Erlösverlust durch falsche Verwiegung und Ticketfehler

Definition

The Australian recycling industry processed about 40.6 million tonnes of material in 2021–22, with metals and other recyclables forming a significant share.[3] Wholesale recyclers typically pay suppliers by net weight and on‑sell outputs by precise grade and tonnes, so any under‑recording of inbound weight in inventory or mis‑classification of higher‑value grades leads to lost resale revenue. Mis‑weighing can occur from manual transcription errors (e.g., 27.40 t recorded as 24.70 t), lost or illegible paper tickets that are never entered into systems, or failure to update tickets when re‑grading loads. With high commodity values, even small systematic errors have impact: if a yard buys and sells 50,000 tonnes per year at an average realised margin of AUD 60/t, a 1 % under‑recording of inbound weight (500 t) that is still physically sold results in around AUD 30,000 margin leakage and AUD 250,000–300,000 of mis‑stated inventory value. Across larger multi‑site operators, these effects scale into the hundreds of thousands annually. Because many Australian recycling businesses are SMEs with legacy systems, the risk of unbilled or mis‑billed tonnes is material.[2][3]

Why This Matters

The Pitch: Recycling wholesalers in Australia 🇦🇺 handling thousands of inbound tonnes can lose around 0.5–2 % of revenue to incorrect weights, lost or mis‑keyed tickets and mis‑classified material. Automating weighbridge data capture and ticket‑to‑invoice flows recovers six‑figure sums annually for mid‑sized yards.

Affected Stakeholders

Weighbridge operators, Scale house clerks, Inventory controllers, Sales and dispatch planners, Finance and reporting teams

Related Business Risks