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Rick Tomlinson is the Owner and Consultant at Rick Tomlinson Consulting, a firm providing consulting services in the building materials sector. Mr. Tomlinson has more than 30 years of experience with Georgia Pacific/BlueLinx. He has experience in managing...
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USG Sees the Future Both Near and Far Term
May 23, 2007
USG to Cut 500 Jobs Due to Housing Slump | biz.yahoo.com
USG is cutting labor. What else are they doing that the rest of the industry will be following?
January 12, 2007
ElkCorp Board Advises Against BMCA Offer | www.forbes.com
Elk happens to be in the position of being desired by two different companies. One they planned for, and the other they did not. One road leads to survival and a continuation of the brand, the other, well, probably not!
Is the Home Depot Ship Changing Course?
January 9, 2007
A $210 Million Parachute | www.thestar.com
Articles on Nardelli being paid too much or not shareholder friendly abound. This article goes further into the direction of Home Depot and the General Electric way of doing things. Changing a cowboy culture and cutting costs were seen by Nardelli as the right thing. Will that course continue? How much change is needed?