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Optimising Ready Mix Processes:
Herbst's Advanced Solutions

Advanced solution aimed at improving efficiency, productivity, and profitability while reducing losses. Our comprehensive features include job costing, bill of materials, site pricing, and quotations, seamlessly integrating all aspects of your work cycle with robust credit control procedures. The Trucker handheld device helps drivers manage ticket allocation, capture delivery details, and make manual batch adjustments while the Jobber app keeps project details up-to-date with photo capabilities. These tools allow management to take orders, delegate tasks, and optimise operations across all sites in real time.
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Core Modules
Credit Control

Credit Control

Manage your credit terms, proactively integrated with all operations.
Ensures efficient management of overdue accounts, streamlining debt collection through automated correspondence. Seamlessly integrated into business procedures, it supports comprehensive risk management with accurate and timely information, providing flexibility in managing account statuses.
Benefits
  • Start credit control validations at order stage
  • Customer credit rating for a more meaningful aged analysis
  • Restrict dispatch of goods on overdue accounts
  • Credit pop-ups on overdue accounts
  • Extensive and flexible credit constraints on customers
  • Charge interest on selected overdue accounts
  • Automated personalised debtor letter functionality
  • Direct SMS function
Site Pricing

Site Pricing

Customised pricing based on sub-trader level. Location, project & plant
Serves as a dynamic pricing navigator, allowing businesses to tailor pricing structures for quarries, concrete, and aggregates sites based on location, project specifics, and material availability. This adaptive approach ensures competitiveness and optimises profitability in the dynamic industry. The module, incorporating radial miles for distance measurement, demonstrates Herbst's commitment to precision and innovation.
Benefits
  • Tailor pricing structures based on location, project details and material availability
  • Responsive pricing to the dynamic nature of the concrete and quarry industry
  • Seamlessly integrates with all operations for efficient data exchange
  • Utilises radial miles for accurate distance measurement in pricing
  • Empowers data-driven decision-making
  • Streamlines project-specific pricing with finesse
Batching plant integration

Batching plant integration

Automated info exchange mechanism to and from batching plants.
Seamlessly integrates with batching plants, creating a symbiotic relationship that enhances operational efficiency. From raw material management to precise batching and quality control, this module ensures a cohesive flow of information. Real-time data exchange allows for dynamic adjustments, optimising resource utilisation and minimising delays. Businesses can monitor, manage and streamline every aspect of batching plant operations with precision.
Benefits
  • Streamlines the entire production process from raw material input to output tracking
  • Ensures dynamic adjustments and accurate information exchange
  • Maximises efficiency by coordinating batching plant processes
  • Provides comprehensive insights, empowering businesses with data-driven decision capabilities
  • Fosters a responsive and adaptable production setting
Haulage & Carriage

Haulage & Carriage

Drastically reduces overall administration with more complete integration.
The haulage and carriage module plays a pivotal role in the efficient management of transportation logistics. It is designed to streamline the processes related to the movement of goods, ensuring that products are transported from one location to another in a cost-effective and timely manner. This module provides tools for route planning, vehicle scheduling, and load optimisation, facilitating the allocation of resources and assets for transportation. It also helps in tracking shipments, managing delivery schedules, and monitoring carrier performance. By integrating with other ERP components, such as inventory and order management, the haulage and carriage module ensures the seamless flow of goods from production to final destination. Overall, it enhances supply chain efficiency, reduces transportation costs, and improves customer satisfaction through on-time and accurate deliveries.
Benefits
  • Back to back haulage orders
  • Zone, radial miles, depots, and multiple client sites
  • Reports by haulier and driver
  • Tracks waiting time and minimum load
  • Automated self-billing reports
  • Keep coordinates for every location
  • Compare all your hauliers with one another
  • Automatically apply additional haulage charges
  • Assign a default haulier to customers
Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence

Using the data you already have to your advantage.
A strategic powerhouse, transforming raw data into actionable insights for real-time decision-making and trend identification. In today's fast-paced business landscape, it is a critical tool for maintaining agility and competitiveness, offering immediate access to crucial business insights. Its role helps companies navigate the complexities of modern business, making informed choices to stay ahead of the curve.
Benefits
  • Easy access to information from ledgers in real-time
  • BI fully interwoven throughout system
  • Drill down queries to original documents
  • Pivot and summarise large amounts of information
  • Filtering features which identify exceptions
  • In-built advanced report writer
  • Individual users can focus BI around their operations
  • Periodically email/SMS KPIs
  • Customisable to each individuals needs
Sales Ledger

