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Tech Tools - June 2007
Source: BUILDER Magazine
Publication date: June 1, 2007
By Steve Zurier
Start the Process
A Philly-area builder sees results from a business process management tool.

"(Tim Schaeffer Communites), a Berlin, N.J.–based builder... is using BuilderMT's BPM (business process management) tool to redefine its processes.

Jason Schaeffer, president, says BuilderMT's tool is similar to Microsoft Visio in that it lets users easily drag and drop workflow diagrams to design a new process. Here are some of the software's highlights:

Reporting variance purchase orders. Every time the builder experiences a 1 percent cost variance, the system sends an e-mail to Schaeffer and the company's top execs. Benefit: ...Schaeffer receives real-time variance information. This lets him respond to problems as they arise...
Flagging insurance expirations. Schaeffer used to learn about a workers' comp policy lapsing on the day of expiration. Now, 30 days before a policy expires, e-mails are sent to the subcontractor, the insurance agent, and the construction manager. Benefit: Improved communication increases the odds that workers on Schaeffer's jobs will have up-to-date insurance...""

Schaeffer continues to leverage technology to reduce costs and improve efficiencies. "Although systems like these are not glamorous, it is re-investment like this into our company that allows us to continually provide a better product for the price," says Jason.and makes for more effient

Tim Schaeffer Communities Takes Honors at MAME Awards

Tim Schaeffer Communities’ White Cedars, in Winslow Township, was among the communities that walked away from the Builders League of South Jersey’s annual awards program November 8 with two MAME (Major Achievement in Marketing Excellence) Awards. The honors were for Best Brochure and Best Signage. Schaeffer’s luxury townhome community, Lonaconing East, in West Berlin, earned a MERIT Award for Best Attached Home for the Appalachian model.

Tim Schaeffer Communities has long been an award-winning builder in South Jersey. The company currently markets the single family home communities of White Cedars and White Pines in Winslow Township, NJ; and Pine Crest and Cedar Crest in Egg Harbor Township, Atlantic County. Luxury townhomes are offered at Lonaconing East in Berlin Borough. In the planning stages is another single family home community, Cornerstone Estates in Carney's Point.

The Appalachian model at Tim Schaeffer Communities’ luxury townhome community, Lonaconing East, recently took a MERIT award for Best Attachted Home in the Builders League of South Jersey’s annual MAME (Major Achievements in Marketing Excellence) Awards program.

Two New Home Designs Offered at Tim Schaeffer's White Cedars
10/27/06

Two new home designs have just been added to the portfolio of offerings at Tim Schaeffer Communities’ White Cedars in Winslow Township, NJ.

Home buyers may choose from the Bolero or the Ravello, both with a selection of elevation styles, 4 bedrooms, 2 ½ baths, 9-foot first floor ceilings, air conditioning, a two car garage, a poured concrete basement and a half-acre homesite.

Other popular features include formal living and dining rooms, spacious family rooms with an optional fireplace, a luxurious master suite with large walk-in wardrobe closet and a soaking tub and separate shower in the master bath.

The Bolero offers 2,234 square feet of living space and is priced from $314,900. The Ravello, priced from $329,900 is 2,479 square feet in size. Both models may be toured at Schaeffer’s Pine Crest in Egg Harbor Township.

To visit White Cedars, take the New Jersey Turnpike to Exit 4 or Rt. 295 to Rt. 73 South and go apx. 9.5 miles to the Berlin Circle. Continue on Rt. 73 South 6.6. miles to Pump Branch Road jug handle. Bear right 1/10th mile to Cedarbrook Rd. Turn right. Proceed 3/10ths mile to White Cedars on the right. The sales center is open Friday through Tuesday from 10 to 5. For more information, call 1-888-331-BUILD (2845).

Finding the Better Solution in Challenging Market Times
8/9/06

As anyone who has been involved in any way in the housing industry knows, it’s a cyclical business. Whether you are looking at residential resale properties or new home construction, many factors influence the state of the market, the demand for housing, and the pricing that housing can sustain. There have been boom years and there have been bust years, but overall things are usually not as bad as they sound in a slowing market, such as the one in South Jersey today.

Still, it can be a scramble for home builders to maintain market share, to price homes competitively enough to keep selling, and to entice buyers into making that purchase decision. For a number of home builders across the nation, the “enticement game” is well under way. Everywhere there seem to be promotions geared to make home buying a better deal.

Some home builders, including the nation’s largest builder, DR Horton, plan to build fewer homes this year than initially predicted. Others are seeing cuts in earnings due to growing inventories of unsold homes.

How does a smaller builder, such as Berlin-based Tim Schaeffer Communities meet the challenge?

"We have been fortunate in our ability to keep our home prices stable due to our long term relationships with our subcontractors and our long term commitment to quality,” says President Jason Schaeffer. “Unlike some builders across the country who are dumping product and skimping on quality in order to keep their sales numbers high, we think we have a better solution.”

"That better solution is a rededication to our principles of containing construction costs while maintaining the highest quality in every home we build,”
Schaeffer says.

The company’s business plan and mission statement have been unchanged over the years, regardless of the state of the market, but today the challenge rests in an even greater dedication to quality control.

According to Schaeffer, the company has been value engineering its new and existing home plans to maintain a high level of quality, while wasteful overlapping of trades and materials is eliminated. Schaeffer is also working with its subcontractors and vendors to hold costs in line, and is bringing existing new plans to the marketplace. Over the past year they added two full time architectural review staff members to the company’s team.

"They have made tremendous headway in enhancing our value to the customer, while holding a competitive edge in product and quality,” Schaeffer says.

"You know when you are in this business it’s always a matter of finding solutions,” he remarks. “We want to continue to be known as the “Builder With the Better Solution” for our customers.

Opportunity Knocks at Tim Schaeffer Communities’ White Cedars
9/5/06

WINSLOW TOWNSHIP, NJ – Opportunity is waiting for prospective home buyers who are ready to make the move to Tim Schaeffer Communities’ White Cedars in Winslow Township, NJ. Now in the final closeout phase, the community offers a selection of designer furnished and field models, as well as fully upgraded homes ready for immediate delivery. Homes are priced from the mid-$300,000s –all with incentive packages for special savings.

This is an exceptional opportunity for today’s savvy home buyers to take advantage of the competitive market atmosphere and realize substantial savings on the home of their dreams,” says Pam Perini, sales and marketing manager.

Among the homes now available for sale is the builder’s lavishly decorated Winston model. The home is a very light, free flowing design that just begs to entertain. A two story foyer with an angled staircase bids guests a stylish welcome. Formal occasions shine in the living and dining rooms beyond. Party central would be the spacious island kitchen and adjacent family room. Many special upgrades make this home a spectacular selection.

Also available is a designer appointed Roanoke model, a stylish 3 bedroom ranch home, accented by volume ceilings in the great room and master suite and a bay window in the master suite. The kitchen/ breakfast nook opens onto the spacious great room, with a fireplace. A sunroom and a partial finished basement are also included.

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