Ready-Mixed Concrete from Command Alkon

Benefits Summary

Why COMMANDconcrete?

Benefits of COMMANDconcrete

Order Entry Dynamic Scheduling Ticketing Truck Tracking Reporting Seamless Back Office Integration Batch Computer Interfaces Mapping Interfaces Signaling Interfaces Color Dispensing Interface Quality Control System Interface

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And full support for Dispatch Optimization with COMMANDoptimize.

Command Alkon Incorporated Headquarters 1800 International Park Dr., Suite 400 Birmingham, AL 35243 USA +1 (205) 879-3282 Fax: +1 (205) 870-1405 www.commandalkon.com

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Increases dispatch efficiency, improving on-time deliveries and reducing delivery/haul costs

Improves truck utilization, reducing "non-productive" time Decreases workload and stress for dispatchers

Provides timely and accurate operational information to enhance decision-making within your company Allows you to proactively plan for changing job conditions

Centralized data, providing a complete view of the operation in real-time

A single database, reducing data entry and easing the burden of updating and maintaining master file information

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Ready-Mixed C ncrete COMMANDconcrete

BOOKLETS 1 Corporate Overview 2 Ready-Mixed Concrete | COMMANDconcrete 3 Bulk Materials & Automation 4 Concrete Plant Automation 5 Quality Control 6 Business Integration Services 7 Dispatch Optimization 8 Ready-Mixed Concrete | Integra 9 Concrete Products Automation

COMMANDperformance

COMMANDconcrete

is a Windows-based concrete dispatch solution that allows you to improve operational efficiency and customer service.

COMMANDperformance is Powered by IBM Cognos Software Solutions. Cognos, an IBM company, is the world leader in Business Intelligence (BI) and Performance Management solutions. Cognos provides world-class enterprise BI, planning and consolidation software, and services to help companies plan, understand, and manage financial and operational performance.

Cognos serves more than 23,000 customers in more than 135 countries.

COMMANDconcrete provides you with all the functionality you need to service your customers and efficiently run your daily operations.

Order Entry Dynamic Scheduling Ticketing Truck Tracking Reporting

COMMANDconcrete does not stop there. The application offers a broad and in-depth set of dispatch features designed specifically for the Ready-Mixed Concrete producer. The feature set is based on over 30 years in the industry, allowing you to enhance the capabilities and efficiencies of your business operations.

COMMANDconcrete seamlessly integrates with the Command Alkon Invoicing, Accounts Receivable, Credit, Cartage, Lien, Quotation, Batching, Signaling, and Quality Control systems to provide a consistent flow of information across your enterprise. This process is not limited to Command Alkon products. COMMANDconcrete is designed to operate with industry-recognized manufacturers of back office software, batching controls, color interface utilities, and signaling providers.

Improve your operations further using Dispatch Optimization with COMMANDoptimize.

Integrating seamlessly with COMMANDconcrete, COMMANDoptimize allows you to achieve the optimal balance between service and efficiency by evaluating and updating your dispatch plan in real time and updating your resource allocations on a minute-byminute basis.

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Single data source provides focused information to help manage the business Provides staff with better management tools and resources for exception management Provides measurement tools needed to manage and monitor business initiatives Capable of market analysis via backlog reporting and job/project forecasting Allows customer analysis via profile and sales ranking and current and prior year comparisons Offers Sales Staff analysis via sales staff rankings and average sales price Tools to manage truck and driver utilization, quality, and material usage Simplified maintenance with zero-footprint, browser-based deployment, and administration Leverage all corporate data, starting with COMMANDseries data and expandable to data from all corporate applications

There are no prerequisite modules.   COMMANDconcrete can be used as a stand-alone application.

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COMMANDperformance

COMMANDperformance is a Business Intelligence application developed specifically for the construction materials industry.

Typically, companies rely on numerous measurement systems and a variety of differing processes to answer questions while making decisions.

COMMANDperformance provides you a single, integrated platform to help improve decision-making and manage performance. The application includes the fullrange of business intelligence capabilities: w w w w

Reporting & Analysis Dashboards & Scorecarding Business Activity Monitoring Planning & Forecasting

Do you spend too much time looking for information rather than making informed decisions? Let COMMANDperformance increase your corporate performance by providing the information you need to make the right decisions every day.

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Common Master Files A Single Database Non-modal Forms Enhanced Data Lookup Capabilities Comprehensive Scheduling and Tracking Tools Order Modeling Windows-style Order Tree Multi-page Tickets Mix Design Interface User Preferences Field Level Security Dual Units of Measure Time Analysis Capabilities Driver Utilization Management Customizable Document Formats HTML Document Formats for Orders, Tickets, Invoices, and Statements Comprehensive Operational, and Financial Reporting Capabilities Print-to-Screen Capabilities Customer Notes Customizable Pricing Levels Price Change Utilities Cement Content Pricing Plant Level Sundry Charges User Definable Discount Levels General Ledger Entries G/L Distribution Report G/L Data Out Function Language Translation Archiving and Purging Features Auditing Capabilities Data Import and Export Capabilities Batch Computer Interfaces Mapping Interfaces Signaling Interfaces including complete Autostatusing Color Dispensing Interfaces Quality Control System Interface Full support of Dispatch Optimization with COMMANDoptimize

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Increases dispatch efficiency, improving on-time deliveries and reducing delivery/haul costs

Improves truck utilization, reducing "non-productive" time

Decreases workload and stress for dispatchers

Provides timely and accurate operational information to enhance decision-making within your company

Allows you to proactively plan for changing job conditions

Centralized data provides a complete view of the operation in real-time

A single database, reducing data entry and easing the burden of updating and maintaining master file information

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Feature Highlights

Dispatching in any industry is a complex task. In the construction materials world dispatching comes with an entirely unique set of criteria and scenarios that make real-time decision making and balancing of resources especially difficult.

COMMANDconcrete eases these complex tasks with an industry-specific dispatching feature set based on over 30 years of industry expertise.

Or d e r E nt r y allows information to be accessed and entered with ease and accuracy:

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Order Entry Lookup Screens COD and Bid Price Calculators Point of Sale Features Order Tree allowing search, sort, and display of all orders

These are just a few examples of the time-saving features for order entry.

Order Entry & Ticketing is further enhanced by a M a pp i ng S y st em I n te r fa ce where a simple click on a map icon displays the delivery site's geographical location. The job’s latitude, longitude, travel times to/from the job site and driving distance can be returned to the order.

Delivery instructions can be printed off easily to accompany the ticket. The location of plants, orders, and projects can be viewed, routed, and analyzed based upon shipping address and/or GPS coordinates.

Take full advantage of the mapping system interface by configuring your fleet for Autostatusing with GPS. The Autostatus feature automatically triggers and transmits readymixed delivery statuses from the truck's signaling unit back to COMMANDconcrete, allowing that information to automatically update on the truck tracking screen. From the standard set of 7 delivery statuses, 4, 6, or all statuses may be automatically generated, depending on the equipment options you choose.

This feature not only enhances the tracking of trucks while providing real-time status updates, but ensures accurate times for reporting and analysis.

Do you want to lower your costs while maintaining the same volume?

Be sure to learn more about COMMANDoptimize in our Dispatch Optimization booklet.

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COMMANDlien provides a powerful, integrated management tool to collect lien information, produce lien documents, and monitor lien status. The application tracks the lien process from project quotation or order entry through to project/order completion.

