Holden Business Solutions

UNIFIED BUSINESS SYSTEMS FOR AGGREGATES & BULK MATERIALS PRODUCERS

Connecting the scale house to the bottom line.

Stop chasing numbers between the plant, the scale house, and the back office. Start running on numbers you trust.

Fractional CIOERP & Business ApplicationsReporting & AnalyticsAutomation & Integration
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Niceville, Florida · Serving clients nationwide

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 connects technology strategy, ERP, business applications, reporting, and integrations under one practical roadmap. The result is more reliable information, fewer manual handoffs, better-integrated systems, and clearer ownership of the technology your business depends on.

01

Connect the flow

Move information reliably from plant and ticketing systems into ERP and reporting.

02

Trust the data

Give leaders consistent reporting without constant spreadsheet reconciliation.

03

Own the roadmap

Set priorities, budgets, vendors, and accountability across business technology.

What We Do

Technology built around how your materials business operates.

HBS provides strategic technology leadership and connects the systems surrounding production, ticketing, dispatch, accounting, and reporting. We make the technology ecosystem work together so management gets information it can trust.

01 · Strategic leadership across every system

Fractional CIO

Strategic technology leadership working alongside ownership and executive leadership to align priorities, investments, vendors, standards, security, ERP, reporting, automation, and integrations under one accountable roadmap.

  • Technology roadmaps
  • IT budgeting & investment planning
  • Vendor governance
  • Technology governance
02

ERP & Business Applications

Implement, optimize, support, and govern Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central as the financial and operational backbone of the business.

  • Legacy ERP modernization
  • Dynamics GP support & migration planning
  • Industry systems integration
03

Reporting & Analytics

Build a reliable reporting layer that connects production and ticketing data with ERP and accounting results.

  • Executive reporting with Power BI
  • Plant-to-financial reporting
  • Data definitions, logic & ownership
04

Automation & Integration

Replace fragile exports, spreadsheets, scripts, Access databases, and duplicate entry with maintainable data flows between core systems.

  • System-to-system integration
  • Workflow automation with Power Platform
  • Plant-to-ERP data flows

Who We Serve

For materials producers whose operations, systems, and financials have to stay connected.

HBS works with aggregates and bulk construction materials producers where scale, ticketing, dispatch, production, ERP, accounting, and reporting systems all have to work together. We are a strong fit for multi-plant and multi-company businesses dealing with disconnected systems, fragile integrations, manual handoffs, unreliable reporting, or no clear owner for the technology roadmap.

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Aggregates ProducersReady-Mix & Asphalt ProducersCement, Lime & Precast ProducersMulti-Plant & Multi-Company Operators
Joe Carnes, founder of Holden Business Solutions

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 governed the technology environment behind multi-location operations. That operator-side experience helps HBS work effectively with owners, finance leaders, operations teams, internal IT, and outside technology partners.

Joe CarnesMBAPMP

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Let's connect your operational systems, ERP, and reporting.

Start with a 15-minute conversation about where systems are disconnected, reporting is unreliable, or technology ownership is unclear.

Book a 15-Minute Call 850.407.4077joe@holdenbusiness.com