Category: Managing Your Business

The Value Chain: Adding Value to the Supply Chain

This MCERF study defines the construction supply chain and highlights key concepts that will help you transform your supply chain into a value chain. By streamlining work processes, developing stronger relationships with suppliers and using technology, you can significantly increase your company’s profitability.

Five Key Trends for the Future of the Mechanical Contracting Industry

This research report provides a studied and dispassionate look at some developing trends that portend to have real impact on the personal and business futures of mechanical contractors. The central thesis of this report underwritten by MCERF is that you can change your future through the actions and preparations you take today.

Collective Bargaining Guide and Legal Analysis

Labor and employment law experts Michael Boldt and Ryan Poor cover essential collective bargaining details in plain English. Appendices cover construction site strikes, picketing and boycotts; equal employment opportunity and affirmative action; and preventing harrassment.

Exposed: Keeping Your Data to Yourself After an IT Breach

Keep your data private after an IT breach. Three types of cyber threats have been on the rise in business; each requires your leadership skills to help your company avoid them or emerge unscathed. Find out what you can do as an executive to protect your company if your website is hacked and defaced, if your files are held for ransom or if your Data Center goes offline with no estimate for restoration.