COMMANDlien provides configurable pre-lien and lien rules as well as tools for user-defined formats for Notices and Releases. There are no state specific constraints because the state independent rules are also user configurable.

“COMMANDlien is a must-have for any concrete company.

Before we had this software, we almost needed to hire another person just to keep up with lien dates.”

Christi Hodge Evans Concrete, LLC

Status based exception modeling allows the system to track lien locations from creation status to completion status and beyond with New Activity detection.

User-defined queries ease the lien location management process. You can design your own queries which capture data sets for online list management.

To ensure efficient data collection and selection, the system supports Drill Into technology which allows the user to Add, Edit, or View detailed lien information onthe-fly if the user has sufficient privileges.

This can be performed in order entry and ticketing, invoice preparation, or lien.

COMMANDlien also offers Certified Mail Features, a Query Manager, Lien Legacy Invoice Manager, Purging Lien Locations Utility, Lien Location Substitution Utility, and a wide variety of standard lien reports.

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Recommended for use in conjunction with Order Entry and Ticketing (CC-OE) or Pricing Preparation (CC-PP), Invoicing (CC-IG) and Receivables (CC-AR).

COMMANDlien can be used as a stand-alone application, if desired.

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Minimizes the risk and labor of manual lien management Eliminates redundant entry of information during order entry Protects your company’s lien rights by accurately tracking lien information across all of your business processes Works with Order Entry to ensure lien locations are tracked accurately against orders Offers customizable notice and release document formats

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COMMANDcartage | COMMANDlien

COMMANDlien

COMMANDconcrete

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COMMANDinventory

COMMANDconcrete

The COMMANDinventory module is an inventory control system that provides accurate and up-to-date records for inventory transactions and accurate inventory quantities at the time of order entry.

S O L U T I O N S TO BUILD ON

“The inventory module helps me because I can check to see if a plant has received the inventory before I okay a bill for payment, as opposed to calling the manager if I don't have a paper receipt in hand.”

Gina Willis Evans Concrete, LLC

COMMANDinventory features material receipt entry, usage entry, adjustments, material transfers, transaction registers, purchase order tracking, and inventory reporting.

General Ledger entries can be tracked, if desired.

COMMANDinventory tracks only those items you desire to be under inventory control including those that are used as constituents for another item or sold outright. The system automatically creates usage transactions through the ticketing function in Order Entry and Ticketing and allows for manual entry of basic inventory transactions including receipts, usages, transfers, conversions, and adjustments.

An Inquiry Screen quickly identifies inventory quantities at various locations. Forecasted needs and historical material usages can be reviewed.

Plants can be assigned to an inventory location, allowing multiple plants to utilize a single inventory location. A Material Transfer feature easily moves inventory items from one location to another with the appropriate transactions being created automatically.

COMMANDinventory allows for cost adjustments, the tracking of lot and serial numbers, rapid entry of Raw Material Receipts and Purchase Order Receipts, and easy entry of beginning inventory quantity balances and costs. Basic purchase order tracking including purchase order entry, reporting, and updating of purchase order quantities after receiving are also allowed.

Built-in reports track inventory transactions and balances including quantities and costs of your inventoried items.

General Ledger capabilities include the creation of General Ledger (G/L) entries for inventory transactions if desired, a detail and summary G/L Distribution report, and interfacing of G/L entries to external financial systems.

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Easy truck and order locate for all displays Drill down capabilities Enhanced sorting Scroll wheel support Graphical data picker

Likewise, managers and system administrators will be impressed with the enhanced system control, memory management, and playback features.

The power and flexibility of HTML printing. COMMANDseries includes a built-in HTML editor that makes it easy to layout and design your own formats for printing Orders, Tickets, Invoices, and Statements. Use standard HTML tags to incorporate logos or other graphics, borders, font colors, sizes, and styles into your own customized documents. HTML printing eliminates the expense of stockpiling pre-printed forms for daily ticket printing or weekly/monthly invoicing and statement runs.

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Your team will be amazed at how COMMANDseries T ra c ki ng & S c h ed u li n g allows them to quickly view, locate, and organize the orders and trucks they need to make better decisions. This provides better service to your customers.

It also provides the dispatch team a new level of efficiency, ease of operation, and ability to analyze and plan for changing job conditions. The system includes:

Ensures accurate inventory information is available for dispatch Automatically creates receipts and usages Purchase order tracking Historical and forecast reporting Flexibility in costing methods Choose the level of detailed information you want to maintain

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Recommended for use with Order Entry and Ticketing (CC-OE).

Can be used as a stand-alone application, if desired.

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COMMANDconcrete Order Entry and Ticketing (CC-OE) The Order Entry and Ticketing module is the foundation of the COMMANDconcrete system. In this module, orders are taken and tickets are generated while data is captured for invoicing and reporting.

COMMANDconcrete Map Order Entry (CC-MO) The Map Order Entry module provides the interface between the order entry system and mapping software. With this module you can find street addresses and precisely locate the delivery destination. Simply clicking on a map icon provides the delivery site's geographical location viewed on a map.

COMMANDconcrete Truck Tracking and COMMANDtrack (CC-TT) The Truck Tracking module monitors the fleet throughout every phase of the workday to help maximize fleet utilization.

The current status of all orders, plants, trucks, schedules, plant inventory, etc. can be displayed in several different screen formats. A drag and drop feature allows the dispatcher to quickly produce tickets and move trucks to different statuses.

COMMANDconcrete Map Truck Tracking (CC-MT) The Map Truck Tracking module is the interface between the truck tracking system and the mapping software. Using GPS technology, the current location of a single truck or of all trucks on a particular job or project can be viewed on a map.

COMMANDconcrete Dynamic Scheduling and COMMANDtrack (CC-DS) The Dynamic Scheduling module adjusts schedules as orders are taken and loads are shipped, graphically displaying your truck, driver, plant, and inventory requirements for current and future days' business.

The modeling feature allows the order taker to perform a "what if?" analysis to determine where an order best fits into the schedule.

COMMANDconcrete Order Monitoring (CC-OM) For those customers who choose not to purchase/use Dynamic Scheduling, the Order Monitoring module displays orders entered through the Order Entry and Ticketing module and shows the load times of each load as computed by the Scheduling module.

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COMMANDcredit COMMANDconcrete Auto Statusing (CC-AS) This feature is designed to automatically trigger and transmit ready-mixed delivery statuses from the truck's statusing unit through one or more generating techniques. With this feature your trucks automatically move on the truck tracking screen so your dispatcher can track truck status changes with ease. From the standard set of seven delivery statuses, 4, 6, or all 7 statuses may be automatically generated, depending on the equipment options chosen.

COMMANDconcrete Pricing & Prep (CC-PP) The Pricing and Prep module is used for correction of pricing and taxing information. This module interfaces corrected information to the Invoicing module or to a third-party accounts receivable system for invoicing.

COMMANDconcrete Time Analysis Reports (CC-TA) The Time Analysis Reports module combines orders and tickets with delivery status times to produce productivity measurements for each customer, project, order, driver, truck, and plant. Some reports are shown with both charts and graphs to allow for rapid identification of superior performance and quick location of problems.

COMMANDcredit automatically checks the credit limit of a customer in real-time once an order is created or edited.

“COMMANDcredit gives us instant access to customer payment history and lets our dispatchers know immediately when an account has been placed on Credit Hold. It even warns us when a customer is about to exceed their credit limit. This gives us the freedom to suspend the order or override it and let it be sent to our customer.”

