AutoBatch

Automated Concrete Batching System

OPERATION USER MANUAL

Document Version: 1.0

Last Updated: 05 Jan 2018

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS
OPERATION USER MANUAL.................................................................................................................... I
TABLE OF CONTENTS.................................................................................................................. II
1 SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT.......................................................................................................... 4
1.1 LOGGING-IN TO SYSTEM...................................................................................................................................... 4
1.2 SYSTEM MAIN SCREEN......................................................................................................................................... 4
2 INPUTTING INGREDIENTS....................................................................................................... 6
2.1 ADD NEW INGREDIENT......................................................................................................................................... 6
2.2 EDITING/DELETING EXISTING INGREDIENTS.................................................................................................... 8
3 ADJUST DISCHARGE FORMULA............................................................................................ 9
3.1 ADD A NEW DISCHARGE FORMULA.....................................................................................................................9
3.2 EDIT OR DELETE EXISTING DISCHARGE FORMULA........................................................................................ 11
4 DEFINING DESIGN MIXES...................................................................................................... 12
4.1 ADD A NEW DESIGN MIX.................................................................................................................................. 12
4.2 EDIT OR DELETE EXISTING DESIGN MIX........................................................................................................ 15
4.3 IMPORTING DESIGN MIXES............................................................................................................................... 15
4.4 EXPORT DESIGN MIXES TO AN EXCEL FILE.................................................................................................... 18
5 SETTING SYSTEM PARAMETERS AND OPTIONS............................................................19
6 ADJUSTING SYSTEM PARAMETERS................................................................................... 25
6.1 AGGREGATE MOISTURE...................................................................................................................................... 25
6.2 FREEFALL.............................................................................................................................................................. 26
6.3 TRANSPORTER DELAY......................................................................................................................................... 27
6.4 CHOPPING TIME.................................................................................................................................................. 27
6.5 MIXING PARAMETERS......................................................................................................................................... 28
6.6 CEMENT PROPORTION........................................................................................................................................ 29
7 CUSTOMER MANAGEMENT.................................................................................................. 30
7.1 CUSTOMER MANAGEMENT.................................................................................................................................. 30
7.2 PROJECT SITE MANAGEMENT............................................................................................................................ 32
7.3 SITE LOCATION MANAGEMENT.......................................................................................................................... 34
7.4 SITE CONTACT PERSON MANAGEMENT............................................................................................................ 35
7.5 SITE CONTRACT MANAGEMENT......................................................................................................................... 37
7.6 SET CUSTOMER OPTIONS.................................................................................................................................. 40
8 EMPLOYEE & DRIVER MANAGEMENT............................................................................. 41
8.1 EMPLOYEE AND DRIVER LIST............................................................................................................................ 41
9 TRANSPORTER & RUCK MANAGEMENT.......................................................................... 43
9.1 TRANSPORT COMPANY AND COST CENTRE MANAGEMENT.............................................................................44
9.2 VIEW AND MANAGE TRUCKS............................................................................................................................. 45
9.3 SET TRANSPORTER AND TRUCK OPTIONS....................................................................................................... 47
10 INVENTORY MANAGEMENT...............................................................................................49
11 SUPPLIER MANAGEMENT....................................................................................................51
11.1 ADD NEW SUPPLIER........................................................................................................................................ 51
11.2 EDIT SUPPLIER................................................................................................................................................. 51
11.3 DELETE SUPPLIER.............................................................................................................................................52
11.4 SUPPLIER OPTION............................................................................................................................................ 52

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12 MATERIAL DELIVERY MANAGEMENT........................................................................... 53
12.1 MATERIAL SUPPLY ORDER MANAGEMENT..................................................................................................... 53
12.2 MATERIAL SUPPLY DELIVERY MANAGEMENT................................................................................................. 55
13 ORDER AND DELIVERY MANAGEMENT......................................................................... 59
13.1 ADD AND EDIT ORDERS.................................................................................................................................. 59
13.2 DELIVERY SCHEDULE....................................................................................................................................... 61
13.3 DELIVERY SCHEDULE AND BATCHING PROCESS.......................................................................................... 63
13.4 ORDER AND DELIVERY OPTIONS.................................................................................................................... 64
14 BATCHING SCREEN................................................................................................................66
14.1 THE BATCHING SCREEN.................................................................................................................................. 66
14.2 CONTROL BATCHING PROCESS....................................................................................................................... 68
14.3 POP-UP DIALOG BOXES.................................................................................................................................. 69
15 PRINTING REPORTS...............................................................................................................72
15.1 PRINT REPORTS................................................................................................................................................ 72
15.2 CHANGE REPORT SETTINGS............................................................................................................................73
16 SETTING UP USER GROUPS AND SECURITY RIGHTS................................................. 75
16.1 DEFINING USER GROUPS................................................................................................................................ 75
16.2 ASSIGNING LOGIN USERS.............................................................................................................................. 76
16.3 CHANGING USER’S PASSWORD...................................................................................................................... 78

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11 SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT

1.1 Logging-in to System

When the System application starts, the first dialog

you will encounter is the Log In dialog.
 Type your IC/FIN and password, and click
[OK] to log-in to the application.
 Clicking [Cancel] will exit the application and
go back to Windows environment.

 Note: For initial log-in, please use the

IC/FIN and password given by our
Service Engineer

1.2 System Main Screen

Main Screen

After logging-in, you will come to System Main Screen. The main screen is split into two panel
sections:
(i) Main Module Panel (left-hand-side) - includes main module tabs which are easily to
operate;
(ii) Detailed Function Panel (right-hand-side) – Detailed panel including data list and
parameter settings for the selected module tab in Main Module Panel.

Main Module Panel Detailed Function Panel

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Exit Program

To exit System can simply click the close button on the program top
right corner.

After click the button, one system message will pop up to confirm the exiting. Close
Click “Yes” if want to exit the program, and click “No” to back
to the program.

Title Bar

The top of the application is the title Bar. The title bar includes information of the company, plant
and log in user.

The title bar will show system name, company name, plant name/location/code, current log in user
and log in time.

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2 INPUTTING INGREDIENTS

From Main Module Panel, click [Ingredients], the Ingredient Page is displayed in the right side
detailed function panel.

From the Ingredient Menu:

 Click [New] to add ingredient
 Click [Edit] to view the ingredient details and editing the ingredient
 Click [Delete] to delete the selected ingredient

2.1 Add New Ingredient

To add a new ingredient, click [New] on the bottom. The Add Ingredient screen is displayed:

 Note: It is compulsory to enter data for the fields with blue colour
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Enter the necessary inputs for the ingredient as follow:

 General Information
 Ingredient Type: Either Aggregate, Cement, Water or Admixture
 Ingredient Code: Code of the ingredient. If the ingredient type is Water, select one of the
three option buttons: Clean, Chilled, Recycled)
 Ingredient Name: Name of the ingredient
 Unit: Unit of the ingredient, can be ‘Kg’ or ‘L’
 Moisture: Moisture is the percentage of water in aggregate (apply on ‘aggregate’ type only)
 Tolerance: The acceptable error for the actual weighed amount from the target. Can be in
‘%’ or ‘Kg’.
 Tolerance Unit: ‘%’ or ‘Kg’

 Stock maintain
Select one of the options to maintain ingredient inventory:
 Do not maintain inventory level: the ingredient inventory is not maintained.
 Maintain inventory level by ingredient: the ingredient inventory is maintained by ingredient
only, i.e. not by specific location. If this option is selected, you can specify the Start
Balance of the ingredient.
 Maintain inventory level by Storage locations: the ingredient inventory level is maintained
for every location which stores the ingredient.

 Weigh Type:
An ingredient is stored in several locations. During batching, those locations can be weighed
concurrently or sequentially.
 To weigh the ingredient concurrently, select ‘Concurrent’ option.
 To weigh the ingredient sequentially, select ‘Sequential’ option.

 Note: If the ingredient has only one location, Concurrent weighing will be
automatically selected.

