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Ready-mix concrete delivery is one of the most time-sensitive operations in the trucking industry. Every load starts degrading the moment it’s batched, so if your dispatch process is slow or prone to manual errors, you’re at risk of costly delays and wasted materials.
That’s why ready mix haulers need a dispatch software that can match their needs. Instead of a generic tool, you need a specialized platform built for the realities of concrete transportation.
The right ready mix dispatch software should help you:
- Quickly schedule and assign loads based on driver and vehicle availability, plant output, and job deadlines.
- Track slump, mix type, ticket times, and washouts without relying on physical paper tickets or phone calls.
- Sync dispatch data automatically with billing, payroll, and reporting without repeat data entry.
- Reduce missed loads, late deliveries, and overtime hours with a clear view of your entire operation.
In this article, we’ll break down five of the best ready mix dispatch software platforms—starting with Toro TMS, our trucking management software (TMS) built to simplify dispatching for concrete fleets and bulk haulers.
Ready to improve your ready mix dispatch operations? Book a demo to learn how Toro TMS can work for you.
Toro TMS: Best overall ready mix dispatch software for bulk haulers
Toro TMS is built for high-volume bulk haulers—including ready-mix concrete fleets—that need to improve their dispatch operations and maintain tight control over time-sensitive loads.
The trouble for concrete haulers is that traditional TMS software tools typically prioritize dry freight or long-haul logistics—meaning they aren't built to handle short delivery windows, concrete-specific job data, or the high volumes of loads that ready mix teams move each day.
That’s where Toro TMS comes in. Toro is designed to offer the specialist features needed for operations where every load is perishable and every minute matters.
For instance, Toro provides templates that capture ready mix-specific data (such as yardage, mix code, and pour time) at dispatch, allowing teams to create and duplicate loads faster with less manual effort. Then, dispatchers can assign loads in seconds, track trucks in real time, and respond instantly when job sites change plans throughout the day.
What’s more, the typical TMS requires dispatchers to reenter the same data 6-7 times for every load. But with Toro, you only enter load details once—then that data automatically populates downstream for dispatch, digital ticketing, driver communication, billing, and payroll-related tasks.
Toro also helps ready mix operations:
- Create and dispatch loads in seconds using pre-filled job templates. These include all the details you need, including mix type, customer info, and rate structure.
- Track active loads in real-time, including driver location, ETA, and time since batching.
- Log delivery tickets digitally, with all data synced back to billing and payroll—no physical paperwork or additional reentry.
- Monitor performance metrics like on-time delivery, average load turnaround, and daily load volume.
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Dispatch loads in bulk using pre-made templates for recurring orders
When dispatchers are forced to reenter the same customer, job site, and load details over and over, it slows trucking operations down for everyone. Plus, it creates opportunities for mistakes that lead to missed loads, plant delays, or even concrete going to the wrong job.
Toro TMS solves this by making it fast and simple to dispatch high volumes of concrete loads each day, in a single dashboard—without repetitive data entry.
Dispatchers can create pre-filled templates for repeat jobs, storing key details like customer info, mix design, truck type, rate, concrete plant location, and destination. Then, when a new order comes in, Toro makes it easy to assign the load to a driver in just a few clicks—no need to retype addresses, material type, or tonnage.
With Toro’s dispatch dashboard, you can:
- Use a drag-and-drop dispatch board to assign jobs in seconds. View all trucks, drivers, and scheduled pours on one screen. Simply drag a load to a driver’s timeline, and it’s assigned.
- Enter all concrete-specific dispatch data up front, including yardage, mix code, batch plant, pour time, and job instructions—so nothing gets missed downstream.
- Handle large projects with uncertain load counts. For pours where you don’t know how many loads will be needed (e.g., slab pours or high-rise jobs), Toro lets you dispatch the job once, and drivers can log each load as they complete it.
- Match trucks to jobs based on capacity, power take-off (PTO) type, or chute setup. Toro makes it easy to see which vehicles are available and which are best suited for a specific job’s requirements.