When a customer’s credit limit is exceeded by an order during the order entry process, a warning window with detailed credit information is displayed.

The credit limit is also checked again during ticketing for the first ticket of the day on any given order. If desired, password authorization can allow the dispatcher to proceed with the shipment of an order that has exceeded a customer's credit limit. A Credit Limit Report is made available with AR balance, total exposure, shipped orders not invoiced, and booked orders not shipped.

Christi Hodge Evans Concrete, LLC

COMMANDconcrete Scheduling Reports (CC-SH) The Scheduling Reports module compiles data contained within Order Entry and Ticketing to compute schedules and report data such as quantity per hour, minutes between tracking trucks assigned, and other data found within the system. Reports show the commitment of trucks in each plant, plant capacity, and commitment for the total fleet. Other reports show order schedules, dispatch schedules, and suggest driver/truck report times.

COMMANDconcrete Executive (CC-EX) This reporting module provides executive management a means of analyzing the Key Performance Indicators that measure the sales and profitability of your business. Data from order entry, ticketing, and invoice preparation is posted to a data warehouse where it is stored and organized for use in generating Contribution and Gross Margin Reports and Sales Reports.

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Order Entry and Ticketing (CC-OE) COMMANDreceivables (CC-AR) COMMANDinvoicing (CC-IG)

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Interfaces with Order Entry to eliminate shipments to customers with insufficient credit Provides for password protected override authority to allow shipments Provides real-time customer balance data Assists with collections

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COMMANDcredit | COMMANDreceivables

COMMANDconcrete Modules

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The COMMANDreceivables software package imports sales and invoicing information directly from COMMANDinvoicing, allowing you to quickly and easily update your accounts receivable information.

Up-to-date collections and credit reports are available to help you manage your customer's account balances and credit ratings. With the on-screen inquiry feature you can quickly answer customer questions regarding their account from their overall balance down to the order and ticket level on an invoice.

"In COMMANDreceivables, I like the ability to look at a customer's account and go from invoice to ticket number, to ticket detail, to product detail with just a few clicks. It is much more user-friendly and versatile than our old program. The ability to look up customer numbers or invoices from the payment screen saves a lot of time."

Janet Davis Evans Concrete, LLC

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The system provides flexibility in defining the content of customer statements. HTML printing features allow you to design and print your own statement formats. A variety of reports are available to assist you with your collection process.

Seamlessly integrates with COMMANDinvoicing Interfaces with third-party financial packages for exporting general ledger information Increases overall A/R efficiency and accuracy Allows quick and easy adjustments to invoices Ensures accurate tax adjustments Simplifies the management of customer credit ratings and balance histories

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COMMANDconcrete Audit (CC-AU) The Auditing module tracks and reports on any user adding, changing, or deleting records from the master files, including Customers, Projects, and Items, as well as all of the support files such as Plants, Trucks, and Employees. Auditing is also available in Orders, Tickets, and Invoice preparation for tracking changes to orders and tickets.

COMMANDseries Data Archiving (CS-DA) The Archiving Module provides a mechanism to maintain your COMMANDseries production database while simultaneously maintaining an archived database. The module’s archiving routine saves what you define as “old” transactional data (Orders, Tickets, Quotes, A/R records, etc.) and/or log files (data stored as logging information) to the archive database and purges these records/files from the production database, providing optimum database performance for your daily operations. The configuration of the module assures that you can always view online both current and historical COMMANDseries data.

Transaction filters allow you to retrieve invoices by invoice date, project, ticket number, delivery address, or other options. The system provides flexibility in cash disbursement during payment entry, allowing you to allocate the cash received to tax, discounts, or adjustments.

Invoice and sales tax adjustments, open payments, partial payments, balance forward accounts, unassigned payments and nonAccounts Receivable cash are all handled with ease. Customer specific aging brackets can be designed to automatically age customer accounts. Finance charges can be applied as appropriate.

COMMANDconcrete Product Sales Option (CC-PS) This module is designed for special nonready-mixed inventoried items and allows for entry of orders and ticket printing as a one-step process.

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COMMANDconcrete Color Dispenser Interface (CC-CDI) The Color Dispenser Interface module provides a computer link between the Order Entry and Ticketing module and a third-party color dispensing computer. The link sends ticket, mix quantity, truck number, and color batching information directly to the color dispensing computer. An upload feature allows color codes and designs to be pulled directly from the color dispensing system into COMMANDconcrete. The actual features supported depend upon the specific color dispensing system. The interface supports both liquid color and dry color dispensing systems.

COMMANDconcrete Sample Scheduling (CC-SS) For those customers using COMMANDqc, the Concrete Sample Scheduling module provides a means to manage your concrete testing activities by generating a daily concrete sampling schedule. The Sample Schedule report is based on project sampling requirements, delivered concrete volume, and actual samples registered in COMMANDqc.

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COMMANDreceivables

Concrete Production Manager (EDX-CPM) Concrete Production Manager is an enhanced communications interface between COMMANDconcrete and COMMANDbatch, built on our open integration platform, COMMANDedx. COMMANDedx is a transactional model that enables full integration between distinct Command Alkon applications and/or third-party systems.

COMMANDconcrete Two-Way Batch Interface (CC-CAI2B) This Batch Interface provides a computer link between COMMANDconcrete and the Eagle, Spectrum, or COMMANDbatch batching controls. The link sends tickets and/or batching information directly to the batch computer. The batch computer can then print a delivery ticket with actual batch weights. The interface allows the batch weights for each plant to be controlled by a central computer and supports the return of batch weights from the batch computer to COMMANDseries, allowing for centralized reporting. This interface works in conjunction with the Order Entry and Ticketing module.

COMMANDconcrete Two-Way Third-Party Batch Interface (CC-SB2) This Batch Interface provides a computer link between COMMANDconcrete and a third-party batch computer.

The link sends tickets and/or batching information directly to the batch computer. The batch computer can then print a delivery ticket with actual batch weights. The interface supports central control of batch weights and centralized reporting, but the features of your third-party batch computer will determine how/if you can operate in this manner. This interface works in conjunction with the Order Entry and Ticketing module.

Mobile Signaling Interfaces A variety of Mobile Signaling Interface packages are available that provide an interface between COMMANDconcrete and a signaling system, including COMMANDsignal and third-party systems. Two packages (CS-VTI, CS-3VTI) use a Serial Interface protocol and include a Vehicle Tracking System Interface with Autostatusing, and an Order Entry and Truck Tracking Interface to Mapping Software. Other packages (CF-VSCI, CF-TI, CF-3VPI) use XML Interface protocols and include a Vehicle Tracking System Interface with Autostatusing, Order Entry, and Truck Tracking Interfaces to Mapping Software and COMMANDfleet, our vehicle/fleet data collection tool.

COMMANDconcrete Network (CC-NW) The COMMANDnetwork module is a program that runs behind the scenes. It connects multiple users in a network system.

COMMANDnetwork also allows various modules to work together as a package.

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is a vehicle/fleet data collection tool that delivers real-time and historical vehicle event and location information for your fleet management solution.

It provides an integrated and centralized fleet communication center allowing for simplified diagnostics of one or more vehicles.

With COMMANDinvoicing all information created by COMMANDconcrete or your Command Alkon batching system can be quickly edited and invoiced.

Invoice format and content are user-defined so that you can bill your customers anyway they would like to be billed. Flexible invoicing dates and terms allow you to customize the timing of your invoices with each customer's payment process. HTML printing features allow you to design and print your own invoice formats.

