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 is in truck dispatching.
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A recent article in Recycling Today highlighted the benefits of a data-driven approach to recycling to improve industry performance. Managing a fleet of trucks and containers and optimizing their use is one of the areas where scrap metal recyclers can turn to data-driven software to gain greater efficiency. According to the article, data can benefit recycling operations by optimizing collections, transportation and processing. It can drive smart investments in trucks and containers and lead to more resource efficiency in the future.
For scrap metal recyclers, moving material is a key part of the business. The ability to simplify and optimize dispatching, be it for one truck or many vehicles, offers opportunities for great efficiency and savings. The purpose of truck dispatching software is to help a company deploy their truck fleets and rollingstock as efficiently as possible with software-assisted route optimization and asset tracking. Users input information about where trucks are needed, what material needs to be collected, the container requirements and driver requirements. The software then helps keep track of trucks and containers, communicates with drivers, and provides them with routing information, among other things.
ScrapWare’s Truck Dispatch Module Puts Your Data to Work
The demand for this type of information has led to a proliferation of off-the-shelf truck dispatch software products that can be used by any type of business. The downside of this type of solution is that it does not integrate with an entire scrap recycling operation. ScrapWare software is designed specifically for scrap metal recyclers. It will seamlessly coordinate with the purchases, inventory, contracts, and accounting systems of a recycling business. This coordination provides for even greater benefits, since your entire operation is run through one system.
ScrapWare’s data-driven truck dispatch module provides valuable insights for fast decision making. It can provide complete visibility over all activity and processes, from start to finish, in real time. It will conduct precision scheduling for container movements and vendor servicing, allowing for routing and fuel optimization. ScrapWare’s Truck Dispatch Module will provide updates in real time on truck fleet activity, driver activity and productivity. It will also calculate total landed costs of materials and simultaneously dispatch from multiple locations while providing reporting to one central location.
- Make Smarter Decisions with Accurate Reports
It’s easier to make important business decisions when accurate data is at your fingertips. The reports in ScrapWare’s Dispatch Module make it stand out from off-the-shelf products. ScrapWare can provide an endless array of reports to fit a particular need in your dispatch operation.
- Easy to Use
Ease of use gives ScrapWare an advantage over other systems. ScrapWare is known for combining advanced functionality with simplistic usability. ScrapWare has made sure its design is user friendly and intuitive, using a color-coded interface, pop-up menus, and field validation to help ensure data accuracy.
- Extend Data-Driven Decision Making to all Aspects of Your Business
The Truck Dispatch Module is powerful as a stand-alone product, but when teamed with ScrapWare’s other modules, it can seamlessly integrate with all other aspects of a scrap metal recycling business. This extends the benefits of smart data-driven decision making to your entire recycling operation.
About ScrapWare Corporation: Since 1989, Rockville, Maryland-based ScrapWare Corporation has been the software of choice for the recycling industry. Its ease of installation and simplicity saves users time and money while helping them achieve compliance and maintain accurate business insights. With state-of-the-art functionality tailored to each organization’s unique requirements, ScrapWare is an advanced dynamic software solution that alleviates the most pressing recycling industry worries. For more information, please call (301) 517-8500 or visit https://www.scrapware.com/.