 Assign Location:
Locations must be assigned before the ingredient can be used for batching. In the ‘Assign
Location’ group, left side shows current available locations, right side shows current assigned
locations.
 If want to assign the available location to the ingredient, can double click on the location
name in the available location list or press [>] button to move the location to assigned
location list.
 If want to remove the assigned location for the ingredient, can double click on the location
name in the assigned location list or press [<] button. Then the location will go to the
available list.
 To remove all locations of the ingredient, click [<<] button
 If the weigh type for the ingredient is ‘Sequential’, and several locations are assigned to the
ingredient. Then weighing proportion must be entered for each location into the Weigh
Proportion column of the assigned location list.

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 Weighing Proportion
After inputting data, click [OK] to save the ingredient or click [Cancel] to go back without saving
changes.

 Note: You can save an ingredient without specifying the locations, but you
have to specify the locations for the ingredient before it can be used to plant
production. When you save such a ingredient, the following system message
box will pop up.

2.2 Editing/Deleting Existing Ingredients

Edit an Existing Ingredient

To edit an existing ingredient, in the Ingredient List, select the ingredient, then click [Edit] or
double click the ingredient, the Ingredient Edit screen will be displayed.

Follow the steps of Adding Ingredient to modify the ingredient.

Delete an Existing Ingredient

To delete an existing ingredient, in the Ingredient List, select the ingredient, and then click
[Delete]. Then a system message box will pop up:

Click [Yes] to delete, or click [No] to keep the ingredient.

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3 ADJUST DISCHARGE FORMULA

From the left side Main Module Panel, click [Discharge Formula] to come to the Discharge
Formula Detail Panel:

The detail panel is split into two sections. The left side is the ‘Discharge Formula List’, it will list
all discharge formulas for the plant. The right side is the “Formula Steps”, which list down the
detailed steps for the formula selected in left side.

The Discharge Formula panel allows users to:

- View list of available discharge formula
- Add/Edit/Delete discharge formula and steps

3.1 Add a New Discharge Formula

You can add a new discharge formula by clicking on the [New] button at the bottom of the left side
‘Discharge Formula List’.

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Step 1: Input Information for the Discharge Formula

The discharging formula add dialog will pop up.

 Discharge Formula Name: The name of the formula/sequence as assigned by you

 Mixing Time: If the plant is a wet-mix plant, this will be enabled for you to enter the mixing
time for this particular discharge formula

After key in the value, Press ‘OK’ to save the discharge formula; Press ‘Cancel’ to discard it.

Step 2: Add Step to the Discharge Formula

 Add Step
After save the discharge formula, click and highlight the new created discharge formula in the
left side Discharge Formula List. And then press the [New] button at the bottom of Formula
Steps in the right side.
 The Add Step dialog will appear:

Enter the following information for the step:

 Ingredient Type: Used to specify a ‘general discharge step’. i.e. either aggregate, cement,
water or admixture. E.g. when the type is ‘admixture’, if there are 2 admixtures in the
design mix, both will be discharged at the same time.
 Discharge Point: Used to specify a ‘specific discharge step’. E.g. you can specify that the
1st admixture discharges first, followed by the 2nd admixture. Note that a specific discharge
needs to be partnered with the correct design mix, else the system will prompt an error.
 Start Trigger: The step in which this current step depends on to start discharging. The 1st
step in the entire discharge formula does not need a ‘start trigger’.

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  Start time or %: The trigger point based on the ‘start trigger’, e.g. to start discharging
cement when aggregate has discharged 30% of the weighed amount, you would enter ‘30%’
for this field.
 After Trigger Stopped?: This is enabled when a ‘start time’ is used as the start trigger. E.g.,
you wish the step to started 10s after the triggering step starts, you would click on the ‘No’
button.
 Stop time or %: The point which the step is stopped. E.g. in this step, you wish to discharge
up to 30% of the amount of cement weighed, you would enter ‘30%’ in this field.
Press ‘OK’ to save the step, or press ‘Cancel’ to discard the step.

 Edit a discharge step:

 At the bottom of right side Discharge Formula Steps Panel, click [Edit] or double click on
the step, the Edit Step dialog will be displayed
 Follow the steps of Add Step described above to modify the step.

 Delete a step
 At the bottom of right side Discharge Formula Steps Panel, click on the step, and then click
[Delete] button.
 Click [Yes] to delete the step from the discharge formula, or click [No] to cancel deleting.

 Note: Special care needs to be taken when adding or editing steps in a

discharge formula.

3.2 Edit or Delete Existing Discharge Formula

Edit a discharge formula

 Select and highlight the discharge formula in the left side Discharge Formula List Panel,
then click [Edit] or double click on that discharge formula, the Edit Discharge Formula
screen will appear for you to edit.
 Follow the steps of adding discharge formula to modify the formula information.

Delete a discharge formula

 Select and highlight the discharge formula in the left side Discharge Formula List Panel,
then click [Delete] button.
 Click [Yes] button of the message box to delete, or click [No] to go back without deleting.

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4 DEFINING DESIGN MIXES

In Main Module Panel, click [Design Mixes], Design Mix information will appear in the right
side detailed function panel.

The Design Mix panel is split into two sections. Left side is the concrete list, and right side is the
mix design composition detail list for the selected concrete in the left side.

The Design Mix panel allows users to:

- View list of available design mixes
- Add / Edit / Delete design mixes and details
- Import design mixes from an Excel file
- Export design mixes to an Excel file
- Get design mix import template

4.1 Add a New Design Mix

 You can add a new design mix by clicking the [New] button at the bottom of Concrete List
Section.

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Step 1: Input General Information of the Design Mix

The general information fields of the design mix will be showed in the add dialog.

 Product Code: The concrete’s product code as assigned by your company

 Grade: The design mix grade or name
 DischFor: The discharge formula name which is used to discharge with the design mix
during batching.
 Slump: Slump of the concrete
 Strength: Concrete strength
 Remarks: Concrete remarks or description
 MaxSize: Maximum batching volume per batch for the concrete during batching
 DC Class ~ Admin: EN206 parameters for the concrete

After enter the information for the concrete, press ‘OK’ to save the concrete or press ‘Cancel’ to
discard it.

Step 2: Define Design Mix composition

 Add compositions for the Design Mix

After save the concrete, in the Concrete List Section, select and highlight the concrete. Then in
the right side, click the [Add/Edit] button at the bottom of Detail List Section.
 Click [Add/Edit] button. The Design Mix Detail Add dialog will appear

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 Select the Ingredient Name in the left side drop down list and enter the amount of the
ingredient in right side entry box
 Click [OK] to add the ingredient, or click [Cancel] to discard the ingredient adding.

 Note: All ingredient added must match the discharge formula for the
concrete. Otherwise error message will pop up for the incomplete ingredient
compositions. Click ‘OK’ and then come back to Design Mix Detail Add
page to check the ingredient adding.

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 Edit an Ingredient
 At the bottom of Details List section, click [Add/Edit] or double click on any ingredient,
the Design Mix Detail Add dialog will be displayed
 Follow the steps of Add Composition as described above to modify the design mix
composition

 Delete an Ingredient
 At the bottom of Details List section, click [Add/Edit] or double click on any ingredient,
the Design Mix Detail Add dialog will be displayed
 Delete the amount value for the ingredient as showed below

Remove amount
value for the
ingredient

 Click [Ok] to save the changes and the ingredient will be deleted from the Design Mix
Composition.

4.2 Edit or Delete Existing Design Mix

Edit a Design Mix

 Select the Design Mix in Concrete List section, then click [Edit] at the bottom or double
click on that design mix, the Design Mix Edit dialog will appear for you to edit.
 Follow the steps of adding design mix to do the editing for the design mix

Delete a Design Mix

 Select the design mix in Concrete List section, then click [Delete]
 Click ‘Yes’ button of the message box to delete, or click ‘No’ to go back without deleting

4.3 Importing Design Mixes

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Another way to input design mixes into the system is to import them from a Microsoft Excel file.
To import design mixes, follow these steps:

Step 1: Generate the Import Template

 At the bottom of Design Mix

Panel, click [Get Import
Template] button,
 A message box appears to
inform the exact location of the
template generated, note down
the file path and click ‘OK’.

