A Knowledge Base for the Ready - Mix Producer on the Progressions in Ready - Mixed Concrete Technology and Operations
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Tired of Rejected Loads? The Answer Could Be To Eliminate Excess Moisture
If the moisture content of wet aggregate is not compensated for, the slump may be too high and the water to cement ratio won’t conform to the mixture requirement. No, it isn’t enough to just add...
Managing Inbound Shipping Processes Keeps Costs Low and Services High
Managing and monitoring inbound shipping processes is often hard to do because of poor visibility and communication within the supply chain. With inbound shipping management, contractors have to...
Help Your Sales Department be the Best They Can Be
Good sales processes are central to your success. Without them, it’s hard to streamline your business and maintain a basic workflow to support classic sales process steps...
Committed to Quality: A Journey With COMMANDqc
The Strata Corporation is a 100-year-old company located in North Dakota and Minnesota. Its materials division provides ready mixed concrete and aggregate. Its heavy construction division provides...
How to Make Variable Costs Less…Variable
How can you manage your variable costs as effectively as you do your fixed costs? Ready mix concrete producers spend a significant amount of time evaluating their needs for fixed assets...
Real-Time Location Information for Third Party Vendors
Fleet management systems use telematics devices to track the location and status of vehicles in real time. For instance, timing is crucial when delivering concrete. Once water is added to the mix...
Greater Efficiency with Less Office Time? MOBILEsales Provides Flexibility That Can Improve Productivity
Mashmeyer's sales processes had not kept pace with their business. The sales team generated quotes using Excel files that were stored on a central server. Files were not tied to specific customers...
Wayne Davis supplyCONNECT Case Study
Every ready mix supplier plays the daily balancing act of supply and demand, juggling the risk of running out of material with the chaos and inefficiency of a long line of trucks lined up in the...
Maschmeyer MOBILEsales Case Study
According to Steve Bishop, Vice President and General Manager at Maschmeyer, their sales processes had not kept pace with their business. The sales team generated quotes using Excel files that were...
Welsch COMMANDqc Case Study
Chris Pusateri, Welsch’s QC manager, became aware that as their company grew, it was harder for their existing staff to keep pace with the increased demands for their technical services...
Strata COMMANDqc Case Study
From the late 1980’s through 2010 Strata Corporation expanded through acquisitions. Like many other companies that have purchased other businesses, Strata found itself in a situation where many of...
Graniterock COMMANDqc Case Study
Like many other concrete producers whose QC programs evolved while personal computers became commonplace, Graniterock’s QC information was managed in multiple programs. Aggregate gradings were...
Delta COMMANDqc Case Study
Concrete and materials test results were stored in file folders throughout the company and the data could not be easily accessed and examined. Verifying batch tolerances required going to the plant...
American Concrete Payment Association Supports Interstate System Renewal Program
The US Interstate Highway System is over 50 years old and operating well beyond its design life. Many highway segments have been more heavily trafficked than anticipated and are therefore in major...
In an Amazon World, It’s Essential for Your Operation to Drive an Efficient Fleet
Businesses are being tasked to provide similar experiences that consumers receive when ordering from a large e-commerce platform such as Amazon. Today’s Fleet Management solutions help businesses...
In a Constantly Evolving Industry, Businesses Must Reinvent the Way They Make Dispatch Decisions
Consider just some of the variables that come into play to make a single dispatch decision: driver call-in requirements, plant availability and loading speeds, mix costs, customer pouring rates..
Powering up Productivity by Streamlining Workflows
A. Jansen B.V. is the holding company for six operating companies that specialize in ready mix and precast concrete, groundwork and demolition, road construction, soil remediation, recycling...
What Could the "Cost of Doing Business" Be Costing You?
Producers accept that there is a cost associated with the time spent during the delivery process testing the slump of the load, making slump adjustments, and washing out the drum upon return to the...
Command Alkon’s COMMANDbatch Named Best Product in Show at the UK Concrete Show