Create Mix Designs and Materials To create materials in PlantDemand, follow the steps below. Edit your mix designs periodically. Make output materials obsolete if your mix design has expired. This will make it so that it can no longer be scheduled, and will put an “Obsolete” tag to the front Read more…
Key Takeaways Aspect Description Calendar Views While the Material View is the default when getting started, many users don’t explore PlantDemand’s other calendar views Important Custom Order Fields Your order form can have fields that are important to your plant and business. Select important fields to show on your calendar Read more…
Learn how to customize your asphalt plant’s order form to streamline operations and improve efficiency. From incorporating automation to adding specific fields, we’ll show you how to tailor the form to your plant’s unique needs and ensure a smooth scheduling process for your team.
Wouldn’t it be great if your asphalt plant simply knew what to make and when? While technology is getting more advanced, we can utilize these 5 different ways that you can view your plant sales schedule and plan how to produce your mix.
Customers can request asphalt and aggregates from your plant The Customer Portal was initially released in PlantDemand to allow customers to submit requests for mix to your plant. They could see the status of their request, and then see it on the calendar once a plant person approved it. While Read more…
Creating Materials and Mix Designs is easy in PlantDemand It can be done in the Settings Tab at the upper right of the calendar. Keep in mind, Input and Output Materials are created in the Mix Design form. Remember to add your Suppliers to your Input Materials. You can create Read more…
Based on your requests, we have implemented iOS and Android app push notifications Thank you to those of you who provided feedback and testing! How it works: You will now see a checkbox at the bottom of an order form to “Notify team”. (on the app, you will find Read more…
This video will show you ways to navigate to orders to view, edit, and customize. Customizing the order form helps get the right information into each plants schedule. When you add or remove order form fields, all orders for that plant will show, or delete those fields. Set up your Read more…
This video will show you how to Add, Edit, Move and Copy orders. These tools make order entry and edits faster than ever. Utilize them to adjust orders, add multiple output materials, keep all information, and group them together. Meet together with your team to decide what important information is Read more…
Integration with PlantDemand and Your Company’s Other Data Many of you have asked about integrating PlantDemand’s Plant Scheduling Software Data with your companies other systems or data. In the new age of cloud data, and more robust tools to bring that data together, we have given you a wonderful gift of Read more…
Invite someone to one of your plants by going to Settings (gear) > Permissions, and adding their name and role. Wait for them to register. Then you can add them to other plants in that plants Permissions section. Adding Permission to use different aspects of the site have been a big Read more…
This video will show you how the schedule you have created can help you forecast Output Materials, your Input Materials from your suppliers, and the Day View which summarizes all orders for your business for a certain day. These reports are generated by using the Asphalt, Concrete or Aggregate plant Read more…
This article was originally published in Asphalt Contractor Magazine and is reprinted here with permission from the author, Jessica Lombardo. See the full article HERE or the Extended Digital Print HERE. New Technology Helps Streamline Asphalt Plant Operations PlantDemand software significantly improves material management and order scheduling, saving time and money By JESSICA LOMBARDO Read more…
Aggregate and Quarry Production and Inventory Planning / Forecasting Schedule Production and Modify Modes for Aggregate Plants and Quarries in PlantDemand to forecast inventory and maximize cashflow. Having a live sales calendar paired with you production plan will allow you to make adjustments to you plant, hours, modes and sales Read more…
Being able to quickly identify when a plant is close to, or exceeding its capacity is very important, and has helped many of our users who are sales personnel. When on the phone with a customer, you don’t want to have to add up your daily tonnages for each day Read more…
Include your Customers in your Construction Materials Scheduling PlantDemand is an extremely efficient scheduling software for asphalt, concrete, and aggregates. Our users see great benefits in scheduling construction materials, with the customer portal your customers can now also be involved in the planning process. With PlantDemand you can offer your Read more…
After months of testing, feedback, development, and triumph–the PlantDemand App is finally available in the App Store. While using your iPhone or iPad, you can quickly keep up with what is going on in your plants. The simple interface is a lite version of what can be done on the Read more…
Problems Scheduling Asphalt Plants Over the last 30 years most innovations in the construction materials industry have focused on equipment and processing based issues. Most companies in the industry focus their efforts on building better crushers, more effective screens, more efficient dryer drums, and longer lasting bearings. These products have Read more…
Cash Flow In Aggregate Plants {5 minute read} Would you ever go to the store and buy $2,000 worth of toilet paper? Throughout your lifetime you are probably going to use it. But, unless you just ate some really bad Indian food, or are stocking up for the global apocalypse–it Read more…
It is the beginning of the year and you will need to make predictions about how your year will go. You need to estimate how much revenue you have, maybe make some orders for Oil, or order special rock from that small family quarry. The ‘Planner’ tab will help you Read more…