For most fabricators, the answer is hidden in overheads, which makes the true cost of producing your own componentry almost impossible to see.

Developed by Warwick Drysdale, Managing Director of Programmed Timber, the Truss Component Analysis model draws on decades of manufacturing experience and the production of hundreds of millions of precision-cut for purpose components. By using your plant’s own operating figures, it calculates the finished cost of producing truss componentry ready for the jig/press.

The model considers actual saw output, staffing and shifts, running costs, timber rates, waste, and equipment investment. It then uses practical “what if” scenarios to compare your current operation with or without the inclusion of pre-cut webs and creeper chords.

The analysis can reveal opportunities to reduce costs, improve operational efficiency, release valuable saw, and labour capacity, allowing your plant to increase production and build greater capacity to scale. Because the model draws data from plants across the industry, it also shows how your operation benchmarks against comparable fabricators. And it provides insight into whether future capital expenditure will genuinely benefit the bottom line, so if investment is the right move, you’ll know exactly where to direct it.

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