Software Solutions for Agriculture, Construction Sites, and Waste Management

For three decades, our IT team has been working in daily contact with our customers and has gained a wealth of practical knowledge regarding the needs of various businesses and industries. Throughout this time, our EWP weighing software has been continuously expanded and maintained. Building on this foundation of knowledge, we have developed our new EWA software platform for scale and yard management. The following examples from three very different application areas—a farm, a construction site, and a waste-to-energy plant—demonstrate the diverse ways in which this wealth of experience is put to use with EWA.

The Foundation: 30 Years of Software Experience in Scale Manufacturing

Regarding the EWA software platform can achieve today as a modular system is the consistent further development of what its predecessor, EWP learned in more than a thousand customer projects—from truck scales to rail weighing, from waste management to agriculture. At ESSMANN | Waagen & Automation, “Innovation for Precision since 1860” also means using state-of-the-art software that grows alongside businesses.

Agriculture: Get Started Easily, with the Opportunity to Grow

A small agricultural operation that weighs grain, feed, or fertilizer using a single scale rarely needs a complex process system. What’s needed here is a solution that’s easy to operate without extensive training and still provides legally compliant documentation. EWA Smart is ideal for this : weighing, master data, and transport order management are ready to use right away, without unnecessary features.

Even the predecessor software, EWPsmart, offered a dedicated version for biogas plants and the agricultural sector back in the 2000s, featuring driver self-service via a wireless handheld transmitter—practical experience that is now being incorporated into the further development of the EWA software platform . If the business grows or additional locations and warehousing processes are added, the transition to the EWA Suite can be carried out seamlessly without losing any existing data.

Construction Site: Keeping Track of Materials, from Receiving to Billing

At a construction site, numerous trucks carrying excavated soil, bulk materials, or building materials pass over the scale every day. Each load must be clearly assigned to a specific job or shipment; otherwise, billing at the end of the month turns into a painstaking detective job. The EWA Suite links the weighing process directly to the job’s master data and provides real-time visibility into material inventories on-site.

Where there are many vehicles on the road, automatic license plate recognition at the scale is an added benefit: Vehicles are registered and the load is documented without anyone having to enter anything manually. Drivers can accept transport orders via a QR code and the app: The app navigates them to loading locations and weigh stations, and they receive confirmation in the app upon completion. Drivers can also weigh their own vehicles at the touch terminal using EWA SelfService.

Waste Disposal: Overview and Safety at the Depot

Hardly any other field of application requires as much documentation as a waste-to-energy plant—and hardly any other is as closely tied to the EWA software platform is: The very first installation of EWP went live in 1996 at precisely such a facility in Hamburg. Waste disposal records, waste code numbers, and a complete operating log have been at the core of our software solutions ever since—including in the EWA Suite.

The EWA Suite combines this weighing data with the order’s master data and provides reliable analyses and statistics that can be imported into your own ERP environment. Depending on your needs, a visual inspection and documentation of incoming materials can also be integrated via EWA Vision or EWA CargoControl —for example, to check lashing or material quality prior to delivery.

A platform that thinks ahead

Technically, the EWA software platform is designed as a modular system: It starts with what a business needs today and can be expanded as soon as new requirements arise, without having to replace an existing installation. It runs in a browser and can be accessed from various devices. The focus today is on a clear goal: reliable analyses and statistics that can be imported into existing ERP systems.

Frequently Asked Questions About the EWA Suite

Is the EWA Suite also suitable for small businesses?
For simple needs involving a single scale, EWA Smart is often the right entry-level solution. As your needs grow, you can seamlessly switch to the EWA Suite later on.

Is the EWA software platform browser-based?
Yes, the new generation is browser-based and can be used on various devices.

What happens to the reports generated by the EWA Suite?
They can be imported into your own ERP environment.

From a Weighing Booth to a Software Platform

The EWA software platform brings thirty years of practical expertise to three very different everyday work environments. Whatever your specific field of application may be—this is best illustrated with a concrete example. Schedule a demo appointment with ESSMANN | Scales & Automation today and see what the EWA Suite can do for your business.