- Track active loads in real time, including when a truck is at the plant, in transit, on site, or washing out. Since ready mix has such short delivery windows, this level of visibility helps dispatchers prevent delays and reroute trucks as needed before the product is wasted.
Toro’s dispatch system was built specifically for high-volume, fast-turnaround delivery workflows like ready mix. It’s easy to learn, quick to navigate, and powerful enough to keep up with even your busiest pour schedules—without your team getting buried in admin work.
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Keep dispatchers, drivers, and back-office teams in sync with digital load instructions and documentation uploads
Coordinating dozens of daily concrete deliveries requires precise scheduling. But when dispatchers are still texting load details manually or relying on drivers to return with physical paper tickets, it's easy to fall behind schedule or miss deliveries.
Plus, it puts your back-office team behind schedule because they can't invoice a job or run payroll until a physical proof of delivery document is turned in.
Toro TMS eliminates that risk by digitizing driver communication and ticket collection entirely. And drivers don’t need to download apps or other tools, or remember login details.
Instead, when a load is dispatched, drivers receive a text message to their mobile device with all job details, including mix type, yardage, job site location, pour time, and any further instructions.
The message includes a secure upload link where drivers can snap photos of their delivery ticket, job site signature, or any required documentation.
Once a ticket is uploaded, Toro uses OCR (optical character recognition) to automatically extract key values (like ticket number, time on site, and delivered yardage) and attaches those details directly to the load record. This ensures that all relevant billing and payroll fields are updated instantly and accurately, with no need for manual data entry.
Your back-office team can then generate customer invoices or driver settlements in just a few clicks without reentering info. This also eliminates the need to keep track of physical paperwork because drivers upload the copies right from their phones.
Dispatchers can also schedule driver texts in advance, freeing them up to focus on other important tasks rather than repetitive communication throughout the day.
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Generate invoices and calculate driver pay automatically without repeat data entry
Invoicing and payroll can quickly become a mess in ready mix operations, especially when you're managing paper tickets, multiple pay structures, and job-specific charges across dozens of loads per day.
This becomes even more difficult if you’re using a TMS that fails to capture all key load details and billing info right at dispatch.
With Toro TMS, dispatchers log all relevant load and customer details into the system. When this information is entered once, that data populates downstream, enabling back-office teams to generate customer invoices and driver pay settlements instantly.
Toro automatically fills in invoices with the correct line items, such as material type, mix design, price per yard or ton, fuel surcharges, wait time, truck minimums, and any job-specific extras.
You can also track job site wait time and other billable delays, and apply them automatically to both customer invoices and driver pay.
Invoices can be created in bulk and exported with a single click, or synced directly with QuickBooks to streamline your accounting workflow.
On the payroll side, Toro tracks each driver’s saved pay structure and rate to calculate earnings automatically once a load is marked complete.
Our system also keeps track of driver bonuses or performance-based incentives, fuel advances or deductions, and equipment charges, reimbursements, or per diems.
Once everything is calculated, Toro generates ready-to-export payroll summaries formatted for tools like ADP or QuickBooks Payroll, so you can process payroll without cross-checking spreadsheets or reentering load data ever again.
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Access advanced reporting tools that reveal revenue insights, profitability, and inefficiencies across your fleet
With Toro TMS, you have access to all the necessary reporting tools to make smarter business decisions over time.
As our system logs every load, driver, plant, and ticket detail in a single system, you get full visibility into how your operation is performing from every angle. This allows you to generate reports to analyze costs, driver performance, or profitability per load.
With Toro’s reporting tools, you can:
- Break down revenue and margins by customer, job type, driver, or plant to identify your most (and least) profitable work.
- Track load timing metrics, including time from batching to delivery, average load turnaround, and site delays that may lead to wasted concrete.
- Measure fleet efficiency by analyzing completed loads, average cycle time, and unproductive truck hours.
- Segment driver pay and performance by shift, region, or equipment type to spot trends and reduce overtime.
- Export custom reports for accounting, payroll, and DOT compliance, including IFTA mileage summaries and completed delivery logs.
