Loop vs Planning Ops

Loop is a platform for running a concrete plant in one place. It covers orders, production planning, dispatch, invoicing, quality control, fuel management and audits. Its sales CRM lets concrete businesses customize sales stages and review process analyses from a computer or phone. Planning tools handle trucks, pumps and demand, connecting with plant, ERP or management systems, GPS, delivery-note printing, messaging apps and notifications. A control panel shows truck progress and unauthorized stops in schematic or map views. Customer-facing tools can use the concrete company’s branding, show delivery progress in real time and display delivery history. Messaging, SMS and WhatsApp automations send delivery or order-stage updates. The Quality Control module follows samples through laboratory testing and creates statistical analyses and customer certificates; the module requires an active plan feature and user permission. Loop lists dispatch scheduling, production tracking, job costing, Android, iOS, web and API access. It says it handles migration and integration for moving plant operations. Pricing is on request, and the homepage offers a free demo.

Planning Ops is an operations app for concrete subcontractors, combining pour scheduling, crew planning, project schedules, and daily reports. Place & Finish provides a drag-and-drop pour board with live project weather, conflict alerts, automatic quantity totals, and one-click notifications. Manpower includes a 52-week crew board, timeline and job views, roster and PTO tracking, projections, time and certification tracking, and payroll export presets for ADP, Paychex, QuickBooks, Gusto, Paylocity, Sage, Vista, and Foundation, plus Excel and Universal CSV. Daily Reports creates signed, numbered field reports with safety details, delays, and photos; submitted hours go to time tracking. Users can confirm, reschedule, or cancel pours and notify project, crew, ready-mix, pump, and subcontractor contacts. The platform costs $149 a month, billed monthly or annually, with three working seats included and extra seats at $20/mo. It has an iPhone and iPad app requiring iOS 15.0 or later. There is no Android app, though the workspace can be accessed in a browser on Android and desktop. Customer data is isolated using Postgres row-level security. The maker lists Charleston, South Carolina as its location.