The Social Network - TW Perry's "All about the Home" show provides contractors with what they want most - leads - while building customer loyalty.

Talk to contractors and the one thing they just about always want are more leads.  What's the best way to fulfill such a need?  Go out and bring the leads to the contractors, which is exactly what TW Perry had in mind when it put on its "All About the Home" show.
 
We always want to do something to connect homeowners with our contractors," says Tonya Farina, TW Perry's director of business development and marketing. "In this business you're intimately involved with the customers.  You have to want to help your customers."
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On October 27, 2011, TW Perry was named the National Pro Dealer of the Year by Home Channel News.  Home Channel News is the top news outlet (both with a print and online publication) representing all lumberyards in the US, servicing both the professional lumberyard and the Home Center business.

The National Pro Dealer of the Year Award is arguably the most prestigious award given to a lumberyard annually.  This is the first time a lumberyard (that isn't part of the National Chain) in the Mid-Atlantic has received this honor.
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Looking for 'Open Opportunities' - TW Perry uses customer, empoyee feedback to find new ways to suceed.

This year marks the 100th anniversary of TW Perry opening its first store, and a variety of programs are planned to celebrate with employees and customers.  That's only fitting, as both groups have helped the six-store company innovate.  The company takes ideas from both groups and puts them into action whenever it's feasable.

"We didn't wait for a building-industry recovery to try something new and begin improvements," explains Michael Cassidy, president and CEO of the Gaithersburg, MD-based chain.
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TW Perry creates a new way to present its sales data. 

When using financial information to analyze sales, most dealers are about as sophisticated as a game of checkers.  A few businesses, using the same board of financial data, have advanced to chess.  Now TW Perry has figured out how to play chess on several boards simultaneously.

The Gaithersburg, MD-based dealer outscored all other Excellence Award participants with a sales scorecard that distills what normally is a bewildering array of choices into an easy-to-read, profoundly informative report that can deliver appropriate info to each level of management.
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TW Perry Takes #16!

TW Perry was selected as a Recipient of The Gazette of Politics and Business Third Annual Exceptional 53 Business Award.  The P&B Exceptional 53 Award program, acknowledges the top 53 businesses and organizations in Maryland based on criteria that included the recipient company's annual revenue and employee growth as well as noteworthy industry-related innovations, community service and charitable efforts.  Included in the judging were factors regarding how the companies' cultures make them a "great place to work".
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TW Perry increases website visits by adding a catalog and other features plus revamping the site's look.

Building Materials supplier TW Perry knows it made the right improvements to the dealer's website, www.twperry.com.  The numbers say it all.  "We're averaging about 40 [registered] users a month.  Before, it was probably eight to 10 a month," says Gary Bowman, vice president of information technology and training for Gaithersburg, MD-based TW Perry.  "The traffic increase has been really large.  Right now, we're logging 4,000 visits a month... It was about 400 a month on our old site."
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Let It Flow: TW Perry reorganizes its manufacturing facility to develop a clean-cut, more efficient operation.
What do Toyota and building materials dealer TW Perry have in common? They both use the same philosophy to drive their manufacturing setups. Called lean manufacturing, the philosophy aims to reduce waste during the manufacturing process and centers on eliminating unnecessary steps. When drafting the plan for TW Perrys new 42,500-square-foot fabrication facility for its Classic Moulding and Door division, Chris Gray, director of architectural sales, kept this goal in mind. He ended up with a space that allows for streamlined manufacturing.
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Information Age: TW Perry creates a colorful Web site to help customers learn about green building.

One way you can tell that the number of builders and customers interested in green construction is growing is the ever-rising number of requests dealers are hearing to explain what being green means. One of those dealers decided to address the issue through a Web site thats as colorful and innovative as it is informative.TW Perry of Gaithersburg, Md., took the Excellence Award for Best Web Site because its new initiative, http://green.twperry.com/, was an impressive combination of clean layout, solid information and easy-to access features. The site launched in July, and the dealer says it helps customers both learn about green building and see what green services and products TW Perry offers.
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On Friday November 16, 2007, The Catholic Business Network of Montgomery County was pleased and honored to award Mr. Ed Quinn as the Business Person of the Year for 2007. The awards dinner and Gala was held at the Bethesda North Marriott and over 500 people were in attendance to recognize Ed, a Catholic leader who has made important contributions throughout the County and the Washington Metropolitan Area. The Business Person of the Year Award was created by the CBN Board of Directors to recognize Catholic leaders for their example to the community.
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TW Perry received the 2008 Recycling Award from the Division of Solid Waste Services for excellence in recycling more than 50 percent of waste in 2008 and outstanding achievement for contributions to successful recycling, waste reduction, buying recycled and educational efforts.

Source: Home Builders Care Foundation, Inc. Press Release 1/30/09
TW Perry was honored with the third Community Builder Award. The company has long had a commitment to community and for the past number of years has generously provided in-kind donations on materials to charitable construction programs like the Home Builders Care Foundation and Rebuilding Together. In 2008, an HBCF project for the Yellow Ribbon Fund also benefited from TW Perrys goodwill. The project, to construct a beautiful new 10,000 sq. ft. accessible courtyard on the grounds of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center was chaired by TW Perrys own Ed Quinn, a Yellow Ribbon Fund board member. Last May, after six-months of construction, the Mologne House Courtyard was dedicated and now serves as a welcome retreat for wounded servicemen and women and their families during their time of healing.

TW Perry was presented with the Case Design and Remodeling, 2007 Supplier of the Year award at the Case Annual meeting in Mclean, VA. This award is presented with special recognition in TW Perrys efforts in working closely with Case Design and Remodeling to further develop the alliance partnership.

TW Perry was presented with the Case Design and Remodeling, 2006 Supplier of the Year award at the Case Annual meeting in Mclean, VA. This award is presented with special recognition in TW Perrys efforts in working closely with Case Design and Remodeling to further develop the alliance partnership.
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TW Perry receives the 2006 Goodwill Award from Bethesda Chevy Chase Chamber of Commerce.