Step 2: Input the Design Mixes into the Generated Template

This is the format of the template:

General information Ingredients

 Input your design mixes into the below region of the template after the general and
ingredients information line. Each design mix occupies one row.
 For each row of design mix:
- Input Product Code, Concrete Grade, Slump, Strength and Discharge Formula Name
into General information columns
- Enter the amount of ingredients needed for each design mix. If any ingredient is not
used, simply leave that cell empty.
 Repeat until you finish inputting all the design mixes
 Save the file

This is an example of a design mix file after being inputted:

Step 3: Import the Excel File

 At the bottom of Design Mix Panel, click [Import Design Mixes] button

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The file selection dialog will be displayed

 Navigate to the location of the Microsoft Excel file to be imported. Select the file and press
[Open]
 The design mixes will be imported into the system
 When the importing is finished, a message box will pop up to show the importing result.

 Click ‘OK’ to close the message box. Then “Design Mix Import Finished!” dialog will
appear. Press ‘OK’ to finish the importing. If the importing failed “Design Mix Import
Failed!” dialog will pop up.

 If there are errors reported, re-open the Excel file, those records with errors will be shown in
‘System Message’ column. In the column, the specific error is described. Resolve those
errors and save the file to re-import again.

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  If the Excel file contains design mixes which already exist in the system, those design mixes
will be imported and overwrite the existing design mix in the system.

4.4 Export Design Mixes to an Excel File

To export all design mixes available in the system to a Microsoft Excel file, at the bottom of
Concrete List Section, click [Export Design Mixes]. All design mixes will be exported into a
Excel file automatically, and when the exporting finished. Following message will pop up, you can
get the file according to the location displayed on the dialog:

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55 SETTING SYSTEM PARAMETERS AND OPTIONS

To set the system parameters and options, from the main module panel, click [System Options].
The Option screen is displayed on the right detailed function panel as follows:

To set/change system parameters, click on each tap for [Aggregate]/[Cement]/[Water]/[Admixture]

and [Plant Options].
Press [Save] to save the changes.

Aggregate

To set aggregate parameters, click [Aggregate] tab. Aggregate options and parameters are
categorized into 3 groups:
 General parameters
 Weighing Rate parameters
 Discharging Rate parameters

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 General parameters:
 Vibrator On/Off intervals: The vibrator will do a start/stop cycle according to the intervals.
If ‘Off interval’ = 0, the vibrator will be activated all the time when rate is slow.
 Zero-band: Discharging is considered complete if the amount stuck in the aggregate
weighing hopper is less than this zero band (can select either in ‘kg’ or ‘% of target
amount’).
 Adjustment ranges: Operators are allowed to adjust batching parameters within the ranges
specified by Supervisors here. If adjustment range = 0, it means that the corresponding
parameter is not allowed to be adjusted. For aggregate, users can adjust these following
parameters:
- Ingredient Moisture
- Compartments’ Freefall
- Transporters’ Delay
- Compartments’ Chopping time

 Weighing/ Discharge rate parameters:

Batch System allows for 2 separate groups of parameters for weighing and discharging. The
parameters are described as below:
 Slow Rate: If speed is below this value, weighing/discharging is considered ‘slow’.
 Jam Rate: If speed is below this value, weighing/discharging is considered to have
‘jammed’.
 Slow Time: If speed of weighing/discharging is below ‘slow rate’ for this period of time, the
vibrators will be started (if the option System activation of vibrators is selected).
 Jam time: After the vibrators are started and the ‘Jam time’ elapsed, Batch System will
report ‘weighing/discharge jammed’ the moment speed falls below the ‘Jam rate’.
 Normal time: Batch System will report speed being back to normal if it is higher than ‘Slow
rate’ for this period of time.

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After inputting all the parameters, you can either click [Save] to save the settings or click any other
tab to discard the changes. If you do not click [Save] and click other tab to discard the changes,
there will be one system message pop up to confirm the save or discard.

Click “OK” to save the changes again or click “Cancel” to discard the change and leave the page.

Cement

Click [Cement] tab, the Cement Option screen will be shown.

Similar to Aggregate Options, Cement Options are categorized into 3 groups:

 General parameters
 Weighing Rate parameters
 Discharging Rate parameters

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 General parameters:
 Interval blowing: Select this option to start the vibrators/air-blows regardless of weighing
and discharging speeds.
 Air-blow on/off intervals: The vibrator will do a start/stop cycle according to the intervals. If
‘Off interval’ = 0, the vibrator will be activated all the time when rate is slow.
 Zero-band: Discharging is considered complete if the amount stuck in the cement weighing
hopper is less than this zero band (can select either in ‘kg’ or ‘% of target amount’).
 Adjustment ranges: Operators are allowed to adjust batching parameters within the ranges
specified by Supervisors here. If adjustment range = 0, it means that the corresponding
parameter is not allowed to be adjusted. For cement, users can adjust these following
parameters:
- Silos’ Freefall
- Transporters’ delay
- Silos’ chopping time

 Weighing/ Discharge rate parameters:

Rate parameters are used to control weighing / discharging rate. We have two separate groups of
rate parameters for weighing and discharging. The parameters are described as below:
 Slow rate: If speed is below this value, weighing/discharging is considered ‘slow’
 Jam rate: If speed is below this value, weighing/discharging is considered to have ‘jammed’
 Slow time: If speed of weighing/discharging is below ‘slow rate’ for this period of time, the
vibrators will be started (if the option System activation of vibrators is selected)
 Jam time: After the vibrators are started and the ‘Jam time’ elapsed, Batch System will
report ‘weighing/discharge jammed’ the moment speed falls below the ‘Jam rate’.
 Normal time: Batch System will report speed being back to normal if it is higher than ‘Slow
rate’ for this period of time.

After inputting all the parameters, you can either click [Save] to save the settings or click any other
tab to discard the changes.

Water
To open Water Option dialog, click [Water] tab.

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 General parameters:
 Chopping adjustment range: operators can adjust the chopping time within this range
 Free fall adjustment range: operators can adjust the free-fall within this range

 Weighing/ Discharge rate parameters:

 Jam rate: If speed is below this value, weighing/discharging is considered to have ‘jammed’
 Jam time: If the speed falls below ‘Jam rate’ for this period of time, Batch System will
report that weighing/discharging had jammed.
 Normal time: Batch System will report speed being back to normal if it is higher than ‘Jam
rate’ for this period of time.

After inputting all the parameters, you can either click [Save] to save the settings or other tab to
discard the changes.

Admixture

Click [Admixture] tab to change the settings of admixture. Admixture parameters are similar to
those of water.

After inputting all parameters, click [Save] to save the changes.

Plant Options

Clicking on the [Plant Options] tab to calls up the screen below.

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 General Parameters:
 Time from jam to prompt swp : Time to prompt out a dialog box for user to swap
compartment.

 Mixing Parameters (used in Wet Mix Plant only):

 Mixing time adjustment range: The range in which mixing time (which is tagged to
discharge formula) can be adjustable
 Mixer gate’s half open time: Time to half open mixer gate during mixing phase
 Mixer gate’s full open time: Time to full open mixer gate during mixing phase
 Concrete holding hopper’s half open time: Time to half open concrete holding hopper’s gate
during mixing phase
 Concrete holding hopper’s full open time: Time to fully open concrete holding hopper’s
gate during mixing phase.

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6 ADJUSTING SYSTEM PARAMETERS

In the Main Module Panel, click [Adjustments] to come to the System Adjustment Page:

The system allows users to adjust the following parameters:

 Moisture level for aggregate ingredients
 Freefall of compartments, silos, tanks and weighing hoppers
 Delay time of aggregate transporters and cement transporters
 Chopping time of compartments, silos and tanks
 Mixing parameters
 Cement proportion for sequential weighing silos

6.1 Aggregate Moisture

 To adjust Aggregate Moisture, click

[Aggregate Moisture] tab.
 In the Aggregate Moisture Adjustment
page, key in the new values into the cells
under the ‘Adjusted’ column.
 Click [Save] to save the new adjusted
values or click any other tab to discard
the changes.

