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- State DOT Support for Ohio & Oregon
- Support for FL DOT new LIMS System
- Support for Georgia 641 Requirements
- New Analysis Tools
- Many New Reports
- Upgraded Blending Application
- ...And many more new features.
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| Stonemont Solutions is pleased to announce the release of aggQC Version 3. Building off the success of aggQC Version 2, we added many new features and have worked hard to incorporate as many of your requests as possible in this release of aggQC. For those requests that did not make it into Version 3 we will consider for future updates. |
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Thank you for all your suggestions as we are committed to maintaining aggQC as the premier aggregate quality control software for the construction materials industry and to providing our customers superior service and technical support. We look forward to hearing your comments on Version 3 and for future releases of aggQC. Please let us know your thoughts by joining our Forum at www.stonemont.com/forum. |
| We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our customers for your continued support. We also thank our customers that have recently purchased aggQC or that have purchased additional plant licenses including: Vulcan Materials Southern & Gulf Coast Division, Vulcan Materials Midwest Division, Vulcan Materials Southwest Division, Vulcan Materials Southeast Division, Teichert Aggregates, SE Johnson, Hanson Materials (OH), Hanson Materials (SC), Martin Marietta Materials, Anna Quarries, Inc., Rinker Materials, Inc., Inland Aggregates, United Companies (Old Castle), and SRM Aggregates (Old Castle). |
| Customer Spotlight |
Vulcan Materials Company uses the aggQC Enterprise Edition to manage four different divisions encompassing 14 different states and Mexico.
At Vulcan, the aggQC Enterprise Edition gives managers and other users a consistent approach to managing quality information, and provides access to real-time quality data
The flexibility of aggQC allows Vulcan to easily monitor the quality of materials over vast areas and multiple states using the same consistent approach to quality control management.
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| aggQC is managing quality control at over 300 operations in 29 different states and the Bahamas, British Columbia, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, and Mexico. |
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| Version 3 supports two additional State DOT Reporting requirements, as well enhancements to existing aggQC supported DOT requirements. Based on your requests, we have added support for the Ohio DOT and the Oregon DOT reporting requirements. Support for the Ohio DOT is designed around the recently implemented Ohio DOT 1069 Specification for qualifying aggregate suppliers. Find out more about aggQC Support for the Ohio DOT here. Support for the Oregon DOT allows aggQC users to print Oregon DOT Form 1792 as well as a stat-summary grid for certified products, including Oregon DOT Pay Factors! Find out more about aggQC Support for the Oregon DOT Here.
ENHANCED SUPPORT FOR FLORIDA DOT
The aggQC Florida DOT Reporting Application has been enhanced to support the new Florida DOT LIMS (Lab Information Management System) electronic submittal format. The new electronic submittal is an Excel file that requires specific LIMS codes defined by the Florida DOT. Each code labels specific results from a test result and is recognized by the LIMS system when the data is imported. The aggQC Florida DOT Application automatically generates the Excel format with the required LIMS codes, so producers using aggQC do not have to worry about knowing what these codes represent. The Florida DOT will eventually require all producers to submit results based on the codes in the new LIMS system. Make your transition easy by using aggQC! To view the required LIMS codes from the Florida DOT please see the What's New PDF File.
NOTE The Florida DOT has made changes to the Excel Format since we released aggQC Version 3. Users shipping to Florida and using aggQC should install the aggQC Version 3 patch 3 after they run the aggQC Update they received on cd.  Patch 3 Ver. 3.
NOW SUPPORTS GEORGIA DOT 641 REQUIREMENTS
Since aggQC version One, aggQC has supported the Georgia DOT 640 reporting requirements. In addition to the 640 requirements, producers supplying material to the Georgia DOT are also required to submit 641 information. aggQC also now supports the Georgia DOT 641 requirements. Users can export both 640 and 641 data directly from aggQC into the Georgia DCS database application. Find out more about aggQC Support for the Georgia DOT.
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GET THE INFORMATION YOUR MANAGERS DEMAND WITH aggQC AUTO-REPORTS!
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| Sales staff, production staff, and others demand much from their QC Staff. As a QC Manager or Technician, it is likely that others in your organization often request information of the most recent testing data for particular products. Requests are likely directed to you because you are the most knowledgeable about what information should be provided. After all, you would not want project data to be submitted that does not truly reflect how that product performs.
It may be the case that when such requests are made, you generate a summary from your spreadsheet data and then fax or email that information to the individual that requested it. Depending on your area of responsibility, requests for such data can often become overwhelming. Wouldn't it be nice if the individuals making those request could find the information themselves?
Now, imagine if that task could be completely automated. Imagine that all you have to do is to construct that summary once and information for those product(s) would be updated based on the most recent testing data for that product. Imagine that information is always available to your sales and production staff.
Well, you don't have to imagine any longer. With the aggQC Enterprise Edition, you can use the "Auto-Reports" feature to create aggQC Reports that will always reflect the most recent testing information. aggQC Auto-Reports allow you to create reports that will automatically generate every day, week, month, or year. These reports are then available as hyperlinks on aggQC Web. All your production people and sales people have to do is click the link and they are assured that the information they are viewing is the most recent test data for the product or products. How does it work?
You...enter your test results into aggQC
You...logon to aggQC Web (from your intranet) and create the aggQC Auto-Report Queries
You...set the interval at which the reports will generate (day, week, month, or year)
aggQC Enterprise Edition...automatically queries for test results at the selected interval and generates the reports
aggQC Enterprise Edition...posts the reports as hyperlinks on the users main page
They...click on the link and the report is displayed in PDF format in the user's browser.
