Category: Cloud
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What Payment Transparency Will Mean For the Ready Mix Industry
The nature of the ready mix concrete industry is fluid, and those who can overcome the unexpected are rewarded. With the industry’s unique on-the-fly character, materials producers are reminded daily of just how acrobatic they must be to support an intricate ordering system as well as customer satisfaction. While smooth transactions and financial transparency offer…
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EPDs Are About to Be a Whole Lot Easier for Ready Mix Producers
Data shows that EPDs are on the rise — and in turn, so is business credibility. With independently verified product data, ready mix businesses are doubling down on their sustainability initiatives with readily available emissions data. As reporting regulations continue to develop in the construction world, businesses able to communicate their data at plant, product, and project levels…
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Work How You Work | Command Cloud Dashboards
Cross-functional professionals are a major driving force of the heavy building materials industry. But even for multitaskers, dispatchers, and order takers alike, sorting through a pile of data coated in layers of screens to find what’s relevant is tedious with a capital T. For many team members throughout an organization, combing for critical data could…
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Reeling in the renewable energy potential of the cloud
Trimming idle time with the power of cloud technology has sparked an efficiency revolution for heavy materials operations — igniting sharper business strategies from better truck routes to smarter material resourcing. And while this efficiency prompts material suppliers and producers to soak up cost-savings, switching from on-premises infrastructure to public cloud services can simultaneously save…
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Core Elements Behind Your Company’s Cyber Resilience
Cybersecurity — even in the heavy building materials industry — can keep us up at night. At some point, the size of your organization will indicate the number of dedicated full-time positions supporting data protection and cyber resilience. But no matter company size, everyone benefits from routinely checking and refining your foundational best practices. So,…
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Does your cloud solution check all of these boxes?
There’s quite the buzz around cloud-native technology, and rightfully so. In the cloud, both material producers and suppliers can expect scalability, accelerated innovation, and much more. But for any organization to fully reap the rewards of operating in the cloud, we believe these are five product must-haves you’ll want on your side. 1. A quick…
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Ready to Take Your Dispatch Operations to the Cloud?
The ready mix industry is a mobile industry, so being able to complete tasks on-the-go is becoming a major competitive advantage; this is why leading ready mix producers are turning to cloud-enabled dispatching solutions. Having information about tickets from anywhere eliminates communication delays in any part of the communication chain, and employees can handle day-to-day…
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Cloud-native? Cloud-enabled? Cloud who? Cloud what?
Today, it’s common for applications to run in the cloud. However, depending on the way they were designed, the level at which they take advantage of cloud environments varies. For now, we’re talking about two cloud application models. You may have heard their names: cloud-native and cloud-enabled. You may have even heard them used interchangeably.…
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Command Alkon Elevates Customer Experience with Enhanced Billing & Invoicing Functionality in Cloud-Native Dispatch Product
Improvements to Dispatch Offer Seamless and Intuitive Billing Workflows Command Alkon, the leading software and solutions provider for the heavy building materials industry, is thrilled to unveil the revamped Billing & Invoicing functionality in their cloud-native Dispatch product. This upgrade reflects a deep commitment to customer satisfaction, driven by valuable feedback to simplify and enhance…
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Our UX Designer Has Two Quick Questions
Dylan Cohen, Principal UX Designer 1. What is the job that this person needs to do? 2. How can I make that job as efficient as possible? Designing simple, accessible, and enjoyable user experiences takes diligence. And at Command Alkon, we start this thorough process by answering these two questions. As a Principal UX Designer…