 Note: The adjustment

values must fall in
‘Moisture Adjustment
Range’ specified in
‘Aggregate Option’. This
range is displayed on
Adjustment Range at the
top of the table.

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6.2 Freefall

Clicking [Freefall] tab will come to the Freefall Adjustment page.

On the screen, all locations which can be adjusted are displayed and categorized into four groups:
Aggregate, Cement, Water and Admixture
 For Aggregate, you can adjust freefalls of the bins and weighing hoppers
 For Cement, you can adjust freefalls of the silos, transporters and weighing hoppers
 For Water, you can adjust freefalls of the storage tanks and weighing hoppers
 For Admixture, you can adjust freefalls of the storage tanks and weighing hoppers

The freefall adjustment ranges (see Chapter 1) are displayed at the top of freefall tables,
adjustments freefall must fall inside these ranges.

Enter the new, adjusted values into Adjustment columns. For water tanks, since each tank can have
either one or two valves, you can adjust the freefalls of these valves under Adjustment 1 and
Adjustment 2 columns.

Click [Save] to save the new, adjusted values, or click any other tab to leave the page without
saving the changes.

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6.3 Transporter Delay

To adjust aggregate / cement transporters’ delay,

click [Transporter Delay] tab to the Transporter
Delay adjustment page.

Key in the adjusted values in ‘Adjusted’ columns.

These values must be in the range specified in
System Options.

Click [Save] to save the new settings.

6.4 Chopping Time

Click [Chopping Time] tab to call up the Chopping Time Adjustment Page. Similar to freefall
settings, chopping times are organized into four groups: Aggregate (compartment bins), Cement
(silos), Water (tanks) and Admixture (tanks).

Key in the chopping time values into the ‘Adjusted’ column, then click [Save] button to save the
changes.

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6.5 Mixing Parameters

Click [Mixing Time] . The Mixing Parameters Adjustment page will come out.

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  Adjust the mixer gate’s open time and concrete holding hopper’s open time by keying the
values into text box
 You can also adjust the mixing time for each discharge formula by keying in the cells under
‘Adjusted’ column of Mixing Time table.
 Click [Save] to save the new, adjusted values

 Note: Mixing Parameters can only be adjusted if the batching plant is a Wet
Mix Plant

6.6 Cement Proportion

If there is more than 1 silo containing the same cement, and the cement is weighing sequentially
from each silo, you can change how much percent to discharge from each during batching. To
adjust the proportion of cement, click [Cement Proportion] tab. You will see the following page:

Key in the new values under ‘Adjusted’ column, then click [OK] to save the changes

 Note: The total proportion of one ingredient must be 100%

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7 CUSTOMER MANAGEMENT

In this chapter, we will show you how to:

 Add a new customer
 View available customers
 Delete/Edit customers

From the left side Main Module Panel, click [Customer], the customer page will be shown is the
detailed function panel.

The page is split into three sections. Left section will show the Customer List. Right upper section
will show the Site List. Right lower section will show the Site Location/Contact Person/Contract
information.

7.1 Customer Management

To add a new customer, under the Customer List, click [New] and Customer Add Dialog will be
displayed.

Add Customer

In the popped up dialog can input customer’s general information:

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  Cust Code (compulsory): customer code, the system auto assigns a customer code according
to the running order in Customer Option (will be described later). You can change this
Customer Code if needed.
 Cust Name (compulsory): Name of the customer
 Address: customer’s address
 Country
 Postal Code
 Main Tel
 Remarks

After inputting the information, click [OK] to save customer’s details, or you can click [Cancel] to
discard the addition.

Edit a Customer

On Customer List, select and highlight the customer, then click [Edit] button below Or double
click on the customer name

On Customer Edit Dialog popped up, modify customer’s general information, then click [OK]

Delete a Customer

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To delete a customer, select the customer on Customer List, and then click [Delete] button,

A message box pops up:

Click [Yes] to delete the customer, or click [No] to cancel deleting.

7.2 Project Site Management

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A customer can have one or more project sites. The project sites are listed on the right upper section
Site List. Each project site can be located in one or more locations. If you select a project site, its
locations will be displayed in Site Location.

Add Project Site

Press the button [New] under the Site List, Site Add dialog will pop up.

 Proj Code (compulsory): project code

 Proj Title : Title of the project
 Country
 Postal
 Distance: Distance of the project site for delivery

After inputting the information, click [OK] to save the project site, or click [Cancel] to discard the
addition.

Edit a Project Site

On Site List, select and highlight the project site, then click [Edit] button below Or double click on
the line of the site.

On Site Edit Dialog popped up, modify site’s general information, then click [OK]

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Delete a Site

To delete a site, select the site on Site List, and then click [Delete] button,

A message box will pop up:

Click [Yes] to delete the site, or click [No] to cancel deleting.

7.3 Site Location Management

Site locations are listed in the right lower section Site Location List. Each project site can have one
or more locations.

Add Site Location

Press the button [New] under the Site Location, Site Location Add dialog will pop up.

 Loc Desc (compulsory): location description

 Distance: Location distance for delivery
 Dist Type: Distance Type

After inputting the information, click [OK] to save the site location information, or click [Cancel]
to discard the addition.

Edit a Site Location

On Site Location List, select and highlight the location, then click [Edit] button below Or double
click on the line of the location.

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On Site Location Edit Dialog popped up, modify location’s general information, then click [OK]

Delete a Location

To delete a location, select the location on Site Location List, and then click [Delete] button,

A message box will pop up:

Click [Yes] to delete the location, or click [No] to cancel deleting.

7.4 Site Contact Person Management

Contact Person can be added to each site. Contact Persons are listed in the right lower section
Contact Person List. Each project site can have one or more contact persons.

Add Contact Person

Press the button [New] under the Contact Person List, Contact Person Add dialog will pop up.

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  Name (compulsory): name of the contact person
 Designation: contact person designation
 Department
 Contact No: contact number for the contact person

After inputting the information, click [OK] to save the site location information, or click [Cancel]
to discard the addition.

Edit a Contact Person

On Contact Person List, select and highlight the contact person, then click [Edit] button below Or
double click on the line of the contact person.

On Contact Person Edit Dialog popped up, modify the person’s general information, then click
[OK]

Delete a Contact Person

To delete a contact person, select the person on Contact Person List, and then click [Del] button,

A message box will pop up:

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Click [Yes] to delete the person, or click [No] to cancel deleting.

7.5 Site Contract Management

Contract restrictions can be added into the system based on each site and concrete. So that when
over delivery happened to the site for the concrete, system will pop up warning message to alert
operators for the over delivery. Contracts are listed in the right lower section Contract List and
Contract Restriction List. Each project site can have one or more contracts. And each contract can
have one or more restrictions. Each restriction can only assign one product.

Add Contract

Press the button [New] under the Contract List, Contract Add dialog will pop up.

 Site Name: the project site that the contract will be added to.
 Contract No: contract number, system will auto assign a contract number according to the
running order in Customer Option (will be described later). You can change this contract
number if needed.
 From: Contract starting date
 To: Contract expired date

After inputting the information, click [OK] to save the contract information, or click [Cancel] to
discard the addition.

Edit a Contract

On Contract List, select and highlight the contract, then click [Edit] button below Or double click
on the line of the contract.

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On Contract Edit Dialog popped up, modify the contract’s general information, then click [OK]

Delete a Contract

To delete a contract, select the contract on Contract List, and then click [Del] button,

A message box will pop up:

Click [Yes] to delete the person, or click [No] to cancel deleting.

Add Contract Restriction

Press the button [New] under the Contract Restriction List, Contract Item Add dialog will pop up.

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  Site Name: the project site that the contract restriction will be added to.
 Contract No: the contract number that the contract restriction will be added to.
 Production Code: Product for the contract restriction
 Qty Restricted(m3): Restricted quantity

After inputting the information, click [OK] to save the restriction information, or click [Cancel] to
discard the addition.

Edit a Contract Restriction

On Contract Restriction List, select and highlight the restriction, then click [Edit] button below
Or double click on the line of the restriction.

