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June 5, 2025
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XBE and BCMI Merge to Create Comprehensive Platform for Heavy Construction, Logistics and Materials Industries
All the Good Plus the Great: Merger Expands Material Types and Accelerates Innovation Through Applied AI at Every Layer
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June 5, 2025
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XBE and BCMI Join Forces to Create Industry's Most Comprehensive Platform
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May 12, 2025
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Route 52 (Mile Marker 18): Giant Anchor — Chart Corrections, Ship's Hold, Fog Bank and more
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April 28, 2025
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Route 52 (Mile Marker 17): Single Sign-On
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April 15, 2025
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Route 52 (Mile Marker 15): Realtime Voice Forms
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April 7, 2025
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Route 52 (Mile Marker 14): A Boatload of Giant Anchor Enhancements
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April 1, 2025
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XBE Acquires Gauge to Enhance Equipment Asset Management in Heavy Construction and Bulk Materials Industries
Strategic Acquisition Expands XBE's Telematics Capabilities, Driving Enhanced Asset Utilization and Operational Efficiency
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April 1, 2025
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XBE Acquires Gauge to Enhance Equipment Telematics and Asset Utilization
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March 24, 2025
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World of Asphalt & AGG1 Plans
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March 24, 2025
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Route 52 (Mile Marker Twelve): Profit Improvement Management
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March 18, 2025
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Route 52 (Mile Marker 11): Hey Kayla Update
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March 11, 2025
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Podcast Appearance! Construction Genius: When Information is Free, Vision is Priceless—AI and the Future of Construction Leadership
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March 10, 2025
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Route 52 (Mile Marker 10): Project Duplication
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March 3, 2025
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XBE Acquires PriceBee to Deliver End-to-End Pricing, Quoting, and Ordering for Construction Materials
Closed-Loop Pricing and Operations Management Unlocks Major Profit Gains
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March 3, 2025
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Route 52 (Mile Marker 9): Giant Anchor Launch and PriceBee Acquisition
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February 28, 2025
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Introducing Giant Anchor from XBE
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February 24, 2025
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Route 52 (Mile Marker 8): Material Site Inventory Locations with Related Material Types
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February 18, 2025
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Route 52 (Mile Marker Seven): Prevent Dispatching Mistakes with Driver Assignment Rules
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February 10, 2025
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Route 52 (Mile Marker Six): Planning and Forecasting Subsequent Trucking Shifts
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February 4, 2025
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Route 52 (Mile Marker Five): Read-Only Mode
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January 27, 2025
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Route 52 (Mile Marker Four): Driver Day Adjustments
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January 20, 2025
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Route 52 (Mile Marker Three): One-Step Automated Extraction of Material Transaction Attributes from Ticket Images
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January 13, 2025
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Route 52 (Mile Marker Two): Job Production Plan Recaps & Daily Summaries in SuperPower
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January 6, 2025
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Route 52 (Mile Marker One): The Raw Material Inventory Dashboard
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December 2, 2024
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Horizon Live 2024 - Highlights Video
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November 26, 2024
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Happy Thanksgiving 2024
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October 31, 2024
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Horizon Live 2024 - Prophet Update
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October 23, 2024
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Horizon Live 2024 - Picture Day!
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October 17, 2024
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Horizon Live 2024 - "Ambitious Goals" Keynote
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October 10, 2024
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XBE Partners with NRMCA to Launch AI-Powered AskConcrete.com
The first answer engine built for all things concrete
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October 8, 2024
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Horizon Live 2024 - SuperPower Announcement
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October 7, 2024
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Ensuring Accurate, Efficient, and Speedy Trucking Invoicing
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September 23, 2024
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Horizon Live 2024 - "AI Moment" Presentation
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September 16, 2024
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SuperPower Unveiled: XBE's Next-Generation Solution Flips the Script on Usability
Horizon Live 2024 attendees get an exclusive preview of XBE's revolutionary product, designed to make complex software more accessible and powerful than ever.