COMMANDfleet collects vehicle on-board data including GPS and various electronic sensors, and provides a flexible tool for data mining and presentation. An important piece of COMMANDfleet is the COMMANDseries Integrated Server (CSIS) component that creates the transactional interface providing stability, scalability, and serviceability. COMMANDfleet includes a Message and Events module, a Diagnostics module, a Water Added Inquiry module, and a Mapping module.

COMMANDinvoicing “The Invoicing Module is being used at three locations and is very user-friendly for editing orders and printing invoices.”

Marie Lyons Dufferin Construction

Once printed, invoice information is immediately available in your COMMANDreceivables module or can be transferred to another accounting system for online updating of accounts receivable information.

“COMMANDfleet provides the tools we need to quickly identify GPS equipment issues and in doing so to improve the overall accuracy and reliability of truck statusing. Additionally, COMMANDfleet allows us to monitor both ingoing and outgoing messages – per plant, per truck, per message typewhich has greatly enhanced our truckto-dispatch and dispatch-to-truck communication. It has become an essential tool in our dispatch offices.”

Daily invoice reports can be configured and saved to your specified parameters. This allows you to input only dates each time you run your daily reports instead of having to enter the same report parameters day after day.

Exception reporting, order suspension, and a simple copy functionality for creation of Credit and Debit memos is also available. Yearly price changes are handled easily.

These are just a few of the many time-saving features that COMMANDinvoicing offers.

Dietmar Doerschlag Lehigh Cement

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Increase reliability of receiving and storing statuses for real-time fleet communication Reduce missing status times for accurate Truck Analysis Improve jobsite management with instant Water Added information Maximize truck utilization with real-time fleet monitoring Minimize IT time and costs with advanced diagnostic tools

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Increases invoice accuracy and timeliness Invoice information is automatically available to COMMANDreceivables Flexibility in configuring invoice format, content, and timing per customer needs Comprehensive set of standard invoicing reports

Order Entry and Ticketing Module (CC-OE) Pricing and Prep Module (CC-PP)

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COMMANDquote | COMMANDinvoicing

COMMANDfleet

COMMANDquote COMMANDquote is a job/quote management, tracking, and estimating solution that seamlessly integrates into COMMANDconcrete.

The COMMANDfleet Mapping Module provides an integrated desktop with tracking for the ready-mixed and aggregate dispatcher. Check with your Account Manager on the maps supported by the COMMANDfleet Mapping module.

Within the application, dispatchers will be able to map orders, locate trucks, and have routing capabilities. In addition, dispatchers will be able to Show All Trucks by Plant or by Order, as well as Show All Trucks by Status. The Snail Trail functionality allows current and historical deliveries to be mapped on any dispatcher’s desktop.

The foundation of the quote system is the Job for which one or many quotations can be easily created, tracked, managed, and printed. To a Quote you can assign contacts, pricing, products, and distribution with estimated quantities directly from the Job.

COMMANDfleet moves beyond the traditional role of reporting on truck status and position and engages a whole new range of capabilities that are geared toward a more productive and proactive management of fleet operations.

This expanded capability will provide the detailed and real-time information that you require from your fleet operations both today and well into the future.

Check the status of any Quote at any given time, engage in win/loss analysis and track information pertaining to competitors. Quotes can be easily converted to orders and projects by declaration or by the dispatcher. Quotes can be delivered in electronic form for e-mailing, printing, and archiving.

You can define the stages of a Job and what actions you want to occur as a Job moves through each stage. For example, when a Quote is moved to the "lost" stage it is automatically closed.

General and product specific pricing may be assigned at any stage in the process (Job, Quote, or Project). A bid-price estimating tool calculates the minimum selling price based upon material, overhead, and delivery costs. The system suggests a minimum selling price based on the desired profit.

The user can vary the average load size, travel time, and costs to determine the effect on pricing.

"The COMMANDfleet interface has benefited our operations tremendously with its stability and reliability for realtime fleet communication."

Todd Wickard Cemstone Products Company

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Provides historical win/loss analysis from a variety of perspectives including customer, plant, or product Eliminates redundant entry of information Eliminates pricing errors Benefits of Microsoft technology for delivery of quotes Eases salesperson’s role for maintaining contact and Job information Easy retrieval of information to address customer issues

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COMMANDseries 5.54 or higher Water Added Inquiry requires 5.57.9 or higher Mapping Module requires COMMANDseries 5.57.9.18 or higher COMMANDseries Licensing for Mobile Signaling and Autostatusing

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COMMANDfleet

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COMMANDconcrete

Voice Based Scheduling ScheduleCom provides a solution to the common business problem of communicating daily start times and locations to your internal and external staff.

COMMANDconcrete offers a reliable approach to managing your quotes, inventory, cash and credit transactions, and sales and executive reporting needs. Utilizing integrated applications for financials and reporting, data flows seamlessly from the creation of quotes and projects, through order entry and ticketing, and then on to modules for generating invoices and statements, paying haulers, managing inventory, and processing lien notices and releases.

Data is consistent throughout the process and is easily posted for use in sales and executive reporting.

Command Alkon is pleased to be a worldwide reseller of ScheduleCom provides a method for publishing variable work ScheduleCom, a product from CenApps Technologies. schedules, allowing employees to call in to the system to retrieve their schedule as well as listen to other general or personalized messages. Messages can be set up to require a yes/no response from the employee. Employees have the option of leaving a return message. ScheduleCom records when an employee calls in to retrieve their schedule and/or messages, giving you a record of received recent safety messages, weather scenarios, traffic statuses, or any other important messages.

Targeted at automating the driver call in process within the construction materials industry, ScheduleCom can also be used for maintenance workers, quality control staff, and even third-party hauling companies.

By integrating with time and attendance systems the application provides actual clock-hours to the scheduler helping them avoid overtime situations when selecting employees for the next work day. The interface also sends the intended start time to the Time and Attendance System which can then prevent employees from clocking in before their scheduled time.

ScheduleCom is a simple to use, stand-alone, browserbased application making it easy to extend administration of messages to dispatch offices, remote employees, or home offices.

“ScheduleCom has been a great addition to our daily operation. It is easy to communicate start times to drivers, along with other important messages. We can be sure that everyone gets their schedule, especially when we have to make changes at the last minute. The reports are easy to use and everyone’s schedule is available at the same time each day.”

ScheduleCom OnDemand provides all the functionality of ScheduleCom as a hosted service, eliminating phone system and infrastructure costs and maintenance.

Customers using this Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model, pay a monthly fee for use of the ScheduleCom software, a hosted telephone number, and host servers.

Andy Zimmerman Cemstone Products

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There are no prerequisite modules.

ScheduleCom can be used as a stand-alone application.

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Benefits of ScheduleCom Prerequisites

COMMANDquote COMMANDinvoicing COMMANDreceivables COMMANDcredit COMMANDlien COMMANDinventory COMMANDperformance

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Automates the driver call in process by communicating driver start times and locations via the telephone Communicates daily safety messages or other important information to individual employees, employees at one location, or the entire company Recordation of employee access to messages Easily accessed and administered by dispatch offices, remote employees, or home offices Optional integration with Time and Attendance Systems

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Minimizes the effort of updating and maintaining master file information (customers, projects, products, etc.).

Allows information entered during the quotation phase to be accessed and reused easily throughout your business operations from dispatch all the way through to receivables.

Ensures that accurate order/ticket information is passed through to all back office modules.