On Contract Item Edit Dialog popped up, modify the restriction’s detailed information, then click
[OK]

Delete a Contract Restriction

To delete a contract restriction, select the restriction on Contract Restriction List, and then click
[Del] button,

A message box will pop up:

Click [Yes] to delete the person, or click [No] to cancel deleting.

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7.6 Set Customer Options

As mentioned above, when you add a new customer or a new contract, a system-generated code or
number will be automatically displayed. The format of those codes are specified in Customer
Option Dialog

To open this dialog and change the format, click [Option] button below the Customer List.

Each Format consists of three parts: Prefix, Starting No, and Suffix.
Prefix and Suffix are fix strings which will be consistent for all the codes generated by the system.
The middle Starting No is an auto-increased number. You specify the format of this running
number by inputting its length and its starting number.

 Example: If the starting number is ‘0001’, running number will have 4 digit-
length and starts from 1. With the Cust ID Format shown in the figure above,
the first customer will have the Code ‘CU0001SG’, the second customer will
have the ID ‘CU0002SG’. The maximum number of customers supported by
this ID format is 9999. After that, you will have to change the format in order
to add new customer.

After inputting the formats, click [Save] to save the new Formats; or click [Cancel] to cancel the
changes.

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8 EMPLOYEE & DRIVER MANAGEMENT

Clicking Employee tab on the left Main Module Panel. Employee and driver List will be
displayed in the Detailed Function Panel. The Employee Module allows you to manage and
maintain all employees and drivers.

8.1 Employee and Driver List

 The Employee and Driver list will list down all employees and drivers in the system.
 At the bottom of the screen is the button panel which allows you to add/edit/delete an
employee or driver.

Add New Employee

 At the bottom of the Employee and Driver List, click [Add]. The Employee Add Dialog
pops up as shown above.

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  Enter the necessary information for the employee:
 Click [OK]. The employee is added to system database

 Note: If the employee’s designation is ‘Truck Driver’. The employee can be

assigned to a truck in Truck Module

Edit an Employee

 To modify an employee’s profile, you can either double click on the employee in the
Employee and Driver List, or click the [Edit] button below.
 Edit the employee’s details on Employee Edit Dialog.

 Click [OK] to save the changes.

Delete an Employee

 Select the employee you want to delete

 Click [Delete] button below
 A message box appears

 Click [Yes] to delete the employee, or click [No] if you no longer want to delete.

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9 TRANSPORTER & RUCK MANAGEMENT

Below is the Transporter, Cost Center and Truck Lists. To open this page, click [Transporter &
Trucks] on Main Module Panel.

The Transporter and Truck Module allows you to:

 View/add/edit transport companies
 View/add/edit trucks
 View/add/edit trucks’ cost centre
 Assign drivers to trucks
 Set the Options for Truck Module

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9.1 Transport Company and Cost Centre Management

Transport Company

 View Transport Companies

 All Transporter companies are displayed in the Transporter List.

 Add new Transport Company:

 Click [New] to add a new transport company
 Enter transport company details into Transport Company Add Dialog
 Click [OK] and the new transport company is added into the list.

 Edit Transport Company

 Select the transport company and click [Edit], or double click on that transport company
name
 Edit the details of that transport company in Transport Company Edit Dialog, then click
[OK]

 Delete Transport Company

 Select the transport company , then click [Delete]

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  When a message prompts you whether you want to delete the transport company, click [Yes]
to confirm

Cost Centre

All Cost Centres are shown in Cost Centre List.

 Add new Cost Centre

 Click [New] button to add new Cost Centre, Cost Centre Add dialog will pop up. Key in the
name of the cost centre, and then press [OK] to save it.

 Edit Cost Centre

 Select the cost centre and click [Edit], or double click on that cost centre
 Edit the details of that cost centre in Cost Centre Edit Dialog, then click [OK]

 Delete a Cost Centre: Select the Cost Centre on the list, then click [Del]

9.2 View and Manage Trucks

View Trucks

To view all trucks of the system, just click on the [Transporter & Trucks] on the Main Module
Panel. The Employee and Truck are displayed. It shows all the trucks with their detailed
information.

Add a New Truck

To add a new truck, click [New] button below the :

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In the dialog, inputs the truck details:
 Truck Code (compulsory): Tuck Code for the new created Truck. The Truck Code will be
the unique code to represent the truck in system. When this dialog pops up, a default truck
code is generated according to Truck Code Format settings.
 Transporter: the transport company that the truck belongs to.
 Reg No: the registration number for the truck.
 Capacity: truck capacity. The default capacity is specified in Truck Option.
 Driver: driver who assigned for this truck. Press [Assign Driver] button can select the driver
and assign to this truck as shown below. Blue color drivers are available drivers, red color
drivers are those already assigned to other trucks. If want to delete the assigned driver for
the truck, just make the input box blank.

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  Road Tax Exp: the expiry date of the truck’s road tax.
 Inspection: the upcoming date of the truck’s inspection.
 Insurance Exp: the expiry date of the truck’s insurance
 Cost Centre: Truck’s cost centre.
 Status: the current status of the truck (At Work-shop, Broke Down, Driver-Off Duty, Loan
Out, Return/Stand By, Truck-out
 Remarks

Click [OK] to save the new truck, or click [Cancel] to cancel.

Edit an Existing Truck

 Select the truck in Truck List, and click [Edit] or double click on the line of the Truck List.
 Edit the truck information on the Truck Edit Dialog and then press “OK” to save.

Delete an Existing Truck

 Select the truck in Truck List

 Click [Delete]
 A message pops up to ask you if you really want to delete the truck. Click [Yes] to confirm.

9.3 Set Transporter and Truck Options

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Shown above is Transporter & Truck Option Dialog, to open this dialog, click [Option] under
the Transporter List.

Transporter & Truck Option include:

 Transport Code Format: the format of Transport Company Code
 Truck Code Format: the format of Truck Code that the system uses to generate Truck Code
running number
 Default Truck Capacity: the default capacity of truck which appears when you add a new
truck
 Prompt truck in batching: If this option is selected, for every batching delivery, the Truck
Prompt Dialog will appear for users to input truck and driver for that delivery. If this
option not selected, no dialog appears and the system will not keep track of Truck/Driver
for deliveries

After inputting the changes, click [OK] to save the new settings, or click [Cancel] to close the
dialog without any changes.

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10 INVENTORY MANAGEMENT

The Inventory Module allows you to maintain and manage your inventory. To access this module,
press the Inventory tab in left side Main Module Panel.

With Inventory & Supplier Module, you can:

 Keep track of Inventory level
 Update Inventory physical level
 Update Re-Order Level

 Track Inventory Level

 The Inventory Level list is based on each ingredient and location
 Ingredient Code
 Location: Ingredient storage location
 Ingre Type: Aggregate/Cement/Admixture/Water
 Re-Order Level: Re-Order quantity
 B/F Balance: Bring forward balance from last time update inventory physical level
 Incoming: Ingredient supply quantify after last time update inventory physical level
 Usage: Ingredient usage quantity after last time update inventory physical level
 System Balance: current ingredient inventory balance for the ingredient

 Enter Physical Level

 To enter the physical level for the ingredient inventory, select and highlight the ingredient
inventory line in Inventory Level.
 Press [Enter Physical Level] button, Update Physical Level Dialog will pop up as below

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  Input the inventory physical value into the ‘New Balance’ input box, and key in remarks if
needed
 Press [OK] to update it or press [Cancel] to cancel the update.

 Update Re-Order Level

 Select and highlight the ingredient inventory line in the Inventory Level List
 Press [Update Re-Order Level], Update Re-Order Level Dialog will pop up as below

 Key in the Re-Order level value into the ‘New Value’ input box
 Press [OK] to save the changes, or press [Cancel] to cancel the changes.

The ingredients those current system balances are smaller than Re-Order level, the ingredient
inventory line will be displayed in red color as below.

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11 SUPPLIER MANAGEMENT

The Supplier Module allows you to maintain all suppliers. To access this module, press Supplier
Tab in left side Main Module Panel.

