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Customer Segmentation Service Levels

November 22, 2023

Topics: Tanzania, ready mixed concrete

Worldwide, the production of ready mixed concrete is fundamentally the same. A plant in Dallas operates similar to plants in Dubai, Dublin and even Tanzania’s Dar es Salaam. The needs…

Meet the Women in Ready Mixed Concrete Technology

October 16, 2023

Topics: BCMI, Concrete Products, Concrete Industry

Cultivating a diverse workforce will help fill labor shortages. The concrete industry needs more female mentors to help encourage more women to...

Impact of the eTicketing Boom

October 9, 2023

Topics: IMI, eTicketing Boom, concrete contractors, Concrete Producers, Irving Materials Inc., Material Now

During the COVID pandemic, companies had to come up with new ways to keep their employees and customers safe and keep contact...

2023 ConcreteWorks Technical Highlights

September 25, 2023

Topics: 2023 ConcreteWorks Technical Highlights, National Mixer Driver Championship, Portland Cement Association, Ready-Mixed Concrete

NRMCA’s ConcreteWorks is coming to Nashville Sept. 29-Oct. 3! The singular most important industry meeting of the year for ready-mixed concrete professionals...

The Technology Upside in an Economic Downturn

December 7, 2022

Topics: return on investment, economic downturn, Carbon Footprint

Embrace the paradox: Invest in tech partners and people now, while an impending recession makes talent and time abundant. As the United...

The Age Decline of Ready Mixed Concrete Workers

Topics: ready mixed concrete, Concrete Products, Concrete Industry

The concrete industry is in a demographic decline. We are losing older, steady hands much faster than their impact can be replaced,...

Interoperability: The Digital Mindset

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...

The Real Value of Integrated Material Replenishment

Topics: BCMI Corp., cementitious materials, Bulk material, concrete operations, ready mix concrete, National Ready Mixed Concrete Association

Looking for true savings? Transition from “keep full” to “don’t run out.” Bulk material supply interruptions are inevitable, causing fulfillment delays or, much...

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...

Embrace the paradox: A recession makes talent and time abundant

January 26, 2023

Topics: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Concrete Industry, Digital Enterprise

As the United States slides into a recession and the construction industry is starting to feel it, BCMI’s Craig Yeack warns that...

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...

Alternative Materials to the Rescue!

November 28, 2022

Topics: concrete, geopolymer concrete, steel

Steel and concrete have a love-hate relationship. Steel brings tensile strength to concrete, making it stronger for structural applications. Alas, concrete lets...

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...

Five trends in technology changing the concrete industry

January 31, 2017

Topics: Concrete Producers, Supply Chain

Here’s why producers who embrace technology will come out on top.By Craig Yeack In the past, concrete producers’ success was based largely...

Technology: The trust differentiator

Topics: Concrete Producers, Ozinga

Concrete producers become indispensable partners by ‘coming clean’ with customers. By Craig Yeack Ozinga recently invested in streamlining its entire quote-to-cash process....

Would millennials want to work for you?

Topics: Concrete Industry, Irving Materials Inc.

How can an industry with a low-tech reputation attract and keep the best and brightest minds?By Craig Yeack “Millennials won’t come...

Producers level the playing field with technology

Topics: Concrete Producers, Smith Ready Mix

Tech is an equal-opportunity differentiator for producers of all sizes. By Craig Yeack Remote dispatching at Smith Ready Mix. Innovative concrete producers,...

Tapping into Wireless Technology

Topics: Concrete Producers, Wireless technology

Producers will be able to measure and manage almost every aspect of the ready-mix business with mobile devices.By Craig Yeack Wireless technology...

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