Sales Ledger

The work horse of the sales force, fully integrated with the rest of the organisation.
A financial control hub that tracks and organises sales transactions, streamlining processes like invoicing and payment recording. Its precise record-keeping reduces the risk of errors and provides insights into sales trends and customer behavior. This module enhances financial control, minimises risks and improves customer relationships, contributing to increased efficiency and profitability.
Benefits
  • Manage sales pipeline and on-going correspondence
  • Group, classify, and organise customers
  • Quote quickly and track status thereafter
  • Store external files and contracts with customer
  • Create exception views to show lapsed sales
  • Live dispatch details visible on customer account
  • Instant access to stock availability and related information
  • Flexible and dynamic pricing systems
  • Increased efficiency and profitability
  • Complexing Pricing mechanisms facilitated
Purchase Ledger

Purchase Ledger

The work horse of the procurement team fully integrated with the rest of the organisation.
Pivotal for procurement and financial control, recording transactions for effective expense management. Tailored for commodity-based businesses, it seamlessly integrates with stock and sales ledgers, optimising the entire procurement process from purchase orders to invoicing. This module empowers purchasing personnel, streamlines financial workflows and cuts costs.
Benefits
  • Accurate tracking and recording of purchase transactions
  • Streamlined accounts payable process
  • Reduced risk of payment errors
  • Timely and efficient invoice processing
  • Enhanced transparency in financial operations
  • Improved insights into vendor relationships
  • Better negotiation with vendors for favorable terms
  • Optimisation of procurement strategies
  • Streamlined financial workflows
  • Enhanced financial efficiency
Stock & Service Ledger

Stock & Service Ledger

Designed to manage tens of thousands of stock items in real time.
A robust tool designed for efficient inventory and service management, providing comprehensive automation for stock control procedures. Integrated with sales and purchase ledgers, it simplifies maintenance and tracking of stock levels, ensuring real-time insights and continuous operational efficiency. The solution includes touch screen kiosk software for warehouse utilisation, further streamlining real-time stock management.
Benefits
  • Multiple units of measure per product
  • Back to back ordering
  • Flexible and quick price changing functions
  • Integrated kits, BOM, and assembly
  • Multi bar-codes and QR code support for handhelds
  • Automated manufacturer and customer part numbers
  • Automatic delivery and insurance charge features
  • Manage outstanding orders and create picking lists tools
  • Real-time free and actual stock visibility
  • Simplify procedures with re-ordering and stock take
  • Procurement wizards
Nominal Ledger

Nominal Ledger

Fully integrated management & financial accounts.
At the core of our ERP is the Nominal Ledger, eliminating paper chasing and providing instant access to vital financial information. This customisable ledger ensures visibility and control over accounts receivable and payable, supporting multiple departments for comprehensive fiscal insights. It streamlines financial processes, promotes transparency, and strengthens financial control and compliance.
Benefits
  • Real-time P&L
  • Quick edit correction utilities
  • Live Working Capital Analysis
  • Powerful security logs and user restrictions
  • Comprehensive range of standard reports
  • Re-definable and dynamic NL tree structure
  • Drill down to the original documents
  • Flexible business period
  • Turn on screen reader support
  • To enable screen reader support, press Ctrl+Alt+Z To learn about keyboard shortcuts, press Ctrl+slash
Procurement Wizard

Procurement Wizard

Flexible tool to empower efficient procurement based on existing data.
A dynamic assistant, automating critical procurement tasks such as creating purchase quotations and replenishing stocks. With a user-friendly interface, it guides users through the procurement cycle, automating the generation of purchase orders and quotations. This streamlining enhances efficiency whilst optimising stock levels and reducing the risk of stockouts or overstocking.
Benefits
  • Handles the whole procurement process
  • Comprehensive access to historical activity
  • Built-in supplier account management
  • Payment procedures with authorisation controls
  • Integrated stock and sales ledger
  • Special pricing and contract facility
  • Back to back ordering
  • Product/supplier approval mechanisms
  • Automated VIES & INTRASTAT reporting
  • Touch screen kiosk interface for warehouse operations
Business Processes

Business Processes

Delegation of an operation amongst different individuals avoiding duplication.
Acts as the backbone of operational efficiency by streamlining and organising taskss, ensuring every aspect of the business runs smoothly. The ability for management to access, oversee and delegate tasks with a simple touch of a button offers unparalleled benefits and promotes transparency, accountability and real-time visibility into ongoing processes.
Benefits
  • Improved operational efficiency
  • Streamlined and standardised workflows
  • Enhanced transparency in processes
  • Real-time monitoring and reporting
  • Reduction in operational costs
  • Consistency and quality control
  • Effective resource allocation
  • Simplified delegation of tasks
  • Enhanced accountability
  • Compliance and regulatory adherence
User Dashboard