11.1 Add New Supplier

 Press [New] button under Supplier List, Supplier Add Dialog will pop up as below

 Key in the supplier details information.

 Press [OK] to save the supplier, or press [Cancel] to discard the creation.

11.2 Edit Supplier

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  Click and highlight the line of supplier in the supplier list, and then press [Edit] button. Or
double click on the supplier name. Supplier Edit Dialog will pop up as below

 Edit the supplier details

 Press [OK] to save the changes, or press [Cancel] to discard the changes.

11.3 Delete Supplier

 Click and highlight the supplier line which wanted to be deleted.

 Press [Delete] button below the Supplier List.
 A message box will pop up, press [Yes] to confirm the delete.

11.4 Supplier Option

 Click the [Option] button below Supplier List, Supplier Option Dialog will pop up as
below

 The Supplier ID Format will be used to automatically generate the default supplier code
during new supplier creation.
 Modify the format if necessary, and then press [OK] to save the changes, or press [Cancel]
to cancel the changes.

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12 MATERIAL DELIVERY MANAGEMENT

The Material Delivery Module allows you to maintain and trace the material orders and supply
deliveries. To access this module, click Material Delivery tab in the left side Main Module Panel.

With Inventory & Supplier Module, you can:

 View, Add/Edit Material Supply Order
 View, Add/Edit Material Supply Delivery
 Add Unplanned Delivery
 Print Material Supply Delivery Receipt
12.1 Material Supply Order Management

View Material Supply Orders

 All Ingredient Orders will be listed in Ingredient Order List.

 Press [Yesterday], [Today], [Tomorrow] or select a day from the date selection box, all
delivery orders for the selected day will be displayed in the list.
 The orders which satisfy the following conditions are displayed
- All orders made in the selected date are displayed, regardless of their status
- Late orders made before the selected date are displayed. Those are the orders which
have ‘To be fulfilled’ or ‘On hold’ status

 Note: The order colour reflects its processing status

To be fulfilled, but already late
To be fulfilled by the selected date
Other statuses

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  Select an material supply order, its ingredient deliveries are automatically displayed in the
Ingredient Delivery List

Add New Material Supply Order

 Click [Add Order (F2)] button below the Ingredient Order List, Ingredient Supply
Order Add Dialog will pop up as below.

 Input the new order into Ingredient Supply Order Add Dialog
- Supply Code: system will automatically generate a unique code to this as a default order.
You can override it with your own code
- Ingredient: The ingredient ordered
- Amount ordered: The amount of ingredient ordered
- Supplier: The supplier from which the order is made
- Ordered by: The employee who made this order
- Order Date/Time: Default is the current date and time
- Supply Date/Time: Default is the current date and time
- Order Status: by default, ‘To be fulfilled’ is selected
- Remarks
 Click [OK] to save the Supply Order, or press [Cancel] to discard the creation.

Edit Material Supply Orders

 In Ingredient Order List, click and highlight the supply order, and then press [View/Edit
Order [F3]] button, or double click on the supply order line.Ingredient Supply Order Edit
Dialog will pop up.
 Edit the order details, then click [OK] to save the changes, or click [Cancel] to discard the
changes.

End of Day for Supply Orders

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 End of day function will be used when one day’s work finished. At this moment, can use this
function to update all uncompleted supply orders to predefined status (the predefined status can
be set in Material Supply Order Option, later will explain).
 Press the [End of Day [F4]] button, one message will pop up as shown below

 Press [Yes] to confirm the operation, or press [No] to cancel the operation.

12.2 Material Supply Delivery Management

View Material Supply Delivery

 Select and highlight one Material Supply Order in Ingredient Order List, all material
supply deliveries related to this order will be listed in the Ingredient Order List.

Add Ingredient Delivery for the Order

 Select the Ingredient Order in Ingredient Order List you need to add delivery, then click
[Manual Add [F5]] (for manually key in delivery quantity ) or click [Auto Add [F6]] (for
auto capture the delivery quantity from weigh bridge indicator)

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  Only those orders which have ‘To be fulfilled’ status can new deliveries be
added
 The Ingredient Delivery Add Dialog pops up
- Supply Code: Material Supply Order Code for which the delivery will be added to
- Ingredient: the ingredient for the Supply Order
- Supplier: the supplier of the Supply Order
- Truck No: truck No for the incoming delivery
- DO No: the DO No for the incoming delivery
- DO Amt Delivered: the delivery amount from the supplier DO
- LADEN Weight: weight of the truck before unloading the material
- UNLADEN Weight: weight of the truck after unloading the material
- Net Weight: net weight of the delivery
- Storage Location: location where the material will be stored
- Supply Arrival Date/Time: date/time when the delivery arrive
- Depot: Depot for the delivery
- % Deductible: Deductible percentage
- Unit Price ($)
- Tax($)
- Shipping Cost($)

 Input the delivery information into the dialog.

 Press [Print & Save] to save the delivery and print the receipt, or press [Save] to just save
the delivery, or press [Cancel] to cancel to delivery creation.

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Edit Ingredient Delivery of an Order

 Select the ingredient delivery, then click [View/Edit Delivery [F7]] or double click the
ingredient delivery on Ingredient Delivery List
 Edit the delivery on Ingredient Delivery Edit Dialog
 Click [Print & Save] or [Save] to save the changes

Add Unplanned Deliveries

An unplanned delivery is an urgent delivery which is not pre-ordered. To add an unplanned

delivery, click [Unplanned Delivery [F8]] below the Ingredient Delivery List

 The Unplanned Delivery Add Dialog is displayed below:

 Follow the steps similar to adding normal delivery, and click [Print & Save] or [Save] to
save the unplanned delivery. When an unplanned delivery is created, system also
automatically adds an unplanned order with ‘Fulfilled´ status.

Weigh Bridge with Ingredient Delivery

If weigh bridge module is installed, follow these steps to add a new Ingredient Delivery

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 When the ingredient truck comes in, click [Auto Add [F6]] to add new delivery. The truck-
in weight will appear on Ingredient Delivery Add Dialog ‘LADEN WT’ input box. If want
to refresh the value, can press [LADEN WT] button again.

 Click [Print & Save] or [Save], the new delivery is added

 After the truck discharges the ingredient, click [View/Edit Delivery [F7]], the truck-out
weight is recorded in ‘UNLADEN WT’ input box, and ‘Net Weight’ Delivered will be
calculated (Truck-in weight – Truck-out weight).
 Click [Print & Save] or [Save]. The Delivery will be saved.

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13 ORDER AND DELIVERY MANAGEMENT

Clicking [Order & Schedule] from left side Main Module Panel opens the Order & Delivery
Screen as shown below:

Here are the functionalities provided by the screen:

 View, add and edit orders
 Schedule deliveries of orders for batching:
 View delivery status
 Start the batching process with schedule deliveries
 Set Order & Delivery options

13.1 Add and Edit Orders

View Order List

The Customer Order Listing shows all today’s orders (including those ‘to be fulfilled’ from
previous dates). Orders which are late are shown in red, orders which are delivered today are shown
in blue.

To view the orders for a different day, you can:

 Choose a date using date picker at the top right corner
 Press [Today], [Yesterday] or [Tomorrow] buttons

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Add New Order

 Click [Add New Order [F2]] below Customer Order Listing to open the Customer Order
Add Dialog

 Input the information of the orders:

- Order Code: a unique code to represent the order. By default, it is generated by the
system according to Order Code Format in Order Option
- Customer Code & Name: The customer who requests this order, these two combo boxes
will display a list of Customer Code and Name
- Project Site: the project site of the customer. Upon selection, ‘Distance’ and ‘Dist Type’
will be update according to the site distance settings.
- Location: location of the project site. Upon selection, ‘Distance’ and ‘Dist Type’ will be
update according to the location distance settings.
- Contract No: the contact (if any) for the project site specified
- Product Code: the product code ordered
- Volume of Order: volume of the concrete grade to be batched
- PO Number: Purchase Order number given by your customer
- Date/Time of Order: date and time this order is made. Default is current date and time.
- Date/Time of Delivery: date and time this order will have to be delivered
- Ordered By: the customer’s representative who made this order
- Distance & Dist Type: Distance and Distance Type for delivery to the site
- Confirm before Delivery: This is to indicate whether is there a need to call your
customer before batching and/or sending the delivery
- Cash Sales and its Unit Price
- Interval: interval between deliveries
- Status: The status of the order, the default status is ‘To be fulfilled’
- Progressive Total: The accumulated delivery total for this order
- No of Loads: This keeps track of the running number of loads that have been made
- Remarks: Order Remarks
 Click [OK] to save the order.