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July 29, 2024
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ARTBA U.S. Highway & Bridge Construction Update at NAPA Midyear Meeting
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June 26, 2024
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Preliminary Injunction Issued Against Davis-Bacon Act Expansion
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April 11, 2024
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Discover NotifAI: Customized Notifications for Everyone
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March 29, 2024
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Constructive Insights #1: Well begun is half done.
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March 18, 2024
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Join XBE at World of Asphalt 2024
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March 11, 2024
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XBE Horizon Live 2024 Registration
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January 29, 2024
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XBE - Five Years Later
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January 25, 2024
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XBE Announces Strategic Investment from Banneker Partners
Focus on Accelerating Innovation and Growth
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December 20, 2023
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2023 Year in Review
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November 27, 2023
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Hey NAPA Update - More Knowledge, More Speed, More Answers
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October 23, 2023
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Navigating Davis-Bacon Act Changes with XBE
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October 23, 2023
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Davis-Bacon Changes Workshop Invitation
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October 13, 2023
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Monsoon Retreat: The Video Recap
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October 3, 2023
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Recapping our Latest Jugaad: Welcome Margin Matrix, Prophet Recap & Revenue Item Planner
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September 27, 2023
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XBE & Ozinga Team Up to Make a Little Boy's Dream Come True
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September 20, 2023
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The Principles of CapExcellence
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September 14, 2023
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The Magic Of The Monsoon Retreat
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September 11, 2023
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Yawning Weary Hours: September 08 to 22
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August 31, 2023
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Unleash Your Project's Profit Potential with XBE's Project Prophet
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August 28, 2023
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Looking Out From Stuck Truck Watch
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August 22, 2023
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Guide to Stuck Truck Watch Policies and Communication
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August 21, 2023
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Introducing Stuck Truck Watch: Automate "Out of Order" Driver Incident and Time Card Down Time Management
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August 18, 2023
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Hey NAPA Video Released
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August 16, 2023
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The Challenges and Opportunities of E-Ticketing: Insights from the FHWA Webinar
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August 9, 2023
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Sizzling Pavement Days: Aug 08 to Aug 22
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August 4, 2023
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Celebrating "Heroes of the Road"
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July 24, 2023
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Unlocking The Power of Public Praise
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July 21, 2023
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Embracing Control: Your Management Game Plan
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July 17, 2023
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Successful Launch of "Hey NAPA" & Tips for Quality Queries
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July 10, 2023
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XBE partners with NAPA to Launch AI-Powered ‘Hey NAPA’ Service for Members
Revolutionizing Asphalt Industry Information Access
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July 5, 2023
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XBE at the 2023 NAPA Midyear Meeting - A Sneak Peek of My Keynote Presentation
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June 27, 2023
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Twinkling Night Lights: June 22 to July 6
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June 22, 2023
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NOW SHOWING: ALIGNUP!
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June 20, 2023
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AiSPHALT - The Transformative Power of Artificial Intelligence on the Asphalt Paving Industry: Insights from Sean Devine at NAPA Midyear
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June 15, 2023
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Video Release - Discover what XBE can do for you.
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May 25, 2023
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Get Ready for the Second XBE Concrete User Group Meeting - Don't Miss Out!