Eliminates shipment of orders to customers with past due accounts.

Allows you to provide your customers with timely and accurate invoices, statements, and other account information and documentation.

Accurate accounting and payment of haulers.

Inventory usages can be tracked in sync with dispatch operations to ensure no surprise material shortages.

Provides management with a "dashboard" of information regarding customer account activity, financial statuses, and operational success.

Minimizes the efforts of maintaining and training on a large set of individual software applications. www.commandalkon.com

ScheduleCom | COMMANDconcrete Financials & Reporting

Financials & Reporting

COMMANDconcrete

Voice Based Scheduling ScheduleCom provides a solution to the common business problem of communicating daily start times and locations to your internal and external staff.

COMMANDconcrete offers a reliable approach to managing your quotes, inventory, cash and credit transactions, and sales and executive reporting needs. Utilizing integrated applications for financials and reporting, data flows seamlessly from the creation of quotes and projects, through order entry and ticketing, and then on to modules for generating invoices and statements, paying haulers, managing inventory, and processing lien notices and releases.

Data is consistent throughout the process and is easily posted for use in sales and executive reporting.

Command Alkon is pleased to be a worldwide reseller of ScheduleCom provides a method for publishing variable work ScheduleCom, a product from CenApps Technologies. schedules, allowing employees to call in to the system to retrieve their schedule as well as listen to other general or personalized messages. Messages can be set up to require a yes/no response from the employee. Employees have the option of leaving a return message. ScheduleCom records when an employee calls in to retrieve their schedule and/or messages, giving you a record of received recent safety messages, weather scenarios, traffic statuses, or any other important messages.

Targeted at automating the driver call in process within the construction materials industry, ScheduleCom can also be used for maintenance workers, quality control staff, and even third-party hauling companies.

By integrating with time and attendance systems the application provides actual clock-hours to the scheduler helping them avoid overtime situations when selecting employees for the next work day. The interface also sends the intended start time to the Time and Attendance System which can then prevent employees from clocking in before their scheduled time.

ScheduleCom is a simple to use, stand-alone, browserbased application making it easy to extend administration of messages to dispatch offices, remote employees, or home offices.

“ScheduleCom has been a great addition to our daily operation. It is easy to communicate start times to drivers, along with other important messages. We can be sure that everyone gets their schedule, especially when we have to make changes at the last minute. The reports are easy to use and everyone’s schedule is available at the same time each day.”

ScheduleCom OnDemand provides all the functionality of ScheduleCom as a hosted service, eliminating phone system and infrastructure costs and maintenance.

Customers using this Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model, pay a monthly fee for use of the ScheduleCom software, a hosted telephone number, and host servers.

Andy Zimmerman Cemstone Products

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There are no prerequisite modules.

ScheduleCom can be used as a stand-alone application.

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COMMANDquote COMMANDinvoicing COMMANDreceivables COMMANDcredit COMMANDlien COMMANDinventory COMMANDperformance

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Automates the driver call in process by communicating driver start times and locations via the telephone Communicates daily safety messages or other important information to individual employees, employees at one location, or the entire company Recordation of employee access to messages Easily accessed and administered by dispatch offices, remote employees, or home offices Optional integration with Time and Attendance Systems

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Minimizes the effort of updating and maintaining master file information (customers, projects, products, etc.).

Allows information entered during the quotation phase to be accessed and reused easily throughout your business operations from dispatch all the way through to receivables.

Ensures that accurate order/ticket information is passed through to all back office modules.

Eliminates shipment of orders to customers with past due accounts.

Allows you to provide your customers with timely and accurate invoices, statements, and other account information and documentation.

Accurate accounting and payment of haulers.

Inventory usages can be tracked in sync with dispatch operations to ensure no surprise material shortages.

Provides management with a "dashboard" of information regarding customer account activity, financial statuses, and operational success.

Minimizes the efforts of maintaining and training on a large set of individual software applications. www.commandalkon.com

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Financials & Reporting

COMMANDquote COMMANDquote is a job/quote management, tracking, and estimating solution that seamlessly integrates into COMMANDconcrete.

The COMMANDfleet Mapping Module provides an integrated desktop with tracking for the ready-mixed and aggregate dispatcher. Check with your Account Manager on the maps supported by the COMMANDfleet Mapping module.

Within the application, dispatchers will be able to map orders, locate trucks, and have routing capabilities. In addition, dispatchers will be able to Show All Trucks by Plant or by Order, as well as Show All Trucks by Status. The Snail Trail functionality allows current and historical deliveries to be mapped on any dispatcher’s desktop.

The foundation of the quote system is the Job for which one or many quotations can be easily created, tracked, managed, and printed. To a Quote you can assign contacts, pricing, products, and distribution with estimated quantities directly from the Job.

COMMANDfleet moves beyond the traditional role of reporting on truck status and position and engages a whole new range of capabilities that are geared toward a more productive and proactive management of fleet operations.

This expanded capability will provide the detailed and real-time information that you require from your fleet operations both today and well into the future.

Check the status of any Quote at any given time, engage in win/loss analysis and track information pertaining to competitors. Quotes can be easily converted to orders and projects by declaration or by the dispatcher. Quotes can be delivered in electronic form for e-mailing, printing, and archiving.

You can define the stages of a Job and what actions you want to occur as a Job moves through each stage. For example, when a Quote is moved to the "lost" stage it is automatically closed.

General and product specific pricing may be assigned at any stage in the process (Job, Quote, or Project). A bid-price estimating tool calculates the minimum selling price based upon material, overhead, and delivery costs. The system suggests a minimum selling price based on the desired profit.

The user can vary the average load size, travel time, and costs to determine the effect on pricing.

"The COMMANDfleet interface has benefited our operations tremendously with its stability and reliability for realtime fleet communication."

Todd Wickard Cemstone Products Company

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Provides historical win/loss analysis from a variety of perspectives including customer, plant, or product Eliminates redundant entry of information Eliminates pricing errors Benefits of Microsoft technology for delivery of quotes Eases salesperson’s role for maintaining contact and Job information Easy retrieval of information to address customer issues

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COMMANDseries 5.54 or higher Water Added Inquiry requires 5.57.9 or higher Mapping Module requires COMMANDseries 5.57.9.18 or higher COMMANDseries Licensing for Mobile Signaling and Autostatusing

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COMMANDfleet

FINANCIALS & REPORTING WITH COMMANDCONCRETE

is a vehicle/fleet data collection tool that delivers real-time and historical vehicle event and location information for your fleet management solution.

It provides an integrated and centralized fleet communication center allowing for simplified diagnostics of one or more vehicles.

With COMMANDinvoicing all information created by COMMANDconcrete or your Command Alkon batching system can be quickly edited and invoiced.

Invoice format and content are user-defined so that you can bill your customers anyway they would like to be billed. Flexible invoicing dates and terms allow you to customize the timing of your invoices with each customer's payment process. HTML printing features allow you to design and print your own invoice formats.

COMMANDfleet collects vehicle on-board data including GPS and various electronic sensors, and provides a flexible tool for data mining and presentation. An important piece of COMMANDfleet is the COMMANDseries Integrated Server (CSIS) component that creates the transactional interface providing stability, scalability, and serviceability. COMMANDfleet includes a Message and Events module, a Diagnostics module, a Water Added Inquiry module, and a Mapping module.

COMMANDinvoicing “The Invoicing Module is being used at three locations and is very user-friendly for editing orders and printing invoices.”