Edit an Order

 Select an Order from Customer Order Listing Table

 Click [View/Edit Order [F3]]

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  Edit the details of the order on Customer Order Edit Dialog
 Click [OK] to save the order

 Tip: double click on the order at Status column will pop up the Order Status
Edit Dialog which allows you to change the status of the order
End of Day

 Click [End of Day [F9]] button to change the status of ‘to be fulfilled’ orders in that day to
the status specified in Options (to be explained later). All the queues remaining for those
orders are also deleted.

13.2 Delivery Schedule

The Delivery Schedule allows you to queue the trucks before batching starts. Batching can then be
done continuously, one batch immediately after the other. This way, speed is increased
tremendously.

Add a Delivery into Delivery Schedule

 Select the order, then click [Add Queue [F4]] or double click on the order from Customer
Order Listing Table (but not on Status column)

 The Customer Delivery Add Dialog pops up. In the dialog, it shows you the volume of the
selected order left

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  Enter the Delivery Volume. If it exceeds the balance left in the order, the system will
generate a warning message:

Click [Yes] if you still want to batch that delivery, or click [No] to cancel and go back to
Customer Delivery Add Dialog
 Click [OK]. The new queue will be added into delivery queue

Edit a Delivery in the Queue

 Select the delivery on the queue, then click [Edit Queue [F6]]
 Edit the information in Customer Delivery Edit Dialog
 Click [OK] to save

Delete a Delivery in the Queue

 Select the delivery on the queue, then click [Delete Line]

 The delivery will be removed from delivery queue.

Change the Position of a Queue

 To move a delivery up one line, select it then press [Move up]

 To move a delivery down one line, select it then press [Move down]

Add Return Concrete to a Delivery

To add a return concrete to a delivery, double click that delivery on Return column, the Return
Product Dialog is displayed

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With the dialog, follow these steps:
 Input the Return Product type and the volume returned
 If this concrete returned is meant to be diverted to another customer, select the Diversion
option and DO No you want to divert to
 Click [Compute]. The return concrete computation is displayed on the table
 Make your adjustment on Total column by typing into cells of the grid
 Click [Save] to save the return concrete or click [Delete] to cancel the changes

13.3 Delivery Schedule and Batching Process

Confirm Deliveries for Batching

To confirm delivery, select the delivery and use the mouse to check the checkbox on Confirm
column

 Note: When a delivery is confirmed, all deliveries that are above it in queue
are also confirmed
Start Batching

 When there is a delivery in the Delivery Schedule, the [Start Batching [F12]] button will be
enabled. Click it and a dialog will appear asking you to confirm start batching.
 Click [Yes] and you will be brought to the Batching Graphics Screen. Batching is now
started (this will be explained in greater detail later).

 Note: If batching is in progress or delivery queue is empty, the [Start

Batching] button will be disabled

View Batching Progress

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  Click [Batch Graphics] in left side Main Module Panel. You will be brought to the
Batching Graphics Screen.

View Delivery Status

 Click [Delivery Status] button at the bottom of Delivery Schedule List Table
 The Delivery Progress Screen is shown below

 Select the Date at the right top corner to display delivery status
 The orders in selected date are displayed at Customer Order Listing Table
 To edit the order, you can press [View/Edit Order] button
 Select an order, its deliveries are shown on Delivery Schedule Table. The status of those
deliveries are listed on the ‘Delivery Status’ column
 To change status of a delivery, select that delivery and press [Edit Delivery] button. You
also can double click at the status column on that delivery
 You are able to sort existing result by Delivery Date, Order Code, Customer name, Concrete
Grade or Vol of Order by double clicking on the column header.

13.4 Order and Delivery Options

To change the options for the Order & Delivery Module, click on the [Option] button below
Customer Order Listing Table.

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In the Option Dialog, make your changes to the following settings:
 Order Code Format: the format for generating the running Order Code
 DO Format: the format for generating the unique running DO number
 SO NO Format: the format for generating the seal number
 Default Queue Size: this is the default load size selected when you queue the trucks
 End of Day Status: the order status which will be applied for all ‘To be fulfilled’ orders if
[End of Day] button is clicked
 Default Queue Status: the default confirm status for new added queues.

Click [OK] to save the changes, or click [Cancel] to discard the changes.

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14 BATCHING SCREEN

The Batching screen is where you monitor the batching progress and control various functions.

14.1 The Batching Screen

Plant Graphics

Weighing bars

Discharging bars

Queue List

Mixer Ampere Display Batching Control Panel

Open the Batching Screen

There are 2 ways to display the Batching Screen:

 Clicking [Start Batching] on Order & Delivery screen to start a new batch
 Clicking [Batch Graphics] on the left side Main Module Panel

Batching Screen’s Components

The Batching Screen consists of:

 Plant Graphics:
The Main area displays the plant graphics structures according to the plant setup.

Location Name Ingredient Name

Weighing Progress Target Value

Location Gate Current Weighing

Batch No

Location not used for current Batch Location used and during weighing

 Weighing Bars:

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 Each bar corresponds to an ingredient of the system. The bar will update the current batching
status

Batch No Ingredient Weighing Progress Progress Percentage

 Discharge bars:
Discharge bars are similar to weighing bars, except that the information displayed is for
discharging phase. The system shows four discharge bars corresponding to four ingredient types:
Aggregate, Cement, Water and Admixture

Batch No Ingredient Type Discharging Progress Discharging Percentage

 Delivery Queue List:

The Delivery Queue List shows the current deliveries being queued

 Mixer Ampere Display:

Mixer Ampere Display provide a chart to easily monitor the mixer ampere value changes. It
will provide a reference for the operator to know whether the mixing is uniform already.

 Batching Control Panel:

Batching Control Panel is used to control the batching process, display batching messages (jam,
slow, delivery saving, etc…), pause/resume water discharging, and abort batching.

 Delivery Control Bar:

The Delivery Control Bar includes:
 [Delivery Schedule] button: open Order & Delivery screen to schedule the deliveries
 [Print DO] button: print DO report manually
 [Truck In]: change status of truck to Return/Stand By

Print Delivery Report manually

By default, DO Report are automatically printed during batching. However, the system allows users
to print the report manually. To do that:
 Click [Print DO] on Batching Screen
 On the Print Delivery Order dialog, select the Truck out date and DO Number, then click
[OK]
 Click [Cancel] to cancel printing and close the dialog

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Set Truck Return Status

To set a truck status as Return/Stand By:

 Click [Truck In] button on Batching Screen
 Double click on the truck, or select the truck and click [Ok]. The truck status will be set to
Return/Stand By
 Click [Cancel] to cancel and go back to Batching Screen.

Close the Batching Screen

When the batching for current delivery queue is finished, system will automatically switch to
Order & Delivery Page for operators to add schedules for new orders again.

14.2 Control Batching Process

Start Discharging Material into Mixer/Truck

There are two ways to start discharging material into Mixer/Truck:

 System Auto Batching: The system will start discharge automatically whenever a batch is
ready for discharge
 Manual Batching: When a batch is ready for discharge into the truck/mixer, the system
enables [ F9 Batch] button. The system will start discharge when user clicks on [F9 Batch]
button.

 Note: System Auto/Manual Batching mode only can be set by service

engineers.

 Note: Discharging Phase is executed according to the Discharge Formula

tagged with the Concrete Design Mix of the delivery

Start Discharging Concrete into Truck

 Dry Mix Plant: For dry mix plant, there is no mixer, so during discharging phase, the
ingredients are discharged directly into truck. Clicking [F9 Batch] button discharges the
concrete into truck.