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Get personalized in-person onboarding and concrete-specific software training
Most TMS platforms are difficult to use for the average ready mix trucking business because they take a one-size-fits-all approach to onboarding. Users receive a few videos and instruction documents, but there's no personalized help when you get stuck.
When you're running a ready mix operation, that level of support is just not good enough.
At Toro, we do things differently. We send our team directly to your office to provide in-person, hands-on training for every role (from dispatch to billing to drivers in the field).
We tailor the training to your workflows, your plants, and your job types, so your entire operation can hit the ground running. Plus, our software is built for non-technical users, making it genuinely easy to use for both dispatchers and drivers to adopt.
And if you ever need help, our customer support team responds to all requests within 30 minutes, between 9 AM and 9 PM ET, so you can get answers to any questions right away.
Ready to optimize your concrete deliveries with Toro TMS? Book a demo today and see how the right software can help your dispatch team run more efficiently and deliver more loads.
4 Alternative ready mix dispatch software options
1. Zylocon
Zylocon offers a centralized dispatch and fleet tracking system for construction material delivery companies, including ready mix, asphalt, and aggregate dispatch.
The platform is especially useful for teams looking to digitize their workflows across dispatch, billing, and field operations. However, it does primarily serve enterprise fleets, so the interface is less intuitive for smaller operations.
Key features include:
- Full order-to-invoice workflow with integrated dispatch, delivery, and billing tools
- Real-time driver tracking via GPS with tablet status updates
- Paperless ticketing with digital document capture and historical order lookup
- Audit logs and search filters for quick access to past tickets and customer delivery history
- Delivery analytics tools to evaluate on-time performance, job site delays, and driver activity
Zylocon offers a dedicated ready mix dispatch module upon request, with custom pricing based on fleet size and feature access.
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3. Sysdyne Technologies
Sysdyne Technologies offers ConcreteGO, an end-to-end concrete production and delivery platform. It's designed specifically for ready mix operations, with features that link directly to batching plants and track every phase of the delivery cycle in real time.
Key Sysdyne features include:
- Live dispatch board with batch control integrations
- Full fleet management, including truck tracking via GPS and status codes
- Integrated eTicketing with customer access
- Dynamic order editing and load adjustments
- Performance dashboards with cycle time and utilization data
Sysdyne only offers custom pricing that varies depending on fleet size, number of users, and required modules.
4. Dispatch360 by skEYEwatch
Dispatch360 is a mobile-first dispatch platform by skEYEwatch for concrete producers who want real-time tracking without the complexity of a full-scale TMS.
It focuses on live visibility, paperless ticketing, and quick deployment, which is especially helpful for small to mid-sized concrete fleets that want to improve efficiency without overly complicated software.
Key features include:
- Real-time truck location tracking using GPS-enabled smartphones
- Color-coded job statuses across the delivery cycle
- Live Concrete Dispatch Board
- Batching system compatibility and integrations
Dispatch360 offers custom pricing based on fleet size and number of active users.
5. Command Alkon
Command Alkon offers a cloud-based COMMANDseries dispatch platform that's built for large-scale ready mix producers who need deep integration across dispatch, batching, logistics, and quality control.
This platform is geared toward large, multi-plant producers, making it a difficult option for smaller fleets to adopt.
Key Command Alkon features include:
- Integrated concrete batching and dispatch in one system
- Advanced order scheduling across multiple plants
- Centralized customer, order, and ticket history
- ERP and accounting system integrations
- Delivery cycle time and performance reporting
Command Alkon provides custom enterprise pricing plans only.
Keep every ready mix pour on schedule with Toro TMS
Ready mix transportation businesses need a dispatch software that can actually work within their highly specialized operations.
Toro TMS provides concrete delivery fleets with the tools they need to stay on schedule, including:
- Job scheduling and simplified dispatching with pre-filled job templates built for repeat concrete delivery workflows.
- Real-time truck and driver tracking and status updates for complete visibility.
- Digital tickets and document uploads to reduce paperwork and speed up operations.
- Automated invoicing and payroll based on delivery or pour time and other load details.
Want to see how Toro TMS can help scale concrete operations? Book a demo today.