Triad's affordable automation solution for the building materials industry

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invenlory, lien rigbts, billing and their 900 vehicles was a constantly arduous, detail-intensive, potentially error and aspirin-filled nightmare for building material supplier Rinker Materials. That is, until their computers learned to talk. to each other.

The West PaIm Beach, Fl., based fimr distributes a variety of building materials, including drywdl, concrete block, ready mix and aggregate. They have many locations because, as the state's largest cement distributor, they ship most of their products by mixer truck. The products must arrive at the jobsite within 90 minutes, so time is everything.

Previously all customer tickets and other information generated in the field had been hand-written. The paperwork was taken back to tle plant and then sent to a district office, where it was input into the computer and finally sent on to the main office. Then, billing and other data processing could fmally be done.

Five years ago, Rinker realized its need for automation. They selected a networking software package and

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Linking computers at multiple locations and on vehicles ... custom designed localand wide area systems keep logistics manageable.