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May 24, 2023
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Spring 2023 Jugaad: A Day of AI Innovation, Collaboration, and Fun
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May 23, 2023
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Hoping Verdantly: May 21 to June 5
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May 5, 2023
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Reviving Construction: May 5 to May 20
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May 1, 2023
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XBE is Expanding: Help Us Find Great Sales Representatives
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April 20, 2023
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Stopping and Going: April 20 to May 4
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April 13, 2023
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XBE Active Integrations
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April 12, 2023
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Introducing AlignUp!: Revolutionary Trucking Assignment Optimization
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April 10, 2023
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Refreshing Production: April 5 to April 19
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April 4, 2023
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Interview: "How CEOs Build With AI"
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March 27, 2023
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Enhance Your Safety Management with Research-Backed Strategies
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March 17, 2023
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Hey Kayla Gets Upgraded Again - Must See Examples
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March 8, 2023
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XBE at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2023
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February 22, 2023
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Explaining the "Hey Kayla" Question Triage Process
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February 16, 2023
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XBE Releases "Hey Kayla", An On-Demand Expert With Complete Knowledge Of The Entire XBE Platform
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February 13, 2023
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NAPA 2023 Annual Meeting Final Day Recap
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February 7, 2023
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NAPA 2023 Annual Meeting Day Two Recap
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February 5, 2023
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NAPA 2023 Annual Meeting Preview
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February 3, 2023
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XBE Joins NAPA's The Road Forward Initiative
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January 28, 2023
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Maximizing Construction Production: A Step-by-Step Approach Based on the Theory of Constraints Framework
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January 26, 2023
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Introducing Project Prophet: the future of project profitability tracking and forecasting
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January 25, 2023
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Ozinga Expands into Renewable Energy Logistics with XBE
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January 23, 2023
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The Mutual Benefits of a Properly Designed Fuel Surcharge Program
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January 13, 2023
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Estimating Over-Recovery: Assessing the Fit of Fuel Surcharges to Actual Cost Changes
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January 4, 2023
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Successful Second XBE Jugaad Hackathon Enhances Safety Risk Management Feature with AI
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December 23, 2022
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2022 Year in Review
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December 5, 2022
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Maximize Production By Maximizing the Production Window and Production Rate
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December 2, 2022
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NOW SHOWING: The Board
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November 16, 2022
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Super Speed! Results From XBE’s First Raftaar Hackathon
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November 14, 2022
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Mastering Trucking Time Card Management
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October 25, 2022
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Effective Incident Management In Any Company Culture
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October 21, 2022
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Announcing The Raftaar, XBE's First Performance-Oriented Hackathon
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September 17, 2022
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Let's Maximize Driver Location Visibility
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September 7, 2022
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Trucking No-Show Uncertainty Management Cheat Sheet
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August 8, 2022
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Improving Leadership Communication and Strategy Management Using XBE
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June 30, 2022
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Amazing Results From the 2022 Summer Jugaad
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June 17, 2022
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XBE Hosts Summer 2022 Jugaad
Friendly Internal Team-Based Competition To Build the Most Popular Release in a Single Day
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May 14, 2022
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XBE Customers Rapidly Implement Fuel Surcharge Programs
As diesel prices spike, customers utilize XBE's fuel surcharge functionality to reduce risk for truckers without incurring any administrative burden
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April 28, 2022
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SCDOT Adds XBE E-Ticketing as a Qualified E-Ticketing Software Product
XBE E-Ticketing passes the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) review after demonstrating capabilities to meet all aspects of its Qualified Product Policy 107
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March 21, 2022
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Horizon Live 2022 Recap
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February 14, 2022
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Two Weeks Until XBE Horizon Live 2022 - Already 100+ Registered Attendees
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January 17, 2022
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XBE Hosts "Cocktails and Conversation" At NAPA Annual Meeting
A casual event for the XBE community hosted at a house down the road from the conference hotel on Monday afternoon+
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January 4, 2022
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Who Will Get What From Horizon Live?
