Connect the flow
Move information reliably from plant and ticketing systems into ERP and reporting.
FRACTIONAL CIO & TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY FOR AGGREGATES, READY-MIX & ASPHALT
Connecting plant operations
to financials you can trust.
We align the systems behind production, ticketing, dispatch, accounting, and reporting so leaders get reliable information without the manual handoffs and reconciliation gaps caused by disconnected systems.
ERP & Business ApplicationsReporting & AnalyticsAutomation & IntegrationManaged IT & Security
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Aggregates · Ready-Mix · Asphalt
The HBS Approach
Your systems should work together from the plant floor to the financials.
When ticketing, dispatch, ERP, reporting, and IT evolve separately, teams fill the gaps with exports, spreadsheets, duplicate entry, and manual reconciliation.
HBS brings ERP, business applications, reporting, automation, and IT under one practical technology roadmap. The result is more reliable information, less manual work, and clearer ownership of the systems your business depends on.
Trust the data
Give leaders consistent reporting without constant spreadsheet reconciliation.
Own the roadmap
Set priorities, budgets, vendors, and accountability across business technology.
What We Do
Technology built around how your plants actually operate.
From plant systems and ERP to reporting, automation, IT, security, and strategic technology leadership, HBS connects and manages the systems your business depends on.
Strategic leadership across every system
Fractional CIO
Experienced technology leadership connecting ERP, reporting, automation, IT, security, vendors, and long-term planning under one accountable roadmap.
- Technology strategy & roadmap
- Budgeting, vendors & licensing
- Governance, security & risk
ERP & Business Applications
Implement, optimize, and support the systems that connect plant activity to accounting, inventory, and financial reporting.
- Business Central & Dynamics GP
- ERP managed services
- Apex, Fast-Weigh & plant systems
Reporting & Analytics
Turn operational and financial data into consistent reporting leaders can use without rebuilding the numbers every month.
- Executive & operating dashboards
- Financial and operational reporting
- Data models & governance
Automation & Integration
Eliminate duplicate entry, exports, and manual reconciliation by moving information cleanly between your core systems.
- System integrations
- Workflow automation
- Microsoft Power Platform
Managed IT & Security
Standardize, secure, and support the technology environment across offices, plants, scale houses, and mobile teams.
- Microsoft 365 & identity
- Endpoint, server & network management
- Backup, monitoring & security
Who We Serve
For producers whose plants, systems, and financials have to stay connected.
HBS works with aggregates, ready-mix, and asphalt producers where scales, ticketing, dispatch, batching, ERP, reporting, and IT all have to work together. We are a strong fit for operators dealing with disconnected systems, manual handoffs, unreliable reporting, or no clear owner for the technology roadmap.
Discuss your systemsAggregates ProducersReady-Mix Concrete ProducersAsphalt ProducersMulti-Plant & Multi-Company Operators
Leadership
Built on firsthand aggregates industry leadership.
Joe Carnes, MBA, PMP, founded Holden Business Solutions after eight years inside an aggregates producer, leading work across finance, ERP, and IT.
He has led a Dynamics GP implementation, worked with Command Alkon Apex and related plant systems, built reporting and automation, and managed the technology environment behind multi-location operations. That operator-side experience helps HBS work effectively with owners, finance leaders, operations teams, and internal IT.
Joe CarnesMBAPMP
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Let's connect your plant systems, ERP, reporting, and IT.
Start with a 15-minute conversation about where systems are disconnected, reporting is unreliable, or technology ownership is unclear.