Fabricator Profile: Advanced Marble & Granite

During the economic recession, the owners of Advanced Marble & Granite in Meridian, Idaho, were advised to close the business, but in October 2011, they assumed a new, aggressive stance and made it out intact.

One of the ways Advanced Marble & Granite was able to pull through was by acquiring Snake River Stone and Tile and making the owner a new partner. The company then worked on improving efficiency, especially when it came to pulling together the front line and the back end. In addition, the owners, Don Massey, Mike Bishop  and Mike Norton, began concentrating on establishing new commercial contracts.

A more recent method that the company used to increase efficiency and profit was to create a swing shift that would make use of the machinery to fabricate for competitors, leaving them to focus on templating and installation.

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