You...focus on managing quality rather than shuffling papers and compiling data from multiple data sources!
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GET $$VALUE$$ FROM YOUR PROCESS DATA |
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State DOT requirements and customer demands often provide the driver for implementing some degree of quality control in your company. Implementing even limited testing programs requires a significant amount of resources in terms of capital investment and employee resources. Yet, the data generated from these efforts is often never fully used to optimize products, investigate and solve production issues, or to simply better manage product. With aggQC Version 3 we have implemented a number of easy-to-use tools that allow you to analyze how changes in production settings are effecting the gradation or quality of your end product. aggQC Version 3 contains the following new tools or enhancements...
Multi-variable Run Charts
Correlation Charts
Bin Calibrations
Automatic Bin Setting Determination
Saving Blend Results
Multi-variable Run Charts allow users to plot gradation, quality, and process data together on a run chart. This chart is useful for investigating how a change in one value is effecting the other value. For example someone might use the chart to investigate how the changes in crusher amperage are effecting the results on the #4 (4.75mm) sieve for a selected product.
Correlation Charts allow users to determine if a relationship exists between two sets of data. For example, tracking these types of measurements in aggQC could potentially allow you to predict the % passing on the #4 (4.75mm) sieve when the amperage on the secondary crusher is 33 amps.
The Bin Calibration feature allows users to determine the bin-gate opening for a blend using a target TPH. Once a set of bins has been calibrated, results can be used in conjunction with the aggQC Blending Application to automatically determine the bin settings required to produce a specific blend. These tools provide powerful, time-saving tools, especially if you are operating a fractionated plant. You can now pin-point the required bin gate opening needed to produce the final blended product.
Saving Blend Results is a feature that allows you to create a blend and then save that results as a Theoretical Gradation . This feature allows users to compare a blend constructed in the aggQC blend application to what is actually being produced as the final product. Click here to learn more about the aggQC Blend Application
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New Data Entry Features |
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We have added a number of new worksheets in aggQC to facilitate data-entry of other types of quality data common in the aggregates industry. The following worksheets have been added:
Flat & Elongates
Lightweight Pieces (Chert Float Test)
Fractured Particles
% White Rock
% Wood
We will continue to add support for various types of worksheets in subsequent releases of aggQC, just let us know what types of worksheets you would like to see in aggQC.
In addition to the above worksheets, we have also added some additional "Auto-Calculate" options. The auto-calculate feature in aggQC will automatically calculate other types of quality results that can be derived from entered gradation information. We have added the following Auto-Calculate Options:
%#200/%#40
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Soil Mortar 40, Soil Mortar 200
2.00 mm/ 6.3 mm
TRACKING PROCESS DATA
Users can now track process results in aggQC. An additional menu item has been added to the quality test data entry form that allows users to associate data from a known process in the plant with the Quality Test Results. An example of tracking this type of information would be recording the amperage value on the secondary crusher at the time the sample was obtained. You can then use this information to track how changes in a process are affecting the product results using some of the new analysis tools described above (multi-variable run charts, correlation charts).
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Additional Data Reports! |
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| Based on suggestions from current users, we have added several new reports. A brief description is provided below. |
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Gradation Test &Run Chart Report-Displays a individual gradation results and a run chart with historical data for a selected sample type & sieve.
Daily Summary Report- Displays % passing information for all samples entered for individual days.
Plant Tonnage Summary- Summary report showing tons produced and shipped over a entered date range.
Plant Failure Report- Displays % Failure (number of failures/total tests) for selected plants
Customer Quality Test- Displays customer information and quality test results.
Customer Gradation Test- Displays customer information and gradation results.
Customer Gradation Test & Sieve Chart- Displays customer information, gradation results & a sieve chart.
Customer Gradation Test & Run Chart- Displays customer information, gradation results & a run chart.
Basic Plant Products- Displays basic product setup information in aggQC.
Detail Plant Products- Displays detailed product setup information in aggQC.
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| What our customers are saying... |
| "The thing that attracted me most to this system was the ease at which we could train our employees to use the system. The customer service we have experienced has been tremendous. From the initial purchase and installation through to our suggestions for improvements, and then seeing those improvements in later updates, Stonemont Solutions has been a pleasure to work with. In my opinion aggQC is the premier software system for the aggregate industry" [read more] Chris Upp
Operations Manager
Conco Quarries.
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| "...The Martin Marietta Materials North Texas / Oklahoma District includes eleven quarries and encompasses an area of over 17,000 square miles. aggQC allows me to easily monitor the quality of the materials over this vast area. This software has been a valuable resource for quality control, production, sales and most importantly customers! ... The aggBlend program has allowed us to easily blend to create new products for our customer needs. It has saved us countless time and money. In short, aggQC has allowed me to manage a business spread over thousands of miles with less travel and time. The support from you and your staff has been excellent. I highly recommend." [read more] Tim Stone
QC Manager
North Texas / Oklahoma District-Martin Marietta Materials
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| "The support, which we have received from Stonemont after the purchase, has been exceptional. Upgrades have been a regular feature with aggQC. If recommendations are acceptable they are included in the regular updates. " [read more] James R.D. Cox
Director of Technical Services
Rinker Materials, Inc.
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