Embark

21 | Embark In a competitive world like the Construction space, it's beneficial to determine ways to cut business costs. It's been reported that automating data collection efforts can reduce man hours by as much as 98 percent and cut costs by a significant amount. With automation, data is available and can be accessed from anywhere, simplifying operations and removing the friction that arises with manual data entry. Our partners at Scioto Ready Mix and M&R Ready Mix have experienced the conundrum that ensues with manual processes. With Command Alkon, they can remove these bottlenecks and deliver superior service and quality to their customers. Scioto Improves Competitive Position with Innovation Scioto Ready Mix permeated the ready mix space in 2006 as a family-owned and operated company in Columbus, Ohio. They operate with 7 plants in 5 different plant locations and service over six counties in central Ohio. They have promoted a culture of integration and connectivity across their operations. Six months after the implementation of Integra, Command Alkon's dispatching solution, they implemented the COMMANDbatch automated batching system. Shortly after, they added TrackIt to their toolkit for truck tracking and telematics. With COMMANDbatch, Scioto has improved their quality and speed of production, increasing their production capacity by 10-15% within the first three months. "At the end of the day, where seconds turn into minutes, and minutes into hours, the COMMANDbatch site has, by far, been the quickest implemented technology that we've seen immediate financial turnaround with," said L.T. Miles, General Manager for Sales & Marketing at Scioto Ready Mix. With Integra at play, their dispatch team has been able to cut down inter-company communication so that they can place more focus on customer service. The solution has standardized their processes, which has been particularly important as Scioto grows. Scioto has cut the radio traffic from dispatch to drivers and phone calls from dispatch to customers in half with their integration of TrackIt and Integra. With TrackIt, Scioto's experienced drivers can drive to a jobsite that doesn't have an address yet and drop a pin back to dispatch so that the other drivers can follow. This is helpful because the quicker that Scioto can get their trucks to the jobsite and then get them turned back around to grab more loads, the more profitable they are. Connecting Information and People Scioto has eliminated paper processes by working with some of their customers on the CONNEX Platform. They share electronic material and delivery tickets, removing the Ready Mix Perspective More Data. Better Concrete. Insights into what's working and what can be improved.

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