Imagine this situation. A concrete-producing truck, equipped with GPS tracking is on its way to a site to make a delivery. The delivery window is, say, 2 p.m. and the GPS tracking pinpoints the current location at 11 30 a.m. Now, there is information from the site that there is a delay and that the supply is needed only after two days. Here is where the distinction between location tracking and operational intelligence matters. The latter will confirm if the truck can be re-routed to another site for its requirement, thus saving transportation cost.

It is no secret that globally, cement and concrete manufacture is responsible for about 7% of CO₂ emissions. Six years ago, the member organisations of the Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) joined hands to commit themselves to bringing in carbon-neutral concrete by 2050, and to accelerate CO2 reductions. According to the Association, the roadmap actions that it has set out should prevent close to 5 bn tonnes of CO2 emissions will from entering the atmosphere by 2030.