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The Best Way to Estimate a Stockpile Volume

The Best Way to Estimate a Stockpile Volume

Why estimate the volume of a stockpile when you could gather precise and reliable measurements in a matter of minutes? The best way to estimate the volume of a stockpile is to take an actual measurement with your iPhone or a drone. You can do it yourself or we can do...

How to Calculate Stockpile Volumes

How to Calculate Stockpile Volumes

Knowing how much inventory you have on hand at any given time is important for many reasons including aligning sales and operations, improving profitability, and becoming more efficient. Stockpile Reports offers various ways that you can calculate stockpile volumes in...

Using Stockpile Reports for Stockpile Volume Measurement

Building material companies are using Stockpile Reports to measure their stockpile volumes worldwide. This move toward the digitization of previously manual processes is in an effort to increase consistency and frequency of measurements and to improve the precision...

3 Reasons DOTs Should Measure Stockpile Inventory with an iPhone

3 Reasons DOTs Should Measure Stockpile Inventory with an iPhone

Statewide Departments of Transportation have a unique challenge when it comes to measuring stockpiles. Unlike an aggregates or ready mix producer who have all of their stockpiles in a few locations, DOTs have hundreds of stockpiles scattered around thousands of miles...

5 Ways Companies are Leading Through Digital Change

The mining, construction, and aggregate industries are among the least digitized industries, but it won’t be that way for long. These industries are in a full sprint towards digital transformation in order to harness incredible efficiencies and remain competitive, but...

The Hidden Cost of Too Much Inventory

The Hidden Cost of Too Much Inventory

Inventory is viewed as an asset with an assigned value, but too much inventory can hinder profit margins, reduce available cash flow, and end up costing you. As a bulk material (BM) company, it’s important to have the right amount of inventory on hand to meet the...

Why Companies Needs to Part 107 Certify Their Drone Pilots

Why Companies Needs to Part 107 Certify Their Drone Pilots

The first step of creating a drone program at any company is ensuring each pilot has the proper certifications. Clients often ask us if getting certified is necessary since their locations are located far away from airports and urban centers. It is the law to be...

Idaho Transportation Department Chooses Stockpile Reports

Idaho Transportation Department Chooses Stockpile Reports

Stockpile Reports is proud to announce the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) has selected Stockpile Reports for the improved management of their materials using our inventory tracking software and iPhone app. ITD is starting with a 600 stockpile subscription and...