Manual Ticketing Bottlenecks Causing Queues and Idle Equipment

$1,000-$2,500 per collection day in processing delays; treatment plant customer dissatisfaction due to delayed weight confirmation; potential lost contract if turnaround time exceeds SLA; rework cost from billing disputes • $1,500-$3,500 per day from processing delays; regulatory audit rework if discrepancies found; potential compliance fines ($5,000-$50,000 range) if manual records cannot be reconciled; generator charges back facility for invoice disputes • $1,500-$4,000 per day in processing delays when bulk loads arrive; accounts receivable delayed; customer disputes over invoice accuracy; rework labor for billing corrections

Hybrid approach: manual paper tickets + handwritten notes transcribed to Excel daily; morning bottleneck cleared by processing fewer trucks or asking drivers to return later; ad-hoc priority system based on driver relationships • Manual paper ticket generation; C&D contractors track own loads via personal spreadsheets or memo notes; scale operator uses pen-and-paper for each dump; invoice disputes settled via phone calls referencing 'what was written down' • Manual ticket creation + parallel paper manifest tracking; operator enters scale weight manually while verifying against printed hazmat documentation; second data-entry step for regulatory reporting; email-based invoice disputes