Case Studies

Locked in a Battle for Market Share? Tip the Scales in Your Favor With Technology

April 10, 2024

Topics: customer relationship management, ready-mix producers, concrete producers

THE PROBLEM Concrete producers continually struggle to gain a competitive edge in an industry perceived as a commodity. Customers often reward low bidders without understanding how technology can improve their…

Stretched Thin? Bolster Your Business in Two Impactful Ways

Topics: customer relationship management, ready-mix producers, concrete producers

THE PROBLEM Losing business to competitors. When production is running at capacity, how can you increase your chances of being able to...

The Push Toward Touchless Deliveries

Topics: concrete industry, National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, ready-mixed concrete

2020 felt like a 12-month-long endurance test during which anything that could go wrong did go wrong. However, it also was a...

How the Pandemic Changed Ready-Mix: A Look Back

Topics: Material Now, Material Pro, ready-mixed concrete

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the ready-mix industry, some producers were better positioned to respond than others. The Martin Marietta Rocky Mountain Ready Mix...

E’Ticketing

December 2, 2020

As the COVID-19 pandemic forced the ready-mix industry to find new ways to keep workers safe yet connected, the Illinois Ready Mixed...

Welsch Ready Mix Pilots eTicket+eSign with Illinois DOT

The COVID-19 outbreak had many businesses seeking safer alternatives to traditional business operations. Ready-mix producers found themselves needing touchless ticketing solutions to...

Anatomy of a Modern Concrete Producer

Being a “modern” concrete producer in today’s technology-driven world means being able to use databases and software systems that seamlessly communicate with...

How to Improve Business? Fix Time First

September 23, 2019

The ability to meet performance goals isn’t always within a concrete producer’s control. When schedules change due to the weather, supply ratios,...

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