User Dashboard

A touch friendly customisable control pannel with dials and buttons.
Offers a personalised and adaptable interface, empowering individuals to access and visualise role-specific data. With customisable features, users can tailor dashboards to their unique needs, streamlining data access and decision-making. This enhances productivity, aids strategic planning and ensures operational efficiency, making user dashboards a valuable asset in a competitive business environment.
Benefits
  • Personalised data access
  • Customisable to individual needs
  • Streamlined workflow
  • Real-time information at a glance
  • Improved decision-making
  • Enhanced productivity
  • Efficient strategic planning
  • Performance tracking
  • Operational efficiency
  • Cost savings
  • Increased job satisfaction
Extra Modules
Weighbridge

Weighbridge

Fully integrated weighbridge is just another part of your overall business process.
Streamlines weighbridge operations with features like automated credit control enforcement and simplified invoicing. It ensures fast data entry, real-time management information, and access restrictions for enhanced security. The user-friendly interface, touch screen kiosk, and seamless workflow make it a comprehensive solution for efficient weighbridge management.
Benefits
  • Automatically enforce credit control at the weighbridge
  • Check and authorise weight documents for invoicing
  • Easily convert weight documents to invoices
  • Simple weighbridge interface for fast data entry
  • Invoices drill down to original weight documents
  • Real-time management information
  • Facility to restrict access to sensitive information
  • Supports mandatory fields, test results, and haulage
  • Specialised driver operated touch screen kiosk interface
Herbst Trucker App

Herbst Trucker App

Flexible app for drivers to facilitate PODs & prompt accurate invoicing.
Equips organisations to manage deliveries and collections efficiently through integrated vehicle checklists, proof of delivery, online/offline capabilities and direct linkage to the back office for live updates. It supports route optimisation with Google Maps, allowing drivers to edit quantities before obtaining signatures.
Benefits
  • Vehicle checklists integrated with CRM
  • Proof of delivery connected with actual docs
  • Works offline as well as online
  • Live updates and information to the back office
  • Can handle deliveries as well as collections
  • Option to allow driver to edit quantities before signing
  • Integrates with google maps for navigation
  • Drastically reduce administration through automation
  • Mobile app compatible with a multitude of smartphones & rugged tablets
Job Costing

Job Costing

Fully integrated with stock & purchase ledgers to reflect real time WIP.
A specialised integrated costing technique which offers comprehensive functionality to manage and track project-specific costs. Fully integrated with stock and the nominal ledger, it enables the assignment of hours, descriptions, and costs to each job.This module supports various costing methods, including fixed price, cost-plus, and time-and-materials, and allows for the allocation of costs to Bills of Quantities.
Benefits
  • Fully integrated with stock and nominal ledger
  • Assign hours to each job with descriptions
  • Supports internal jobs and research projects
  • Facilitates fixed price, cost plus, and time & materials
  • Assign cost to Bill of Quantities (BOQ)
  • Record coordinates and job contact details
  • Accumulate correspondence and attach files to jobs
  • Customisable user fields (optional and mandatory lists)
  • Assign and manage purchase orders and goods received
  • Group, categorise, and analyse information as required
Herbst Jobber App

Herbst Jobber App

User friendly handheld android app for activities in jobs.
A user-friendly, touchscreen android application designed for efficient job management. Users can easily clock in and out of jobs, add photos and update work status and access comprehensive job details. It's also fully integrated, ensuring seamless, real-time communication between the field and the back office.
Benefits
  • Clock in and out of jobs
  • Update work status in real time
  • Fully Integrated
  • Photo integration
  • See job & share job details
  • Efficient job management
  • Enhanced job tracking and management capabilities
Relationship & Marketing

Relationship & Marketing

Streamlines customer & supplier relationship with other elements of the business.
Simplifies the process of accessing crucial information from any ledger and provides a comprehensive view of customer and supplier interactions. It enhances communication, streamlines data and enables organisations to proactively capitalise on potential prospects.
Benefits
  • Manage sales pipelines effectively
  • Record, track and retrieve correspondence easily
  • Organise customers to identify opportunities
  • Use real-time data to highlight lost sales
  • Effective account management tools
  • Targeted campaigning via email, fax, or snail-mail
  • SMS promotions to send details to relevant customers
  • Differenciate between different types of correspondence
  • Follow up, schedule, and map activities on a shared calendar
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Benefits