Marie Lyons Dufferin Construction

Once printed, invoice information is immediately available in your COMMANDreceivables module or can be transferred to another accounting system for online updating of accounts receivable information.

“COMMANDfleet provides the tools we need to quickly identify GPS equipment issues and in doing so to improve the overall accuracy and reliability of truck statusing. Additionally, COMMANDfleet allows us to monitor both ingoing and outgoing messages – per plant, per truck, per message typewhich has greatly enhanced our truckto-dispatch and dispatch-to-truck communication. It has become an essential tool in our dispatch offices.”

Daily invoice reports can be configured and saved to your specified parameters. This allows you to input only dates each time you run your daily reports instead of having to enter the same report parameters day after day.

Exception reporting, order suspension, and a simple copy functionality for creation of Credit and Debit memos is also available. Yearly price changes are handled easily.

These are just a few of the many time-saving features that COMMANDinvoicing offers.

Dietmar Doerschlag Lehigh Cement

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Increase reliability of receiving and storing statuses for real-time fleet communication Reduce missing status times for accurate Truck Analysis Improve jobsite management with instant Water Added information Maximize truck utilization with real-time fleet monitoring Minimize IT time and costs with advanced diagnostic tools

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Increases invoice accuracy and timeliness Invoice information is automatically available to COMMANDreceivables Flexibility in configuring invoice format, content, and timing per customer needs Comprehensive set of standard invoicing reports

Order Entry and Ticketing Module (CC-OE) Pricing and Prep Module (CC-PP)

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COMMANDfleet

FINANCIALS & REPORTING WITH COMMANDCONCRETE

The COMMANDreceivables software package imports sales and invoicing information directly from COMMANDinvoicing, allowing you to quickly and easily update your accounts receivable information.

Up-to-date collections and credit reports are available to help you manage your customer's account balances and credit ratings. With the on-screen inquiry feature you can quickly answer customer questions regarding their account from their overall balance down to the order and ticket level on an invoice.

"In COMMANDreceivables, I like the ability to look at a customer's account and go from invoice to ticket number, to ticket detail, to product detail with just a few clicks. It is much more user-friendly and versatile than our old program. The ability to look up customer numbers or invoices from the payment screen saves a lot of time."

Janet Davis Evans Concrete, LLC

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The system provides flexibility in defining the content of customer statements. HTML printing features allow you to design and print your own statement formats. A variety of reports are available to assist you with your collection process.

Seamlessly integrates with COMMANDinvoicing Interfaces with third-party financial packages for exporting general ledger information Increases overall A/R efficiency and accuracy Allows quick and easy adjustments to invoices Ensures accurate tax adjustments Simplifies the management of customer credit ratings and balance histories

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COMMANDconcrete Audit (CC-AU) The Auditing module tracks and reports on any user adding, changing, or deleting records from the master files, including Customers, Projects, and Items, as well as all of the support files such as Plants, Trucks, and Employees. Auditing is also available in Orders, Tickets, and Invoice preparation for tracking changes to orders and tickets.

COMMANDseries Data Archiving (CS-DA) The Archiving Module provides a mechanism to maintain your COMMANDseries production database while simultaneously maintaining an archived database. The module’s archiving routine saves what you define as “old” transactional data (Orders, Tickets, Quotes, A/R records, etc.) and/or log files (data stored as logging information) to the archive database and purges these records/files from the production database, providing optimum database performance for your daily operations. The configuration of the module assures that you can always view online both current and historical COMMANDseries data.

Transaction filters allow you to retrieve invoices by invoice date, project, ticket number, delivery address, or other options. The system provides flexibility in cash disbursement during payment entry, allowing you to allocate the cash received to tax, discounts, or adjustments.

Invoice and sales tax adjustments, open payments, partial payments, balance forward accounts, unassigned payments and nonAccounts Receivable cash are all handled with ease. Customer specific aging brackets can be designed to automatically age customer accounts. Finance charges can be applied as appropriate.

COMMANDconcrete Product Sales Option (CC-PS) This module is designed for special nonready-mixed inventoried items and allows for entry of orders and ticket printing as a one-step process.

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COMMANDconcrete Color Dispenser Interface (CC-CDI) The Color Dispenser Interface module provides a computer link between the Order Entry and Ticketing module and a third-party color dispensing computer. The link sends ticket, mix quantity, truck number, and color batching information directly to the color dispensing computer. An upload feature allows color codes and designs to be pulled directly from the color dispensing system into COMMANDconcrete. The actual features supported depend upon the specific color dispensing system. The interface supports both liquid color and dry color dispensing systems.

COMMANDconcrete Sample Scheduling (CC-SS) For those customers using COMMANDqc, the Concrete Sample Scheduling module provides a means to manage your concrete testing activities by generating a daily concrete sampling schedule. The Sample Schedule report is based on project sampling requirements, delivered concrete volume, and actual samples registered in COMMANDqc.

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Concrete Production Manager (EDX-CPM) Concrete Production Manager is an enhanced communications interface between COMMANDconcrete and COMMANDbatch, built on our open integration platform, COMMANDedx. COMMANDedx is a transactional model that enables full integration between distinct Command Alkon applications and/or third-party systems.

COMMANDconcrete Two-Way Batch Interface (CC-CAI2B) This Batch Interface provides a computer link between COMMANDconcrete and the Eagle, Spectrum, or COMMANDbatch batching controls. The link sends tickets and/or batching information directly to the batch computer. The batch computer can then print a delivery ticket with actual batch weights. The interface allows the batch weights for each plant to be controlled by a central computer and supports the return of batch weights from the batch computer to COMMANDseries, allowing for centralized reporting. This interface works in conjunction with the Order Entry and Ticketing module.

COMMANDconcrete Two-Way Third-Party Batch Interface (CC-SB2) This Batch Interface provides a computer link between COMMANDconcrete and a third-party batch computer.

The link sends tickets and/or batching information directly to the batch computer. The batch computer can then print a delivery ticket with actual batch weights. The interface supports central control of batch weights and centralized reporting, but the features of your third-party batch computer will determine how/if you can operate in this manner. This interface works in conjunction with the Order Entry and Ticketing module.

Mobile Signaling Interfaces A variety of Mobile Signaling Interface packages are available that provide an interface between COMMANDconcrete and a signaling system, including COMMANDsignal and third-party systems. Two packages (CS-VTI, CS-3VTI) use a Serial Interface protocol and include a Vehicle Tracking System Interface with Autostatusing, and an Order Entry and Truck Tracking Interface to Mapping Software. Other packages (CF-VSCI, CF-TI, CF-3VPI) use XML Interface protocols and include a Vehicle Tracking System Interface with Autostatusing, Order Entry, and Truck Tracking Interfaces to Mapping Software and COMMANDfleet, our vehicle/fleet data collection tool.

COMMANDconcrete Network (CC-NW) The COMMANDnetwork module is a program that runs behind the scenes. It connects multiple users in a network system.

COMMANDnetwork also allows various modules to work together as a package.

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COMMANDconcrete Order Entry and Ticketing (CC-OE) The Order Entry and Ticketing module is the foundation of the COMMANDconcrete system. In this module, orders are taken and tickets are generated while data is captured for invoicing and reporting.

COMMANDconcrete Map Order Entry (CC-MO) The Map Order Entry module provides the interface between the order entry system and mapping software. With this module you can find street addresses and precisely locate the delivery destination. Simply clicking on a map icon provides the delivery site's geographical location viewed on a map.