 Wet Mix Plant:

With wet mix plant, during mixing phase, the batching screen will display the mixing status

System is ready to discharge concrete into truck if mixing phase has completed.

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 There are two modes to control discharging into truck:
 System discharge of concrete: After mixing time has been elapsed, the system controls the
opening of the mixer/concrete holding hopper gates to discharge into truck. This setting can
only be done by service engineers.
- If Discharge Prompt option is not selected, the discharge process will start
instantaneously without asking for user input
- If Discharge Prompt option is selected, the button [Discharge] is enabled, click
[Discharge] and the system will start the discharging process automatically

Ready for discharge. Click

Not ready for discharge [Discharge] to discharge into truck

 Manually discharge concrete: When [F12 Discharge] button is enabled, it means the mixing
is ready for discharge. You can control the discharge gates and inform System by press [F12
Discharge] button when discharging is complete.

Pause/Resume Water Discharging

[Pause Wat Disch] button is used to pause and resume water discharging during material
discharging phase.
 Pause/Resume water discharging
 To[Pause Wat Disch], water discharging will be paused, and the button will change to
[Resume Wat Disch]
 If want to accept the current water discharge amount after press the [Pause Wat Disch], can
press F5 button on the keyboard.

14.3 Pop-up Dialog Boxes

During batching process, batching dialogs may pop to inform users about the batching process /
errors or get the required user inputs. These dialog boxes are:
 Input Truck and Driver
 Chopping Failed
 Limit Switch not Detected
 Weighing/Discharging Jam

Input Truck and Driver

Before discharging concrete into truck, the user needs to input the truck and driver for each delivery.
To get truck and driver input, the system pops up Input Truck Dialog:

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The DO number of the delivery is displayed at the top of the screen.
 Select the truck on Truck List, its assigned driver is automatically selected on Driver List.
 If you accept the selected driver, press [OK], otherwise you can select another driver, and
press [OK].
 By default, when clicking [OK], the system will print Delivery Order for the delivery

Chopping Failed

The weighing gate/valve will be closed when the target amount is nearly reached. Once the weight
stabilized, if it is below the tolerance (compared to target amount), system will open and close the
gate/valve for the period of time specified in Adjustments. But this fails to increase the weight to
within the tolerance, a Chopping Failed Dialog will pop up to inform you that chopping has failed.

Click [Retry] to retry chopping or click [Override] to accept the weighing results.

Limit Switch not detected

If limit switches are installed at the gates/valves, the system will check limit switches to confirm
that the gates are opened/ closed successfully.

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If a limit switch is not detected, the limit switch may be spoilt or the gate is jammed. When this
happens, the system will pop up Limit Switch Dialog to inform users.

After checking the limit switch, click [Override] to continue.

Weighing/Discharging Jam

If a compartment/hopper is jammed for too long, a dialog will pop up. During weighing, you can
choose to swap to another compartment which stores the same ingredient. To do this, select the
compartment on Swap list then click [Swap].

To retry to weigh/discharge using the jammed compartment, click [Retry]

To accept the weigh/discharge results, click [Accept].

Ingredient Exceed

After weighing an ingredient, the system checks its batched amount. If this amount exceeds
ingredient’s tolerance, Ingredient Exceed Dialog appears.

Click [Override] to accept the amount and continue with the batching process.

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15 PRINTING REPORTS

15.1 Print Reports

From the Main Menu, click [Report] to open the Report Screen is as shown below.

 Report are organised into 3 categories:

- Daily Reports;
- Monthly Reports;
- Other types of reports

 You will see the list of reports under each category by clicking on the buttons [Daily], [Monthly]
and [Others].
 Selecting the report
 Select the report.
 Set the report conditions.
 Set period of printings: for some reports you can specify the period to generate the reports.
Here are the options
- Today: print the data of today
- Month: print the data of the month and year specified
- Period: print the data of the period between Start Date and End Date
 Select the printer:
- Choose the printer to print by Select Printer combo box

 Preview the report before printing

 Click [Preview]

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  From the Print Preview Dialog, you can choose to print by clicking the [Print] button.
 To close the Print Preview Dialog, click [Cancel]

 Print the report

 Click [Print] from Report Screen

 Export the report to PDF and Excel file

 Report starting with “Excel - ” will be used to export Excel format report
 Other report will be exported to PDF format
 The output excel file is exported to \Program Folder\Data\Export

15.2 Change Report Settings

Report Setup Dialog

 To open the dialog, click [Option] from Report Screen

 To close the dialog, click [Cancel].

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Delivery Order Settings

The Delivery Order and Delivery Report can be printed for every delivery during batching.

If you want to print Delivery Order, you must first set up its template. To do that, follow these steps:
 Open Report Option Dialog, at the “Batching - Delivery Order (DO) Settings” section
 Input the template path and Time added to Truck Out.
 Print after each Batch?: to print the Delivery Order Report automatically after each Batch
had completed, select ‘Yes’
 Default Print Port: The port which the printer for Delivery Order Report is connected to
 Click [OK] button

 Time added to Truck-Out is the time added to Truck-In Time to get the Truck
Out Time for each delivery.

If you want to print Delivery Report report, do the following steps:

 Open Report Option Dialog, at the “Batching - Delivery Report Settings” section
 Print after each Batch?: to print the Delivery Order Report automatically after each Batch
had completed, select ‘Yes’
 Default Print Port: The port which the printer for Delivery Order Report is connected to
 Click [Save] button

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16 SETTING UP USER GROUPS AND SECURITY RIGHTS

From left side Main Module Panel, click [USER] to enter Group and User Security Settings Page.
The Security module allows you to create/edit/delete user groups and user accounts.

16.1 Defining User Groups

The user group will define which group of the users has the right to access to. All User Groups will
be list in User Groups List

Add New User Groups

To add a new user group, click [New] button, select the group control level and key in the user
group name, and then press [OK] to save the group. Then in the Group Right List, can assign the
access rights for the new created group.

The access rights are organized into 13 categories:

- Security
- Customer Order & Delivery
- Customer
- Ingredients
- Design Mixes
- Discharge Formula
- Inventory
- Employee
- Transporter & Trucks
- Supplier
- Material Delivery

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 - Adjustments
- System Options
- View Graphics
- Reports

Select/deselect the access rights for user group.

After specifying the access rights of the user group, click [Save] to save the new user group right
settings.

If you have not saved the new user group, but you select another user group in the list, a message
box will be displayed to prompt you to save the new user group.

Click [Yes] to save the changes, [No] to discard the changes.

Edit an Existing User Group

To edit an existing user group, select that user group in User Group List, and then press [Edit] to
edit the group name and level. The access rights of that user group will be displayed on the right
side Group Right List. Edit those access rights (similar to Add New User Group), then click [Save]
to save the user group.

Delete an User Group

To delete an existing user group, select that user group in User Group List, then click [Delete], a
message box will pop up

Click [Yes] to delete or click [No] to keep the user group

16.2 Assigning Login Users

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In Login User List, all login users are list based on each group. You can click the group in User
Group List, all login users will show in the Login User List.

Add New Login User

 Click and highlight the user group level name that the new user will belong to in User
Groups List.
 Click [New] button below Login User List, the User Add Dialog will appear
 Key in the IC/FIN, and User Name for the login user. IC/FIN will be used as log in user ID
when log into the system.
 Specify the password for the employee to log into the system
 Retype the password again in Retype input box
 Click [OK] to save, or click [Cancel] to go back without saving

Edit User

In the Login User List, select and highlight the user, click [Edit], then follow the steps of adding
new user.

Double-click on the user also displays the User Edit dialog

Delete User

 In Login User List, select and highlight the user, then click [Delete], a message box will
appear:

 Click [Yes] to delete the user, or click [No] to cancel deleting.

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16.3 Changing User’s Password

Once a user logs into the system, he can change his password by clicking on [Reset Password]
below Login User List

In the Reset Password dialog:

 Type the current password
 Type his new password twice
 Click [OK] to save the new password or click [Cancel] to discard the changes.

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