behind their efficiency is prioritization of tasks before they start work each day.  How do we implement this same technique in managing volume construction?
To begin with, we first have to look at all activities scheduled and arrange them in the most critical fashion.  Let's say we have a hundred delayed homes under various stages of construction.  Some of these may be delayed due to vendors not having enough crews to complete the work.  Under such