COMMANDconcrete Truck Tracking and COMMANDtrack (CC-TT) The Truck Tracking module monitors the fleet throughout every phase of the workday to help maximize fleet utilization.

The current status of all orders, plants, trucks, schedules, plant inventory, etc. can be displayed in several different screen formats. A drag and drop feature allows the dispatcher to quickly produce tickets and move trucks to different statuses.

COMMANDconcrete Map Truck Tracking (CC-MT) The Map Truck Tracking module is the interface between the truck tracking system and the mapping software. Using GPS technology, the current location of a single truck or of all trucks on a particular job or project can be viewed on a map.

COMMANDconcrete Dynamic Scheduling and COMMANDtrack (CC-DS) The Dynamic Scheduling module adjusts schedules as orders are taken and loads are shipped, graphically displaying your truck, driver, plant, and inventory requirements for current and future days' business.

The modeling feature allows the order taker to perform a "what if?" analysis to determine where an order best fits into the schedule.

COMMANDconcrete Order Monitoring (CC-OM) For those customers who choose not to purchase/use Dynamic Scheduling, the Order Monitoring module displays orders entered through the Order Entry and Ticketing module and shows the load times of each load as computed by the Scheduling module.

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COMMANDcredit COMMANDconcrete Auto Statusing (CC-AS) This feature is designed to automatically trigger and transmit ready-mixed delivery statuses from the truck's statusing unit through one or more generating techniques. With this feature your trucks automatically move on the truck tracking screen so your dispatcher can track truck status changes with ease. From the standard set of seven delivery statuses, 4, 6, or all 7 statuses may be automatically generated, depending on the equipment options chosen.

COMMANDconcrete Pricing & Prep (CC-PP) The Pricing and Prep module is used for correction of pricing and taxing information. This module interfaces corrected information to the Invoicing module or to a third-party accounts receivable system for invoicing.

COMMANDconcrete Time Analysis Reports (CC-TA) The Time Analysis Reports module combines orders and tickets with delivery status times to produce productivity measurements for each customer, project, order, driver, truck, and plant. Some reports are shown with both charts and graphs to allow for rapid identification of superior performance and quick location of problems.

COMMANDcredit automatically checks the credit limit of a customer in real-time once an order is created or edited.

“COMMANDcredit gives us instant access to customer payment history and lets our dispatchers know immediately when an account has been placed on Credit Hold. It even warns us when a customer is about to exceed their credit limit. This gives us the freedom to suspend the order or override it and let it be sent to our customer.”

When a customer’s credit limit is exceeded by an order during the order entry process, a warning window with detailed credit information is displayed.

The credit limit is also checked again during ticketing for the first ticket of the day on any given order. If desired, password authorization can allow the dispatcher to proceed with the shipment of an order that has exceeded a customer's credit limit. A Credit Limit Report is made available with AR balance, total exposure, shipped orders not invoiced, and booked orders not shipped.

Christi Hodge Evans Concrete, LLC

COMMANDconcrete Scheduling Reports (CC-SH) The Scheduling Reports module compiles data contained within Order Entry and Ticketing to compute schedules and report data such as quantity per hour, minutes between tracking trucks assigned, and other data found within the system. Reports show the commitment of trucks in each plant, plant capacity, and commitment for the total fleet. Other reports show order schedules, dispatch schedules, and suggest driver/truck report times.

COMMANDconcrete Executive (CC-EX) This reporting module provides executive management a means of analyzing the Key Performance Indicators that measure the sales and profitability of your business. Data from order entry, ticketing, and invoice preparation is posted to a data warehouse where it is stored and organized for use in generating Contribution and Gross Margin Reports and Sales Reports.

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Interfaces with Order Entry to eliminate shipments to customers with insufficient credit Provides for password protected override authority to allow shipments Provides real-time customer balance data Assists with collections

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COMMANDconcrete Modules

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COMMANDinventory

COMMANDconcrete

The COMMANDinventory module is an inventory control system that provides accurate and up-to-date records for inventory transactions and accurate inventory quantities at the time of order entry.

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“The inventory module helps me because I can check to see if a plant has received the inventory before I okay a bill for payment, as opposed to calling the manager if I don't have a paper receipt in hand.”

Gina Willis Evans Concrete, LLC

COMMANDinventory features material receipt entry, usage entry, adjustments, material transfers, transaction registers, purchase order tracking, and inventory reporting.

General Ledger entries can be tracked, if desired.

COMMANDinventory tracks only those items you desire to be under inventory control including those that are used as constituents for another item or sold outright. The system automatically creates usage transactions through the ticketing function in Order Entry and Ticketing and allows for manual entry of basic inventory transactions including receipts, usages, transfers, conversions, and adjustments.

An Inquiry Screen quickly identifies inventory quantities at various locations. Forecasted needs and historical material usages can be reviewed.

Plants can be assigned to an inventory location, allowing multiple plants to utilize a single inventory location. A Material Transfer feature easily moves inventory items from one location to another with the appropriate transactions being created automatically.

COMMANDinventory allows for cost adjustments, the tracking of lot and serial numbers, rapid entry of Raw Material Receipts and Purchase Order Receipts, and easy entry of beginning inventory quantity balances and costs. Basic purchase order tracking including purchase order entry, reporting, and updating of purchase order quantities after receiving are also allowed.

Built-in reports track inventory transactions and balances including quantities and costs of your inventoried items.

General Ledger capabilities include the creation of General Ledger (G/L) entries for inventory transactions if desired, a detail and summary G/L Distribution report, and interfacing of G/L entries to external financial systems.

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Easy truck and order locate for all displays Drill down capabilities Enhanced sorting Scroll wheel support Graphical data picker

Likewise, managers and system administrators will be impressed with the enhanced system control, memory management, and playback features.

The power and flexibility of HTML printing. COMMANDseries includes a built-in HTML editor that makes it easy to layout and design your own formats for printing Orders, Tickets, Invoices, and Statements. Use standard HTML tags to incorporate logos or other graphics, borders, font colors, sizes, and styles into your own customized documents. HTML printing eliminates the expense of stockpiling pre-printed forms for daily ticket printing or weekly/monthly invoicing and statement runs.

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Your team will be amazed at how COMMANDseries T ra c ki ng & S c h ed u li n g allows them to quickly view, locate, and organize the orders and trucks they need to make better decisions. This provides better service to your customers.

It also provides the dispatch team a new level of efficiency, ease of operation, and ability to analyze and plan for changing job conditions. The system includes:

Ensures accurate inventory information is available for dispatch Automatically creates receipts and usages Purchase order tracking Historical and forecast reporting Flexibility in costing methods Choose the level of detailed information you want to maintain

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Recommended for use with Order Entry and Ticketing (CC-OE).

Can be used as a stand-alone application, if desired.

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Feature Highlights

Dispatching in any industry is a complex task. In the construction materials world dispatching comes with an entirely unique set of criteria and scenarios that make real-time decision making and balancing of resources especially difficult.

COMMANDconcrete eases these complex tasks with an industry-specific dispatching feature set based on over 30 years of industry expertise.

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Order Entry Lookup Screens COD and Bid Price Calculators Point of Sale Features Order Tree allowing search, sort, and display of all orders

These are just a few examples of the time-saving features for order entry.

Order Entry & Ticketing is further enhanced by a M a pp i ng S y st em I n te r fa ce where a simple click on a map icon displays the delivery site's geographical location. The job’s latitude, longitude, travel times to/from the job site and driving distance can be returned to the order.

