Session ID:

VS3-05

n Intermediate

Simple Steps to Managing Today’s “Lean” Supply Chain

 Transitioning lean thinking from a shop floor tool to managing strategy for the entire supply chain sounds like a great idea. But where would you start? Confronted with what seems like another boil the ocean initiative many pass up the opportunity to truly transform not only their own organization but the entire supply chain. This presentation will focus on simple effective steps which anyone can undertake to begin the transformation. Tim will relay his experience from the automotive, high tech capital equipment and home building industries. Remember your supply chains waste is your waste like it or not!

Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Builder Homesite, Inc.and its subsidiary, New Home Technologies, were both founded with the same mission - to bring homebuilding industry leaders together to develop world class technology solutions.

Builder Homesite is a consortium of 38 of the nation's largest homebuilders and its flagship product is NewHomeSource.com, a consumer web site offering the Internet's most comprehensive information and selection of new homes.

The success of Builder Homesite demonstrated that the combined expertise and experience of a consortium of industry leaders will create better solutions. So in 2003, Builder Homesite founded New Home Technologies, a subsidiary consortium of new homebuilders and product suppliers, to create Envision, an integrated and standardized online new home design options management portal.

Tim Costello, Chairman & Chief Executive

Tim Costello is currently, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Builder Homesite Inc. (BHI) and New Home Technologies LLC (NHT). BHI is a marketing services and technology provider to the US home building industry, formed by 37 of the nation’s largest homebuilders. BHI’s founding members build nearly 30% of all single-family homes sold in the US. Today, seven years after formation, BHI has established itself as the leading services provider to the home building industry. BHI is consistently recognized as one of the fastest growing company in Austin, Texas. BHI has been honored by Inc. magazine the Austin Business Journal, The Association for Corporate Growth, Ernst & Yong and Deloitte & Touche. BHI owns and operates several subsidiary operation including EX2 a global technology development company and Outcoding, a near shore outsourcing provider.

NHT was founded in 2003 as a joint venture between the nation’s largest homebuilders and the industries leading manufactures of building products. NHT’s mission is to improve the transactional relationships throughout the home building value chain. The first product initiative, envision, focuses on improving the efficiency and effectiveness of managing the new home options process.