Clearly, the building-materials industry has to come to grips with these global events. The more urgent need is recovery from the upheaval to our life and work styles. There’s still profit to be made, but who gets what, if anything, will depend on how well you optimize your operations and implement economies of scale.

How can you transport materials in a timely way?
How can you make it cost efficient?

The industry has always had to address these issues, but now there’s an unprecedented urgency to solve these problems and future proof your business. The real question is, how can you emerge from recent events stronger?

The answer: you must become agile

The ability to react to any given situation at a moment’s notice is critical. In order to do this, you need agility. This will require a digital transformation.

Innovation is no longer a luxury. It’s a matter of necessity if you’re to make your business resilient. This is true no matter what area you work in, be it ready-mix concrete, cement distribution, or full loads and aggregate transportation.

A digital transformation cuts out the fat and enables companies to be agile. Processes are streamlined and automated. Data is collected in real time from every facet of your business to give you a 360˚ view of your operations. That data is then analysed, providing you with business intelligence so that you can make better-informed decisions, able to react to any situation. Planning yields accurate results, for example, such as seamless just-in-time delivery of time-critical materials to job sites.

In fact, digitalization can:

• Reduce your planning time by up to 75%
• Lower your mileage, hours driven, and CO2 emissions by up to 25%
• Reduce the number of vehicles you need by up to 10%
• Improve customer service by up to 33%

It can cut costs in every area of your business. This is just the beginning of your digital journey.

Rejuvenating your business is exciting – you can emerge stronger than ever before, able to take on any challenge in the future.