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Maximizing Profits: How ScrapWare’s Purchase Quotes and Contracts Module is Simplifying the Scrap Metal Recycling Process
The quotes process is one of the more important components of the bottom line for a scrap metal recycling business. The price paid for raw material—scrap metal—becomes a linchpin of profitability. How you create quotes not only affects how...
Revolutionize Your Scrapyard in 2025: Ten Steps to Operational Success
As we move into a new year, forward-thinking scrapyard owners are already planning for success in 2025. If you’ve been considering a digital transformation for your operations, now is the perfect time to act. Our “10 Steps to Scrapyard Operational Success in 2025”...
New Year, New Tech: 2025 Software Resolutions for Scrap Metal Recyclers, Part II
The approach of a new year gives businesses an opportunity to consider new ways to meet the competitive challenges of the future. In our last blog, we explored two New Year’s resolution scrap metal recyclers could make in 2025 to improve their efficiency and...
2025 New Year’s Resolutions for Scrap Metal Recyclers: Part 1
As 2024 draws to a close, scrap metal recyclers in 2025 have an opportunity to reflect and set goals for the year ahead. The start of a new year is the time to refocus on growth and efficiency to boost your bottom line. According to financial and recycling industry...
Reducing Errors and Improving Accuracy: ScrapWare’s Impact on Quality Control
In today’s fast paced business environment, digital transformation is a necessity to stay ahead of the competition. For scrap metal recyclers, embracing digital solutions with software yields numerous benefits including reducing errors and improving accuracy...
Technological Advancements in Scrap Metal Sorting and Processing
The scrap metal recycling industry is taking advantage of emerging technologies in sorting, processing, AI, and data-driven analytics to improve recycling rates. Technological advancements in scrap metal processing include several different mechanisms to enhance the...
Data-Driven Recycling Software: Leveraging ScrapWare’s Truck Dispatch Module for Smarter Business Decisions
Recycling industry experts agree that a data-driven approach to recycling can bring greater efficiencies to waste and recycling operations and help improve recycling rates. In the scrap metal recycling industry, a major opportunity for using data to enhance efficiency...
Why the Aluminum Can Market is Booming: A Closer Look at Increased Demand
Demand for aluminum cans is continuing its upward trend fueled by consumer preferences, sustainability policies, and incorporation of new technologies. Industry observers cite research that says the aluminum can market is expected to skyrocket over the next ten...