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- Worksheets for %-200, FM, Specific Gravity, Deleterious, LA Abrasion, Unit Weight, Sand Equvalent
- Automatic Email Alerts
- Auto-calculation of gradation related tests (FM, Cu, Cc...)
- Sample tracking by customer and job
- New report formats
- Auto-Reports in the aggQC Enterprise Edition
- ...And many more new features.
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| Stonemont Solutions is pleased to announce that aggQC Version 2 was released during November. We have worked hard to incorporate as many of your requests as possible into aggQC Version 2. For those requests that did not make it into Version 2 we will consider for future updates. 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 2 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: Martin Marietta Materials, Rinker Materials, and Vulcan Materials Company, Hanson Building Materials America, Union Asphalt, Dumbarton Quarry Associates, TXI, Riverstone Group, Asphalt Technologies, Lehigh Cement, Charles F. Lee and Sons. |
| Customer Spotlight |
Martin Marietta Materials Southeast Division uses the aggQC Desktop Edition to manage over 40 plants in six different states.
Martin Marietta Materials North Texas/Oklahoma District uses the aggQC Desktop Edition to manage eleven quarries encompassing an area of over 17,000 square miles.
The flexibility of aggQC allows Martin Marietta Materials 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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| For the past two years, Stonemont has offered aggQC at a discount price depending on the number of plant licenses purchased. We are reducing the discount starting January 1, 2003. However, you can still take advantage of the discount program if you order aggQC before the end of 2002. Take advantage of the discount and order aggQC Today!
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SIMPLIFIED DATA ENTRY! |
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Several enhancements relating to data entry are included in
this update. aggQC now includes worksheets for the following
quality tests:
Gradations
Long Gradations
%-200
FM
%Composition or Deleterious
Specific Gravity (coarse, fine, coarse & fine)
LA Abrasion
Sand Equivalent
Unit Weight (loose, rodded, jigged)
In addition to the worksheets, aggQC still supports entry
of many other types of quality test results. Entering and
editing these results are all made easier thanks to design
changes to the quality test data entry form. For a list of the
all the tests currently supported click here.
Other enhancements include the ability assign
individual results to customers and jobs. A simple
way to analyze material shipped to individual customers.
You can also track material by ledge and user
defined processes, allowing you to isolate potential problems
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aggQC Auto-Calculate! |
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In our efforts to
streamline the data-entry process and results calculation, we
have also added the ability to 'Auto-Calculate' results that
can be determined from entered gradation results. These
test results include:
Moisture %
Decant %
FM
ES, Cu, Cc, D50, D60, and D15/D85
These results, along with other test results you enter, are
then available for analysis and reporting. |
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aggQC Integrated Email & Auto Email! |
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You asked and we delivered! Version 2 includes an
integrated email program or the ability to send email using
Microsoft Outlook. The integrated email program facilitates
sending charts and reports to personnel, customers, and agency
personnel.
Version 2 can also be set up to automatically send emails
to alert appropriate personnel of gradation or other test
worksheet failure. A great tool for exception reporting,
allowing your managers to focus on the critical problems and
not the day-to-day results. |
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Customer Relationship Management-A Quality Perspective! |
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Finally a cost-effective tool to manage customer incidents.
aggQC includes the ability to enter and track customer
incidents. You enter the customer concern, or problem in a
simple to use interface, recording the details of the
incident, the investigation, recommendations, and any action
taken. When the incident is resolved to the customers
satisfaction, that incident can then be closed. aggQC also
allows you to record any credits applied to the customer.
Later, you can summarize all open, closed, or both open and
closed incidents over any selected division, specified date
range or incident category. A total cost of all incidents is
provided, allowing you to determine how quality is effecting
the bottom-line.
You can also generate an individual incident report showing the details of each incident. |
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Improved Analysis Tools! |
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Data Analysis now provides more tools and methods to allow
you to quickly evaluate your process and make informed
decisions. Several of the analysis methods including sieve
charts, run charts, and statistical analysis now offer the
option of evaluating gradation results as %passing or %
retained. All analysis methods allow you to query for test
data by customer, job, ticket #, hauler, transport ID and
destination thereby providing a method to analysis results for
a particular customer or job. Additional enhancements to
aggQC analysis tools include:
0.45 Power Curve
Ability to create and display control limits on run
charts.
Enhanced display options for run charts
Inclusion of the aggQC Blend module within aggQC
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Enhanced Data Reporting! |
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| We have added several new reports, enhanced existing reports and added additional query capability to all the reports available in aggQC. Several of the reports now allow you to query by customer information, the same as in data analysis. This allows you to create customer reports that are specific to a particular customer or job. New statistical summary reports have been created that allow other quality tests to be reported either separately or with gradation results. |
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Part of what has made aggQC so popular among our existing
customers is its support for various DOT reporting
requirements. aggQC has always eliminated the need for
multiple data entry that often results from state DOT
reporting requirements, but we have taken it one step further and
enhanced the DOT applications we currently support.
Each of the DOT reporting applications have been enhanced to make them more similar and functional thereby improving the user experience. You can now load DOT samples into a grid for review prior to printing or reporting. If, during the review process, you find DOT samples that need to be edited, you simply double-click that sample in the grid and modify the DOT information associated with each sample. The DOT applications also include the integrated email capabilities of aggQC Version 2.
We also included the ability to perform the State DOT Sample number calculations automatically for the following DOT Applications: AL, FL, GA, NC. Sample number calculations in aggQC are compliant with the latest DOT requirements for these states. aggQC DOT support streamlines one more step in the DOT reporting process.
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| DID YOU KNOW? |
| aggQC is managing quality control at operations in 21 different states and the Bahamas, British Columbia and Nova Scotia, Canada. |
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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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