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December 27, 2021
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XBE Horizon Live 2022 Customer Conference
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December 20, 2021
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2021 Year In Review
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November 29, 2021
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Winter 2021 Development Focus
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October 22, 2021
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XBE Enters New York State Liquid Anti-Strip and Warm-Mix Asphalt Market with Fastac®
XBE’s high-performing chemical additive is now available for immediate use to New York State contractors
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August 30, 2021
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Creating And Embracing Scarcity
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August 11, 2021
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XBE TV Now Available
Live job performance monitoring slideshow optimized for display on big screens
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August 7, 2021
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What To Expect When Reading "Daily Recaps"
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August 4, 2021
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XBE Adds Daily Recap Email Feature
Automated daily recap email provides rich summary of jobs that ran the previous day and night
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July 22, 2021
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Recap of 2021 NAPA (National Asphalt Pavement Association) mid-year meeting
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July 1, 2021
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XBE Releases First Customer Testimonial Video Featuring Superior Bowen
Amanda Mohr reveals the competitive advantage and performance improvements enabled by the XBE software platform
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June 15, 2021
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XBE Adds Equipment Movement Management Functionality
Robust features seamlessly integrate with job planning and dispatch capabilities of core software platform
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April 26, 2021
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Making The Possible Possible
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April 14, 2021
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Stoic Leadership Is The Secret
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April 9, 2021
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Curran Contracting Adopts XBE Software Platform
Site development and paving contractor adopts XBE software across their national operations
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April 6, 2021
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Case Study In Breakthrough Performance Improvement Resulting From Game Tape Reviews
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March 26, 2021
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TDOT Adds XBE as Qualified E-Ticketing Software Product
XBE passes Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) review after demonstrating capabilities to meet all aspects of its Special Provision 109ETAS
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March 18, 2021
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XBE Releases Opportunity Assessment Calculator
Free tool quantifies 12 profit improvement levers driving millions in annual profit improvement for XBE customers
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March 10, 2021
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XBE Enters Missouri and Oklahoma Asphalt Liquid Anti-Strip and Warm-Mix Markets
Following MoDOT and ODOT approval, XBE additives become available for immediate use for contractors.
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March 3, 2021
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XBE Continues Expansion Into Ready-Mix Concrete Industry With Geiger Ready-Mix Co.
Geiger Ready Mix Co, Kansas City’s leader in Ready-Mix concrete, chooses the XBE software platform to automate and optimize its logistics operation
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February 15, 2021
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XBE Expands Into South Carolina With Fastac And Notac Additives
Contractor options improve as XBE additives become available following SCDOT approval.
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February 15, 2021
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How To Reduce Unnecessary Trucking Expense By Setting And Managing "Trucking Surplus" Goals
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January 19, 2021
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XBE Enters Bulk Materials and Concrete Segments With Long-Term Agreement With Ozinga
Expansion builds on years of success providing software solutions to asphalt leaders and follows a year-long successful pilot
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December 31, 2020
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2020 Year In Review
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December 7, 2020
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Good Contractors Compete Within, Great Contractors Compete In Their Market, But The Best Contractors Compete With What's Possible
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November 9, 2020
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We're Not Going To Rename "Incidents" To "Opportunities", But We Probably Should!
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October 15, 2020
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On How World Class Teams "Watch Game Tape" As Part Of A Never-Ending Continuous Improvement Process That Helps Them Achieve Their Potential
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April 26, 2020
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XBE Announces "Gap Here" Program For Graduating High School Seniors
Professional opportunities for high-achieving graduates delaying the start of college due to COVID-19
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April 3, 2020
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XBE Enables E-Ticketing Solution for All Customers
Part of its Ongoing Comprehensive Effort to Eliminate Paperwork and Reduce Physical Proximity
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November 4, 2019
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XBE Offers White-Label Customization For Software Platform
Software platform can be customized with customer's color and logo to maximize the brand impact with employees, customers, and partners
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September 30, 2019
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XBE Relocates Headquarters To Lacuna Lofts In Pilsen
Expanded space in vibrant building provides better environment for team and guests
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September 8, 2019
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Superior Bowen Invests in XBE to Accelerate Growth of Horizontal Construction Optimization Platform and Network
Expanded relationship builds on two years of success with the XBE platform; includes paving chemistry companies and key leadership.
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February 6, 2019
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XBE Wins BGSA 2019 Supply Chain "Shark Tank" Competition
Named both "Judges' Choice" and "Audience Choice" following competition with six other companies.
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October 11, 2018
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XBE Chicago Achieves Order Fulfillment Rate of 99.35%
Confident customers maximize production without over-trucking.
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October 2, 2018
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XBE Completes Successful First Year of Operation
Expansion, growth, and innovation highlight a year marked by amazing milestones.
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October 2, 2017
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Chicago-Based XBE Officially Opens, Providing Innovative Material Trucking and Logistics Solutions
Built on decades of experience, years of technology development, and tested on thousands of real transactions, XBE's integrated logistics solutions reduce cost, increase compliance, improve communication, and maximize convenience.
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