Case Study: Garman Homes achieves major efficiency gains, cost avoidance and faster schedules with BuilderMT's Trade Portal

How the ‘Pull’ Technology of Trade Portal Promotes Efficiency, Cost Avoidance and Savings for any Homebuilder

Garman Homes, founded by industry veteran Jim Garman, needed a way to scale quickly in the competitive Research Triangle Park market while extending efficiencies beyond its back office to dozens of trade partners. Traditional “push” methods — e-mail, faxes, phone calls and mail — proved unreliable and time-consuming, so Garman implemented BuilderMT’s Workflow Management and adopted its web-based Trade Portal to centralize and secure communications and workflows.

BuilderMT’s Trade Portal uses “pull” technology to give trade partners real-time access to purchase orders, schedules, notifications and bid packages through a customizable company dashboard. The result: dramatic reductions in admin time and hard costs (estimated $12k–$18k avoided on bid administration and $60k–$90k saved on PO processing, $72k–$108k total annually), faster cycle times, stronger partner collaboration and an ROI that pays for the service in less than one home.

Garman Homes

Jim Garman

Owner