Delivery instructions can be printed off easily to accompany the ticket. The location of plants, orders, and projects can be viewed, routed, and analyzed based upon shipping address and/or GPS coordinates.

Take full advantage of the mapping system interface by configuring your fleet for Autostatusing with GPS. The Autostatus feature automatically triggers and transmits readymixed delivery statuses from the truck's signaling unit back to COMMANDconcrete, allowing that information to automatically update on the truck tracking screen. From the standard set of 7 delivery statuses, 4, 6, or all statuses may be automatically generated, depending on the equipment options you choose.

This feature not only enhances the tracking of trucks while providing real-time status updates, but ensures accurate times for reporting and analysis.

Do you want to lower your costs while maintaining the same volume?

Be sure to learn more about COMMANDoptimize in our Dispatch Optimization booklet.

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COMMANDlien provides a powerful, integrated management tool to collect lien information, produce lien documents, and monitor lien status. The application tracks the lien process from project quotation or order entry through to project/order completion.

COMMANDlien provides configurable pre-lien and lien rules as well as tools for user-defined formats for Notices and Releases. There are no state specific constraints because the state independent rules are also user configurable.

“COMMANDlien is a must-have for any concrete company.

Before we had this software, we almost needed to hire another person just to keep up with lien dates.”

Christi Hodge Evans Concrete, LLC

Status based exception modeling allows the system to track lien locations from creation status to completion status and beyond with New Activity detection.

User-defined queries ease the lien location management process. You can design your own queries which capture data sets for online list management.

To ensure efficient data collection and selection, the system supports Drill Into technology which allows the user to Add, Edit, or View detailed lien information onthe-fly if the user has sufficient privileges.

This can be performed in order entry and ticketing, invoice preparation, or lien.

COMMANDlien also offers Certified Mail Features, a Query Manager, Lien Legacy Invoice Manager, Purging Lien Locations Utility, Lien Location Substitution Utility, and a wide variety of standard lien reports.

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Minimizes the risk and labor of manual lien management Eliminates redundant entry of information during order entry Protects your company’s lien rights by accurately tracking lien information across all of your business processes Works with Order Entry to ensure lien locations are tracked accurately against orders Offers customizable notice and release document formats

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COMMANDperformance

COMMANDperformance is a Business Intelligence application developed specifically for the construction materials industry.

Typically, companies rely on numerous measurement systems and a variety of differing processes to answer questions while making decisions.

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Reporting & Analysis Dashboards & Scorecarding Business Activity Monitoring Planning & Forecasting

Do you spend too much time looking for information rather than making informed decisions? Let COMMANDperformance increase your corporate performance by providing the information you need to make the right decisions every day.

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Common Master Files A Single Database Non-modal Forms Enhanced Data Lookup Capabilities Comprehensive Scheduling and Tracking Tools Order Modeling Windows-style Order Tree Multi-page Tickets Mix Design Interface User Preferences Field Level Security Dual Units of Measure Time Analysis Capabilities Driver Utilization Management Customizable Document Formats HTML Document Formats for Orders, Tickets, Invoices, and Statements Comprehensive Operational, and Financial Reporting Capabilities Print-to-Screen Capabilities Customer Notes Customizable Pricing Levels Price Change Utilities Cement Content Pricing Plant Level Sundry Charges User Definable Discount Levels General Ledger Entries G/L Distribution Report G/L Data Out Function Language Translation Archiving and Purging Features Auditing Capabilities Data Import and Export Capabilities Batch Computer Interfaces Mapping Interfaces Signaling Interfaces including complete Autostatusing Color Dispensing Interfaces Quality Control System Interface Full support of Dispatch Optimization with COMMANDoptimize

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Increases dispatch efficiency, improving on-time deliveries and reducing delivery/haul costs

Improves truck utilization, reducing "non-productive" time

Decreases workload and stress for dispatchers

Provides timely and accurate operational information to enhance decision-making within your company

Allows you to proactively plan for changing job conditions

Centralized data provides a complete view of the operation in real-time

A single database, reducing data entry and easing the burden of updating and maintaining master file information

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COMMANDperformance

COMMANDconcrete

is a Windows-based concrete dispatch solution that allows you to improve operational efficiency and customer service.

COMMANDperformance is Powered by IBM Cognos Software Solutions. Cognos, an IBM company, is the world leader in Business Intelligence (BI) and Performance Management solutions. Cognos provides world-class enterprise BI, planning and consolidation software, and services to help companies plan, understand, and manage financial and operational performance.

Cognos serves more than 23,000 customers in more than 135 countries.

COMMANDconcrete provides you with all the functionality you need to service your customers and efficiently run your daily operations.

Order Entry Dynamic Scheduling Ticketing Truck Tracking Reporting

COMMANDconcrete does not stop there. The application offers a broad and in-depth set of dispatch features designed specifically for the Ready-Mixed Concrete producer. The feature set is based on over 30 years in the industry, allowing you to enhance the capabilities and efficiencies of your business operations.

COMMANDconcrete seamlessly integrates with the Command Alkon Invoicing, Accounts Receivable, Credit, Cartage, Lien, Quotation, Batching, Signaling, and Quality Control systems to provide a consistent flow of information across your enterprise. This process is not limited to Command Alkon products. COMMANDconcrete is designed to operate with industry-recognized manufacturers of back office software, batching controls, color interface utilities, and signaling providers.

Improve your operations further using Dispatch Optimization with COMMANDoptimize.

Integrating seamlessly with COMMANDconcrete, COMMANDoptimize allows you to achieve the optimal balance between service and efficiency by evaluating and updating your dispatch plan in real time and updating your resource allocations on a minute-byminute basis.

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Single data source provides focused information to help manage the business Provides staff with better management tools and resources for exception management Provides measurement tools needed to manage and monitor business initiatives Capable of market analysis via backlog reporting and job/project forecasting Allows customer analysis via profile and sales ranking and current and prior year comparisons Offers Sales Staff analysis via sales staff rankings and average sales price Tools to manage truck and driver utilization, quality, and material usage Simplified maintenance with zero-footprint, browser-based deployment, and administration Leverage all corporate data, starting with COMMANDseries data and expandable to data from all corporate applications

There are no prerequisite modules.   COMMANDconcrete can be used as a stand-alone application.

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Benefits Summary

Why COMMANDconcrete?

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Order Entry Dynamic Scheduling Ticketing Truck Tracking Reporting Seamless Back Office Integration Batch Computer Interfaces Mapping Interfaces Signaling Interfaces Color Dispensing Interface Quality Control System Interface

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Command Alkon Incorporated Headquarters 1800 International Park Dr., Suite 400 Birmingham, AL 35243 USA +1 (205) 879-3282 Fax: +1 (205) 870-1405 www.commandalkon.com

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Increases dispatch efficiency, improving on-time deliveries and reducing delivery/haul costs

Improves truck utilization, reducing "non-productive" time Decreases workload and stress for dispatchers

Provides timely and accurate operational information to enhance decision-making within your company Allows you to proactively plan for changing job conditions

Centralized data, providing a complete view of the operation in real-time

A single database, reducing data entry and easing the burden of updating and maintaining master file information

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BOOKLETS 1 Corporate Overview 2 Ready-Mixed Concrete | COMMANDconcrete 3 Bulk Materials & Automation 4 Concrete Plant Automation 5 Quality Control 6 Business Integration Services 7 Dispatch Optimization 8 Ready-Mixed Concrete | Integra 9 Concrete Products Automation