From paperless to wireless, ready-mix producers can thrive in a digital era By: Craig Yeack
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Ready-Mix for Small Town, USA
Technology plays a unique role for producers who serve small markets By Craig Yeack
Read MoreThe Value of Control
Producers are investing in precision over tradition when it comes to cooling concrete By Craig Yeack
Read MoreBuilding a Better Driver
A new app motivates drivers with performance-based incentives by Craig Yeack
Read MoreBack to the future for precast
Producers embrace technology to strengthen core values of safety and service To understand the implications of technology for concrete pipe and precast producers, let’s start with Michael J. Fox and Jamie Tremain, vice president and general manager of Inland Pipe/Ocean Pipe affiliates of Lehigh Hanson in Canada. Both are from Western Canada, and Tremain started his career in 1985 at…
Read MoreThe Urgency of Real-time Benchmarking
Buying Innovation
Another step to sustainability
QC ahead of dispatch in technology adoption; chats beckon
Source: BCMI Corp., Bellingham, Wash.
An analysis of ready mixed producers’ leveraging of the mobile device ecosystem that has evolved since the iPhone’s 2007 debut tracks widely adopted changes in functions like quality control, gradual reshaping of dispatch methods through cloud-based platforms, and advanced chat systems fostering productive team member collaboration. BCMI Principal Craig Yeack makes his case for “Industry is perfectly poised to deploy a mobile workforce” here.
Read MoreEvolution of concrete plants
by Craig Yeack
Ready-mix plants matter. The physical foundation of modern society is absolutely dependent on concrete infrastructure. More important are the resilient folks who work long, hard hours, day after day, to make it happen. Now more than ever, our people and concrete plants are faced with fundamental changes not seen in 70 years.
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