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Las empresas de agregados y de cemento son unos de los pilares del sector de la construcción. Sin embargo, estas empresas se enfrentan a diario a una serie de retos: Mantenerse al día con la demanda Controlar los costos Garantizar la seguridad y el cumplimiento Atraer y retener a los mejores talentos Estos retos pueden…

Techniques for Reducing Balling in Concrete This month we will diverge from new and exciting technology to familiar and frustrating challenges and provide practical techniques for loading your trucks at a dry batch plant. My thanks to Tim Schiever of Advanced Batch Consulting, LLC for sharing his experience. Mechanicals Matter The first technique for reducing…

Com um grande crescimento na infraestrutura, estamos vendo a necessidade de fazer mais com menos. Empresas de agregados que possuem sistemas inteligentes e estrutura tecnológica em funcionamento colheram os benefícios da capacidade de tomar decisões criteriosas com base em dados. Essas empresas também estão obtendo retornos substanciais sobre o investimento por meio do aumento da…

Con una vasta cantidad de crecimiento de infraestructura, estamos viendo la necesidad de hacer más con menos. Las compañías de agregado que ya tienen implementados sistemas inteligentes y redes centrales de tecnología han cosechado los beneficios gracias a la capacidad que tienen para tomar decisiones bien informadas basadas en datos. Estas compañías también están viendo…

Over 20 Years of Experience Perfectly Positions Strickland to Inform, Shape, and Advance Command Alkon’s Strategy Birmingham, AL – June 14, 2022 – Command Alkon, the global leader in integrated software and technology solutions for the heavy building materials industry, announces that Chris Strickland has been appointed Senior Vice President of Strategy & Innovation. Strickland has served…

The Driver Shortage Has Plagued the Construction Materials Industry for Years; Scale Ticketing Software Helps to Do More with Less, Improving Efficiency and Throughput for Aggregate Suppliers Command Alkon, the leading software and solutions provider bringing together technology and people for the heavy building industry, recognizes the shortage of drivers that plagues the aggregates industry, exacerbated…

Vehicle Tracking, Status Loops, and Messaging Work to Recapture Unproductive Time and Drive a More Efficient Fleet Command Alkon, the leading software and solutions provider for the heavy building materials industry, is thrilled to introduce TrackIt Advantage, the newest addition to the company’s TrackIt offerings that provides businesses with a streamlined yet powerful solution to…

There has been an extreme amount of ‘buzz’ around these two topics in the ready-mix concrete industry as of late. Easily misunderstood, these two topics continue to attract the attention of many and, at the same time, scare others off. To give this a fair shake, it is critical that their definitions and subsequent use…

REAL-TIME TRAVEL Select a reputable truck tracking provider, such as Trackit by Command Alkon, to provide your dispatch system with real time travel and routing. Accurate and dependable travel times are key to on-time arrival. Arriving too early or late can have costly consequences. Advanced dispatch platforms can also ‘slide’ subsequent loads on order to maintain timeliness and profitability…