![]() ![]() Automated identification of issues impacting scores including vegetation, stackers, machinery, debris, and snow.Every score’s result is derived using algorithms that compute visibility issues related to obstructions. The Base Confidence score quantifies how much of the stockpile toe was visible during the measurement process, while the Surface Confidence score quantifies how much of the pile’s surface was visible. Patent-pending Base and Surface Confidence Scores in stockpile measurement reports.Stockpile Reports is releasing the following capabilities to jump start the Project Acumen initiative: Technologies and best practices need to be utilized to help companies automatically deal with these real-world issues while identifying, quantifying and managing the associated risks.” We all know some of these issues cannot be avoided. That’s just not the real world.”īoardman continues, “Due to real estate constraints, environmental regulations, and less-than-ideal pile management practices, the mythical stockpile is very rare in the real world. You just use a simple tool to ‘click-click-click’ and magically you have a risk-free perfect volume. “We’ve all seen it-the beautifully stacked conical pile on flat ground, free from obstructions and vegetation. “Too often measurement technologies are built upon the assumption of the mythical stockpile,” says David Boardman, CEO of Stockpile Reports. Based on experience performing physical inventory counts at over 1,800 locations in 21 countries, Stockpile Reports believes that these risks can impact counts by as much as 10-15 percent. Historically, corporate finance and auditors have received the results of an inventory count in a spreadsheet without assurances that risks to the count have been minimized. STOCKPILE REPORTS INTRODUCES ‘PROJECT ACUMEN’Ī new industry initiative will have Stockpile Reports working with its existing customer base, industry partners and experts to address the challenge of reducing inventory write-off risk associated with pile management practices. innovation is transforming the way physical inventory counts are being performed in the industry,” says Stockpile Reports’ CEO David Boardman, who will present “Transforming Big Data into Big Results” during the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association’s AGG1 Aggregates Academy & Expo, March 22-24 in Nashville. The technology behind the patent currently powers the service. “ illustrates how reality capture can be applied to solve real business and industry problems. Patent and Trademark Office: “Determining Object Volume from Mobile Device Images.” It was secured in December 2015 from the U.S. The move into concrete plant measurements coincides with a patent from Stockpile Reports’ parent company, URC Ventures. Tonnage and volume calculators factor site or structure dimensions, aggregate densities and moisture characteristics, and varying levels within piles, bunkers or bins. Sand, gravel and crushed stone inventory snapshots-grade, tonnage and volume in cubic yards-are obtained by uploading image files through a mobile app or portal, where subscriber accounts are populated with basic site or storage structure parameters, material properties, plus perpetual accounting data. built heated driveways for Markham (top) and Richmond Hill (bottom) homeowners. Images required to accurately measure stockpiles of quantities of 1,000 tons or less can typically be captured in under two minutes. At ground level, images from an iPhone accurately track quarry or concrete plant-scale aggregate volumes. In quarries and other large material operations or storage sites, Stockpile Reports processes aerial images captured on a variety of camera devices from aircraft or drones. In some regions or locations, they have broadened inventory tracking from aggregates production to ready mixed or asphalt plants. The firm has established online inventory management programs with producers including Cemex USA, Knife River Corp., and Lane Construction. First time exhibitor Stockpile Reports outlined at World of Concrete 2016 a subscription service with which producers can readily calculate and log aggregate bunker and bin volume with Apple device-captured images and by drone. The developer of a digital image-based, inventory management portal is extending its capabilities from aggregate to concrete operations. ![]() Stockpile Reports’ service is gaining traction among aggregate and concrete operators, as well as departments of transportation-the latter tracking road salt inventories. Sources: StockpileReports, Redmond, Wash. ![]()
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