EveryPoint Discusses The Business Cases Around Effective Inventory Management And Optimized Pricing In Aggregates. By Barry Hudson and Lisa Tener Each day hundreds of aggregate teams collaborate to ensure the successful production, distribution, sale and delivery of bulk products to customers in the United States and abroad. Inaccurate perpetual inventory data leads to poor decisions and labor-intensive corrective measures which…
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Perfecting the Sales Process in Aggregates
Rock Products Interviews Julia Georgi of Price Bee About Process Improvement, Workforce Issues and Pricing Technology. By Mark S. Kuhar Sales process improvement and digitization are fast becoming necessary in our industry, how did you come to specialize in this area and what particular roles have you had that qualify you as an expert in this area?For the past 15…
Read MoreMartin Marietta to Sell Certain West Coast Cement Operations
Martin Marietta Materials, the nation’s number-two aggregates producer, has divested certain West Coast cement operations. The company has entered a definitive agreement to sell its Tehachapi, Calif., cement plant to Unacem Corp., which is the Peru-based parent company of Arizona’s Drake Cement. With a projected closing by year end, the $317 million cash deal will position Unacem with 1.7 million…
Read MoreRessler Receives 2021 Barry K. Wendt Memorial Scholarship
Kyle Ressler, a rising senior at the University of Kentucky (UK), has been selected as the recipient of the 2021 Barry K. Wendt Memorial Scholarship. Awarded by a panel of National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA) member judges, the scholarship is given annually to a student pursuing a mining-related degree and plans to make a career in the aggregates…
Read MoreHanson Aggregates Plant Achieves Energy Star Status
Lehigh Hanson Inc.’s Hanson Aggregates plant in Downingtown, Pa., has achieved the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Energy Star Challenge for Industry.
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