“Business Intelligence for the Waste Industry”

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“Business Intelligence for the Waste Industry”

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Effective Managers Effective Managers Track PerformanceTrack Performance

• Wasting time sorting through spreadsheets, reports and hand written notes to find data?– Consolidate all your data into MatTrack

• Need quick access to Key Performance Indicators, e.g., Recycling Set-out Rate, Cost/Household, Tons Per Drop-off Customer?– Just open up MatTrack’s numerous reports or customize your

own report

• Need to manage contracts and contractors?– Quickly compare your invoices versus logs, scale tickets,

manifests, pickup tickets, estimates, etc.


MatTrack is Your Data Warehouse for MatTrack is Your Data Warehouse for All of Your OperationsAll of Your Operations

1. Compiles data for all of your Services/Business Units– Data includes material, tons, vehicle, employee, mileage, labor

hours, time, date, costs/revenues, route, dumps, area, hauler, manifest, scale ticket, origin facility, destination facility, etc.

– Data is manually entered and/or imported from scale house, billing or other software

2. Data is stored under user-definable Fiscal Years3. Data is assigned to Business Units, which are individual

services, contracts, activities or cost centers• Implements Full Cost Accounting/Activity Based Costing


Examples of Business UnitsExamples of Business UnitsTracked in MatTrack Tracked in MatTrack

• Curbside recycling• Brush collection• White goods collection• Convenience/Recycling

Centers• Drop Off Recycling Centers• Tire Program• Government Building

Recycling• Ash Management• C & D Disposal• Downtown Business Recycling• Household Hazardous Waste

• Metals Collection• Residential Waste Collection• Contracted Waste Collection• Business Waste Collection• Residential Bulk Collection• Front Loader Collection• Dead Animal Collection• Chipper Service• Recycle Processing Facility• Compost Program• Curbside Leaf Collection• Transfer Station Transport• Transfer Station Disposal


MatTrack is the Way MatTrack is the Way You Report PerformanceYou Report Performance

• Numerous “standard” reports for waste industry Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)– Daily, monthly, yearly by Business Unit/Service/Contract

• Quantity by Material Type• Cost per Ton• Cost per Household• Set-out Rate• Labor Hours Per Customer• Customer Facility Usage • More…

• Customizable reports– Based on your unique needs


How It Works – Set-upHow It Works – Set-up

1. System Set-up• List your Services/Business Units• List commonly used information (optional)

• Employee, Vehicles, Route Areas and Collection Units, Material Types, Facilities, etc.

• Significantly reduces data entry time

• For each Service, select which data to be included in the manual data entry forms

• Alternatively, create a custom import process to pull specific data from scale, billing, and other software


Select Data to Be Included In Your Select Data to Be Included In Your Data Entry Forms For Each ServiceData Entry Forms For Each Service


How It Works – Enter DataHow It Works – Enter Data

2. Daily, weekly, monthly enter in route logs, scale tickets, work orders into system– Import data that is already electronically available


Enter Data Into the Forms You CreatedEnter Data Into the Forms You Created

• Invoices• Scale tickets• Pick-up

tickets• Manifests• Estimates• Daily logs• Reports


How It Works – Monitor and ReportHow It Works – Monitor and Report

3. Monitor the Performance of Your Operations– View reports, customize reports, look for areas of

improvement and need for assistance– Export reports into Excel; use performance data in

your management briefings– Provide Supervisors with performance reports on

their operations– Set goals and enable managers to manage by giving

them the tool and information with MatTrack!


Advantages of the TechnologyAdvantages of the Technology• Leverages Knowledge of Microsoft Office

– Runs on Microsoft Access XP/2003, Microsoft Excel XP/2003 and Microsoft SQL Server 2000/2005

• MatTrack provides an open data schematic• No hassles if IT needs immediate data access

– Staff are already familiar with Office applications• Easy to learn and implement• Staff can build custom reports in Access/Excel (and also

using MatTrack’s built-in query builder)


Don’t Sacrifice Control of Your Data for Don’t Sacrifice Control of Your Data for SimplicitySimplicity

• Define the Data to Capture Without Programming and Involving IT– MatTrack is flexible to easily adapt as your organization changes

• Data to be captured can be defined/changed by users• Not hard coded by Programmers

– Your data is in your “hands” and not on a remote server, shared by many users, on the public Internet

• Installed inside your Local Area Network• Web-based applications have never-ending security and stability

issues– Extremely simple to use and maintain without the need to

involve IT (or WasteBid)


New FunctionalityNew Functionality• Detailed Full Cost Accounting

– Allocate %’s directly from your accounting to your real business units

• Work Oder Management– Generate work orders for misses, no can outs, cart

deliveries, extra pick-ups, white goods/bulk collections, etc.

– Interfaces with TourSolver for MapPoint, FleetRoute routing software


MatTrack’s AdvantagesMatTrack’s Advantages• Low cost licensing

– $800 for the first user license– $600 per additional user with no additional costs for a server

license– One-time license fee with no required annual subscriptions– Maintenance is 25% of current license fees

• Easy to implement and use– Pre-built reports or custom reports– VERY SIMPLE to change the data that is captured– Web-based option via Citrix (hosted by WasteBid)

• Built exclusively for waste management operations


MatTrack’s AdvantagesMatTrack’s Advantages• Proven track record

– Used daily in waste operations since 2002– Used at every level from Assistant Public Works

Manager to truck driver• Never again waste time looking for operational

data and “back of the envelope” calculating how well things are running

• Stay on top of it with MatTrack!


Contact UsContact Us• WasteBid.com, Inc.

– Kevin Callen, CTO– Toll-free: 866-WASTEBID– [email protected]


Additional ServicesAdditional Services• Training• Custom data import process development• Application customization• Custom report development• Define organizational requirements for full cost

accounting in MatTrack• Full cost accounting implementation• Full cost accounting training


MatTrack ArchitectureMatTrack Architecture


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Sample ReportsSample Reports• See accompanying PDF file

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