LoadScan Closely Aligned With The Compost Industry

LoadScan recently attended the 25th Annual US Compost Council Conference and Tradeshow in Los Angeles, being the third year they have attended, and the third year demonstrating their volume scanning equipment and addressing the current issues facing compost and mulch producers. 

Companies typically buy bulk base product and blend these components into special mixes which they then on-sell.   The compost industry trades in cubic volume using truck weigh scales or ‘x number of buckets’ to load to the required weight.  This weight is then converted back to cubic volume using conversion factors and charged accordingly. The problem with this method is that products have varying densities and moisture content which affects the weight of the material making the final calculation misleading. This method of bucket counting and conversion of weight to volume can cause discrepancies in customer supply quantities and coupled with the variances that occur with different loader operator’s abilities to load accurately, can means inventory and stock control are not always.

Compost and mulch can settle in transit and often, by the time it arrives, settlement means it ends up not ‘looking like’ the correct amount, causing conflict between supplier and customer.  

Most producers do not have an accurate method to measure cubic volume which means they rely on a level of guesswork to reach their volumes, which usually results in either over supplying i.e. giving away product or under supplying i.e. causing conflict and lack of trust.  Loadscan’s load volume scanners mean customers will be assured of load volumes and will learn to trust deliveries.

These two factors, customer satisfaction and accurate inventory control, are key factors in any composting operation’s success and Loadscan’s load volume scanners have been proven to solve both these issues and increase an operation’s efficiency and overall profits.

Loadscan’s load volume scanning technology solutions guarantee accurate volume measurements, allowing loads to be charged correctly and trained loader operators to load more accurately and efficiently.    They also allow for more control over stock and inventory levels, simplifying end of month stock reconciliations, making life easier!

The LoadScan philosophy reads, “monitoring software that will bring your business into the 21st century” so to find out more about their dump truck capacity and volumetric load scanning technology please visit the website at http://www.loadscan.com