Manufacturing and Industrial
Software for Cement Manufacturing
Continuous process production where energy is the dominant variable cost and dispatch runs on weighbridges.
Cement is a continuous process with a small number of products and an enormous cost base concentrated in energy and freight. Margin is decided by consumption per tonne and by how efficiently dispatch moves, not by the price list. Both are measurable and both are frequently measured monthly rather than per shift.
What gets in the way
- Energy cost per tonne is known monthly and decided hourly
- Weighbridge records and dispatch documents are reconciled long after the vehicle leaves
- Raw material blend varies and its effect on consumption is not tracked
- Freight is a major cost recorded as a single line
- Silo stock is estimated rather than reconciled against production and dispatch
What the software handles
- Production recorded per shift with energy and raw material consumption
- Weighbridge capture tied to the dispatch document
- Silo balance reconciled against production and despatch
- Freight costed per movement and per destination
- Quality parameters recorded per batch against specification
What changes
- Consumption per tonne visible per shift rather than per month
- Dispatch reconciled the same day rather than at month end
- Freight cost attributable to a route and a customer
- Blend decisions informed by their measured effect
Questions
Weighbridge integration depends entirely on what the bridge exposes and how it is wired. It is scoped per site rather than assumed, and we will tell you before you commit whether yours is straightforward.
Software for your cement manufacturing business
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