For now, most of the mixing plants are not very detailed to improve the cost control links. Today, we will talk about some practical methods and cases about cost control of mixing plant from concrete mixing plant management, raw material management, production, transportation and other aspects.

1.Establish a perfect management system
To be honest, many of the personal contact with the mixing station is a family workshop model, basically no management system to speak of, and the entire mixing station is dominated by family members, the attitude of the staff is relatively loose, the daily for a little interest in a big fight is also there.

If there is no perfect management system, the whole mixing plant in the operation process, there will be a lack of efficiency, communication costs greatly increased, resulting in the lower production efficiency of the whole mixing plant. Especially in the scheduling piece, if you can't communicate well, the efficiency of mixing truck transportation will be greatly reduced, which not only increases the fuel cost, but also is not conducive to the management of the mixing plant by the management staff.

From the purchase of raw materials, to the production, sale, transportation and pouring of concrete, this process must be standardized operation. Each matter needs to be handled by a different person, and the boss does not need to do everything personally and ask about everything. In the end, it will lead to the following employees to do what they are afraid of. At the same time, this will increase the cost of management.
Modern enterprises must be standardized production, if it remains at the stage of what the boss says to do, this mixing plant is destined to be eliminated from the market and competitors.

2.Management of raw materials
The management of raw materials includes the procurement of raw materials, transportation management and other matters. The normal operation of the mixing plant, the largest daily expenditure is the purchase of raw materials. Therefore, in order to control costs, we must start from the management of raw materials.
First of all, the procurement of raw materials is best to find more suppliers, one to compare prices, and the other to prevent a break in stock and another to fill. Of course, if we consider the time and cost of transportation, we should give preference to the raw material suppliers who are closer to the mixing plant in terms of location. Sand and gravel aggregate, cement, fly ash and other daily freight expenses are also relatively large, if the distance is close, you can save a lot of expenses.

And the northern region has a winter break every winter, in fact, the price of raw materials at this time in the past will be lower, the tighter the schedule, the raw material suppliers will also increase the price of raw materials. So, calculate the demand of raw materials in advance for the next year, and buy them when the price is low, of course, you can save a lot of cost expenditure.
The price of raw materials generally fluctuates, so it is also effective to anticipate the price trend of raw materials according to the local policy information and prepare materials in advance before the price increases. And some large mixing plants, they may also be involved in the production of raw materials, in order to reduce the purchase cost of raw materials.

3.Concrete production process control
Concrete production process, the most effective way to control costs is to improve the ratio technology, in order to meet the construction needs of the concrete strength conditions, improve the ratio of various raw materials, and ultimately achieve the purpose of cost savings.
To meet the pumpability of concrete, slump is the most important performance index. In the past, many mixing stations rely excessively on increasing the amount of admixtures to reconcile the slump of concrete, in fact, in the case of the same admixture, a reasonable increase in the amount of other raw materials, can also achieve the same purpose. The reason for doing so is that the cost of the amount of admixture is higher than the cost of increasing the amount of other raw materials. Therefore, the mixing plant laboratory for the performance of different raw materials to do a careful classification. For the study of material properties, material parameters are good savings.

In this process, the undesirable method is to shortage the amount of concrete to the builder, which directly damages the reputation of the mixing plant. At the same time, the metering system of the mixing plant should also ensure the accuracy of measurement. If too much is measured, the first is to cause waste of raw materials, and the second is of course a direct increase in cost. Therefore, the concrete produced should not only meet the standard strength, but also be accurate in terms of quantity.

Nowadays, energy saving and environmental protection are increasingly advocated, and some resources that can be recycled should be reused. For the residue cleaned in the mixer truck, from which the aggregate can be separated can be reused, and the water can also be used again by re-filtering. In this way, the cost will naturally be reduced.

4.Mixer truck transportation management
The management of the transport process of the mixer truck is actually the control of the fuel cost. The biggest daily expenditure of the mixer truck is the fuel cost, so it is necessary to regulate the loading time of the mixer truck, the transportation time, as well as the waiting and pouring time at the site. The less time, the lower the fuel consumption naturally. From the safety point of view, you should not drive over the speed limit or run the red light for the purpose of fuel saving, or do not follow the road speed limit, etc.

The fuel consumption of a mixer truck when it is fully loaded is several times of that when it is empty. Therefore, the daily waiting time of each vehicle for heavy load should be reduced and controlled to about one hour to meet the cost control demand of concrete mixing plant.
For matters such as vehicle maintenance, we also need to follow the prescribed time nodes to avoid excessive wear and tear of the vehicle, resulting in a reduction in the life of the vehicle. In fact, from the boss's point of view, the longer the life of the production equipment, in fact, is also a cost-saving process, so that the equipment to create more value is the key.

To sum up: from vehicle management, personnel management, production process optimization, strengthening the cost control of the production process, improving the application level of the mix ratio and other ways to strengthen the recovery rate of materials, these are the key to cost control of the mixing plant. Of course, each mixing plant also has its own special place, need to develop a reasonable management plan according to their actual situation, scientific production in order to reduce costs and create more value.