Running a quarry, aggregate supply business or tipper fleet? The best aggregate delivery software is not necessarily the system with the longest feature list. For a smaller supplier, it needs to make repeated loads easy to manage, give drivers a straightforward way to record work and let the office find the right delivery record without chasing paper.

1. Follow the load from quarry to site

Ask the supplier to demonstrate a real delivery: who ordered the material, where it was loaded, which vehicle carried it, where it went and how completion was recorded. Then test a repeat delivery to the same customer. Aggregate movements are often high-volume and repetitive; a workflow designed for one-off parcel deliveries can create unnecessary steps.

2. Make driver adoption the first test

Let an actual driver try the process. Can the office assign jobs? Can an authorised driver start work when that suits the operation? How easily can they record a completed load, photograph or signature where required? Tipper360 supports office-assigned and driver-started jobs, live chat and vehicle checks.

3. Check what happens when the signal drops

Mobile reception at quarries, remote sites and roadworks can be unreliable. Ask what drivers can capture offline and how information synchronises when coverage returns. Tipper360 supports offline record capture.

4. Understand the weighbridge workflow

Weighbridge tickets may provide gross, tare and net weights, ticket references and vehicle details. Ask whether the software can associate the relevant ticket or reference with the delivery. Do not confuse manually attaching a ticket with automatic integration to the weighbridge indicator or management system. If a supplier promises integration, ask which weighbridge products are supported and request a demonstration on your equipment.

For the office-side problem, read our weighbridge reconciliation guide.

5. Make proof of delivery easy to retrieve

When a customer queries a load, can the office quickly find the job, vehicle, driver, delivery time and any supporting photographs or signatures recorded? Can it export evidence for accounts? Tipper360 supports completed delivery records and bulk POD downloads by date. See our guide to digital dockets, ePOD and weighbridge tickets.

6. Include subcontractors without losing visibility

Smaller suppliers often bring in outside hauliers during busy periods. Check how subcontractors receive work, what they can access and how their completed load records come back to the office. Ask for the commercial rules in writing: Tipper360 subscriptions are charged per truck, with subcontractor use subject to the applicable terms.

7. Check how delivery changes are handled

Sites change delivery windows, customers request extra loads and vehicles get reassigned. Test what happens when a destination or instruction changes. Tipper360 includes live chat between drivers and the office, helping keep job communication connected to operations.

8. Compare total cost, not just the subscription

For a five-, ten- or thirty-truck operation, compare setup, training, support, per-truck charges, subcontractor use, office access and any extra integration costs. Also count the time spent chasing missing dockets and reconstructing loads before invoicing.

Five questions to ask in a demonstration

  1. Can you show five repeated aggregate loads from the same quarry to one site?
  2. Can a driver finish a job with no mobile signal?
  3. How does the office match a weighbridge ticket to the correct delivery?
  4. What happens when a subcontractor completes the load?
  5. Can accounts retrieve the completed evidence by date?

Where Tipper360 fits

Tipper360 is built around construction-material movements and the connection between driver, truck, job and office. It supports digital dockets, offline working, subcontractors, live chat, vehicle checks and retrieval of completed records. It should not be represented as automatically integrating with every weighbridge or replacing a quarry's production, stock or accounting system.

For help with individual load records, see tracking quarry delivery dockets; for customer quantity queries, see aggregate delivery disputes. For more background, see why Irish aggregate suppliers are going digital and our aggregates solution page.