Industry Trends

Interoperability: The Digital Mindset

May 4, 2023

Topics: application programming interface, Concrete Products

What if you could reconfigure your business processes to be faster and less costly by easily offering new products and services from emerging providers … and offloading your non-core competencies…

AI Part 2: The Concrete Case for AI Bots

Topics: OpenAI, Concrete Products, ChatGPT

Providers of AI foundation models like OpenAI and their ChatGPT can harness deep learning. Just imagine what we can do with construction...

The End Game of Digitization

February 20, 2023

Topics: ChatGPT, artificial intelligence, ready mix concrete

Microsoft is investing $10 billion in OpenAI, a startup company specializing in artificial intelligence (AI). OpenAI is the maker of ChatGPT (an...

A ‘Bit’ on Digital Currency and Ready-Mix Concrete

October 18, 2022

Topics: Cryptocurrency

We have all heard of the cryptocurrency called bitcoin. Ether (ETH) is the second most popular cryptocurrency, and it’s about to expand...

Producers’ Choice

September 7, 2022

Topics: Concrete Technology, Ready-Mixed Concrete

Concrete technology options in the ready mixed industry can be likened to the hospitality ecosystem in Orlando, Fla. Much like the independent ecosystem...

Fast Forwarding to the Digital Age

August 30, 2022

Topics: Material Pro

How One Small Ready Mix Producer, B & B Concrete, Automated its Systems in Two Years. By Victoria K. Sicaras Modernizing outdated systems...

Newsflash: The digital enterprise is not complicated

February 9, 2022

Topics: Digital Enterprise, Digital Solutions

Ready-mix concrete is a “now” industry. Real time. No delays. It’s time for us to catch up with what our kids already...

The Modern Ready-Mix Customer

January 13, 2022

Topics: Concrete Construction, Mobile Technology, Ready-Mixed Concrete

Running a ready mixed concrete operation is tough. Running a concrete construction operation is just as tough, if not more. In Concrete...

The ‘NOW’ System Landscape

December 15, 2021

Topics: Aggregates, Construction Materials, Ready-Mixed Concrete

Managing construction materials is a complicated “now” business. Dozens of independent factors must be tamed to achieve on-time, on-site, on-spec fulfillment. The...

Concrete Batching: Buy vs. Build

November 15, 2021

Topics: Concrete Producers, Software

Many concrete producers are considering the merits of upgrading their software and hardware for concrete batching. Some are even considering a DIY...

Go Paperless!

August 12, 2021

Topics: Concrete Producers, Digital Enterprise, eTicketing

With an eye toward saving money and trees, and cleaning the sky, BCMI’s Craig Yeack discusses how concrete producers can improve operations—and...

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...

Small Footprint, Large Impact: Technology for the Small Producer

December 23, 2020

Ready-mix producers of all sizes are leveraging cloud computing and mobile technology to meet the challenges of the current marketplace and ramp...

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...

Industry Roundtable Featuring Concrete Supply Co., Geiger, Geneva Rock, & Miles Sand & Gravel

In a roundtable discussion published in Concrete Products, these leading producers describe COVID-19’s impact on operations and their local markets and share...

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...

Inside Innovation: Concrete Industry Fast-Tracks Innovation to Reduce Carbon Emissions

Concrete has influenced the construction industry since Roman and Egyptian times. While originally developed from mud, stone, and volcanic pozzolan, today’s concrete...

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...

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