Quarry and yard stock take

What a stock take needs

• A list of every pile, its material and its location.
• A volume for each, measured the same way every time.
• A density for each material, ideally calibrated against weighbridge tickets.
• A record you can send to accounts and compare with sales.

How often to measure

Monthly is common for accounts. Weekly counts on fast-moving products catch losses and miscounts early, and help plan production and orders.

Running it with a phone

With Stockpile, one person walks each pile, a few minutes per pile. Scans are grouped by project and client, and a whole project’s report and spreadsheet go out in one go.

Stockpile is a phone app, on iPhone first with Android soon after. Walk round the pile once and it measures the real surface: volume, tonnes, contours and a 3D model, with a report you can send before you leave site.

Use the same material densities every month so the tonnes stay comparable. See cubic metres to tonnes.

Reconciling with sales

Tonnes in, tonnes sold and tonnes counted should balance. A growing gap points to weighbridge errors, waste, moisture changes or theft. Measuring often makes the gap small enough to find.