  • Site pricing functionality for accurate project cost estimation.
  • Batching plant integration automating tasks such as material batching, mixing, and delivery scheduling.
  • Haulage and carriage management to optimise transportation logistics.
  • Site pricing functionality for accurate project cost estimation.
  • Complete real-time P&L with Drill-Down to all original docs.
  • Eliminate duplication and facilitate automation.
  • Vehicle checklists integrated with CRM Proof of delivery connected with actual docs.
  • Can handle deliveries as well as collections.
  • Option to allow driver to edit quantities before signing .
  • Integrates with google maps for navigation.
  • Mobile apps compatible with a multitude of smartphones & rugged tablets.

ERP for Ready Mix Concrete FAQs

What is ERP for a ready mix business?

Ready mix ERP is the system that connects quotations, orders, production/batching, haulage, pricing, invoicing, and accounts so you’re not reconciling multiple tools. Herbst positions Ready Mix as an “advanced solution” focused on improving efficiency and profitability, with features like job costing, bill of materials (BOM), site pricing, quotations, and robust credit control—all integrated across the work cycle.

What does “batching plant integration” actually do?

Batching plant integration is an automated information exchange between the ERP and your batching plant systems. The intent is to streamline production from raw material input to output tracking, enable real-time data exchange, and allow dynamic adjustments when conditions change. In practice, it reduces manual rekeying between office and plant, improves accuracy, and gives management better visibility into what’s being produced and what’s ready to dispatch.

How does site pricing work for ready mix (and what are radial miles)?

Site Pricing is designed to tailor pricing based on location, project specifics, and material availability, with radial miles used for distance measurement. That matters in ready mix because haul distance and site conditions can make or break margin. The goal is consistent pricing logic your team can apply quickly, rather than ad-hoc decisions under pressure.

How does haulage and carriage help a ready mix operation?

Herbst’s Haulage & Carriage module is built to reduce admin and tighten logistics by supporting route planning, vehicle scheduling, load optimisation, delivery scheduling, and carrier performance tracking—while staying integrated with inventory and order management. It also includes practical tools like zones, depots, multiple client sites, radial miles, waiting time, automated self-billing, and automatic additional haulage charges.

Can the system help with job costing for ready mix projects?

Yes. Ready Mix explicitly includes job costing as a core capability. The point is to track costs (materials, haulage, labour/overheads depending on setup) against projects so you can see margin performance rather than relying on end-of-month guesses. When job costing is integrated with purchasing, stock, and sales documents, you can also spot overruns earlier and price the next job with more confidence.

What’s the role of BOM (bill of materials) in ready mix ERP?

BOM is listed as part of the Ready Mix feature set and is typically used to standardise what inputs make up an output (mix designs / material recipes depending on how you configure it). The value is consistency and costing discipline: you can plan raw material usage more accurately, keep production aligned with targets, and reduce “silent” losses where material consumption doesn’t match expectations.

How does credit control work in a ready mix environment?

Credit Control is a core module and is described as proactively integrated with operations. Benefits include starting validations at order stage, restricting dispatch to overdue accounts, credit pop-ups, flexible constraints, charging interest on selected overdue accounts, automated debtor letters, and SMS capability. In ready mix, this protects you from shipping product into bad debt while keeping the team moving with clear, consistent rules.

What reporting and BI does Herbst provide for ready mix?

Herbst includes Business Intelligence (BI) and a User Dashboard. BI is positioned as turning operational data into real-time insight, with features like drill-down to original documents, pivoting/summarising large datasets, exception filtering, and an in-built report writer. It also supports sending KPIs via email/SMS. This is ideal when managers need fast answers on sales, costs, and operational performance across multiple sites.

Does it support sales workflows like quotations and pipeline tracking?

Yes, Ready Mix explicitly lists quotations as part of the integrated work cycle, and the Sales Ledger module supports quoting quickly, tracking status, storing customer files/contracts, dynamic pricing, and live dispatch visibility on customer accounts. For ready mix, this is what keeps commercial activity aligned with operational reality (availability, scheduling, delivery execution, billing).

What modules are included in the Ready Mix solution?

The Ready Mix page lists these core modules: Credit Control, Site Pricing, Batching Plant Integration, Haulage & Carriage, Business Intelligence, Sales Ledger, Purchase Ledger, Stock & Service Ledger, Nominal Ledger, Procurement Wizard, Business Processes, and User Dashboard. If you’re structuring the page FAQs for SEO and clarity, those module names are also perfect anchors for internal links to solution pages.