Tag: inventory management

Aggregate producers should be communicating with their equipment dealers now about their 2024 capex spending plans. Photo: P&Q Staff

The business dynamics equipment dealers are watching

July 7, 2023 By Kevin Yanik

The good times are still rolling for equipment dealers, who are now conditioned to always be ready for supply chain surprises.

Says AMCAST’s Vincent Rocco: “Investing in human capital and beefing up our financial department over the past three years has been key.” Photo: PamElla Lee Photography

Confronting cost pressures, inventory management (Part 1)

April 20, 2023 By P&Q Staff

During a discussion at the Pit & Quarry Roundtable & Conference, industry leaders talked inflation, how they’re managing it and strategies to make the most of price increases in 2023.

PPI talks inventory, on-site services at ConExpo-Con/Agg

March 29, 2023 By Marie Emerick

PPI’s Dallas Houchins explains how the company keeps the aggregate industry moving with stocked inventory and field services during the 2023 ConExpo-Con/Agg, which took place March 14-18 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Kimball Equipment’s Kirk Rainbolt says deep equipment and parts inventories are critical in order to alleviate long lead times and fuel growth. Photo: Kimball Equipment

Why 2023 can be another good year for the industry

December 8, 2022 By Kirk Rainbolt

Kimball Equipment’s Kirk Rainbolt reflects on where the aggregate industry is at this moment in time while providing an optimistic outlook for the year ahead.

Turner Mining Group’s Keaton Turner says all of his company’s employees see the impacts of inflation’s doing. “Whether they feel it or not, they’re asking for pay increases,” he says. Photo: PamElla Lee Photography

How producers, manufacturers are managing inflation

July 26, 2022 By P&Q Staff

Participants at the 2022 Pit & Quarry Roundtable & Conference discussed the rapidly changing economic environment, exploring best approaches to price increases on a variety of fronts.

Flex-Mat’s high-frequency movement makes media an active part of the screening process, Major says. Photo: Major

Major to feature modular screen media

February 22, 2022 By PQ Sponsor

Major has introduced Flex-Mat, its signature screen media that delivers increased throughput by providing more open area than traditional panels. See it at AGG1 in booth 2116.

P&Q Profile: Martin Stone Quarries’ Rod Martin

January 28, 2022 By P&Q Staff

Rod Martin, owner of Martin Stone Quarries, paid P&Q a visit to discuss the year that was and what may lie ahead in 2022 for the Pennsylvanian industry.

The HawkEye365 portal is a complete remote and in-plant measurement and system. Photo: Hawk Measurement

Hawk brings remote monitoring system to market

November 11, 2020 By Kevin Yanik

Hawk Measurement launched an in-plant Power over Ethernet and remote monitoring system.

How The Shelly Company transformed its mine planning, inventory management

July 23, 2020 By Edited by Zach Mentz

The Shelly Company is now utilizing Kespry’s drone-based intelligence to measure contours to ensure it creates accurate mine plans – and more.