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[News](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/news) [tel:1-800-343-6802](tel:1-800-343-6802) # Alliance Scale Blog ## Ray Secour ## Recent Posts ## [Reliable Scale Accuracy Matters for Efficient Business Operations](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/reliable-scale-accuracy-matters-for-efficient-business-operations) May 4, 2020 4:50:06 PM / by [Ray Secour](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/author/ray) posted in [Industrial Weighing System](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/topic/industrial-weighing-system), [Moisture Analyzers](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/topic/moisture-analyzers), [Laboratory Equipment](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/topic/laboratory-equipment), [Legal for Trade Scales](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/topic/legal-for-trade-scales), [Cannabis Scales](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/topic/cannabis-scales) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/hubfs/calibration.jpg)](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/reliable-scale-accuracy-matters-for-efficient-business-operations) ## **Alliance Scale Offers a Variety of Solutions for Your Business Needs** What do you think of when you hear the word “accuracy?” Do you think of facts and figures in the news? Do you think of weight and the amount of something you’re purchasing in an effort to make sure you’re getting a fair deal? Whatever the context, “accuracy” implies reliability. If weighing and measuring falls into your business in some way, whether it’s putting together shipments of products, ensuring your product meets state regulations, or ensuring the chemical components of something during manufacturing, you want your business to be known as reliable and accurate. [Read More](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/reliable-scale-accuracy-matters-for-efficient-business-operations) ## [Signs That It’s Time to Calibrate Your Scales](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/signs-that-its-time-to-calibrate-your-scales) Mar 19, 2020 12:53:34 PM / by [Ray Secour](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/author/ray) posted in [Scale calibration](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/topic/scale-calibration), [Weight Calibration Service](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/topic/weight-calibration-service), [Cannabis Scales](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/topic/cannabis-scales) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/hubfs/Alliance-CAS-PB-Series-Portable-Bench-Scale-320w.jpg)](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/signs-that-its-time-to-calibrate-your-scales) ## **Protect Your Business and Reliability Through Accuracy and Calibration** Having your scales appropriately calibrated and maintained over time allows you to operate on the most accurate and reliable level possible. The pharmaceutical and hemp industries are examples of arenas where accuracy is key to operating at a safe and precise level. [The California Department of Food and Agriculture](https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/dms/pdfs/CommercialScales.pdf) (CDFA) requires a number of certifications when operating in the hemp industry, and maintaining your scales is one factor for staying compliant in those certifications. [Read More](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/signs-that-its-time-to-calibrate-your-scales) ## [Why Shouldn’t I Buy My Industrial Scales Online?](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/why-shouldnt-i-buy-my-industrial-scales-online) Aug 19, 2019 11:59:55 AM / by [Ray Secour](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/author/ray) posted in [Scale calibration](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/topic/scale-calibration), [Industrial Weighing Scales](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/topic/industrial-weighing-scales), [Weight Calibration Service](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/topic/weight-calibration-service), [Laboratory Scales](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/topic/laboratory-scales) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/hubfs/Alliance-Ohaus-Starter-5000-pH-Bench-Meter-320.jpg)](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/why-shouldnt-i-buy-my-industrial-scales-online) **Breaking Down the Benefits of Ordering Your Weighing Systems Through Alliance Scale** Far too often we’re greeted by a distressed voice on the phone listing off issues with a scale they recently bought online through a major e-commerce site. Warrantied parts are missing, scales aren’t calibrated correctly, and the company in question is providing little to no service support. [Read More](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/why-shouldnt-i-buy-my-industrial-scales-online) ## [Is In-Motion Checkweighing a Good Solution for My Business?](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/is-in-motion-checkweighing-a-good-solution-for-my-business) Jun 24, 2019 4:42:32 PM / by [Ray Secour](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/author/ray) posted in [checkweighing scales](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/topic/checkweighing-scales), [In-motion Weighing](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/topic/in-motion-weighing) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/hubfs/in-motion-checkweigher.jpg)](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/is-in-motion-checkweighing-a-good-solution-for-my-business) **Everything You Need to Know about In-Motion Checkweighers** In-motion checkweighing can be used for a wide variety of applications—enabling processes such as verifying package contents, checking product tolerances, identifying parts, classifying products, and checking for overload safety. Typically, the checkweighing system is an inspection station utilized after the manufacturing or packaging process. Checkweighers are most commonly used in the food and beverage, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, and various industrial industries. [Read More](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/is-in-motion-checkweighing-a-good-solution-for-my-business) ## [Optimize Your Logistics with Portable Truck Scales](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/optimize-your-logistics-with-portable-truck-scales) May 1, 2019 3:07:40 PM / by [Ray Secour](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/author/ray) posted in [Truck Scales](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/topic/truck-scales) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/hubfs/15717.jpg)](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/optimize-your-logistics-with-portable-truck-scales) **4 Ways Truck Scales Streamline Your Processes** A truck scale (also known as a weighbridge) is a scale that is designed to accurately measure the weight of vehicles as they drive over it—taking the headache out of weighing extremely heavy axle loads. Portable truck scales can be installed onto a variety of different surface mediums and provide reliable results, assuming they are maintained and calibrated at appropriate time intervals. They are available in a variety of different makes and models to suit industry-specific needs. With a robust construction and user-friendly interface, portable truck scales can have a significant impact on your business’ efficiency levels over the long-term. [Read More](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/optimize-your-logistics-with-portable-truck-scales) ## [How Can a Forklift Scale Improve the Efficiency of My Warehouse Operations?](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/how-can-a-forklift-scale-improve-the-efficiency-of-my-warehouse-operations) Mar 4, 2019 11:48:26 AM / by [Ray Secour](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/author/ray) posted in [Product News](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/topic/product-news), [Industrial Weighing System](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/topic/industrial-weighing-system), [Forklift Scale](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/topic/forklift-scale) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/hubfs/15690.jpg)](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/how-can-a-forklift-scale-improve-the-efficiency-of-my-warehouse-operations) **Save Time, Money, and Effort with Lift Truck Scales** Whether you’re a factory, warehouse, or shipping center, chances are that weighing extremely heavy loads is part of your everyday routine. For good reason, too, as continuously and accurately weighing pallet loads as they enter and leave your business can help you: [Read More](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/how-can-a-forklift-scale-improve-the-efficiency-of-my-warehouse-operations) ## [Which Type of pH Meter Is Best for Growing Cannabis?](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/which-type-of-ph-meter-is-best-for-growing-cannabis) Dec 10, 2018 4:48:20 PM / by [Ray Secour](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/author/ray) posted in [Cannabis Scales](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/topic/cannabis-scales) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/hubfs/Alliance-Ohaus%C2%AE%20Starter%C2%AE%205000%20pH%20Bench%20Meter.jpg)](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/which-type-of-ph-meter-is-best-for-growing-cannabis) *Learn What You Need for Proper Readings!* The art and science of growing cannabis has changed immensely over the past few years. Gone are the days when you simply threw a seed into dirt and hoped that through sufficient watering, you’d eventually harvest something. Instead, modern technology has taken over, allowing you far superior insights into the vital aspects of growing marijuana. The most important element of them all is your plants’ growing environment. [Read More](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/which-type-of-ph-meter-is-best-for-growing-cannabis) ## [Rules and Regulations: Scales for Cannabis Businesses](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/rules-and-regulations-scales-for-cannabis-businesses) Sep 27, 2018 12:00:00 PM / by [Ray Secour](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/author/ray) posted in [Cannabis Scales](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/topic/cannabis-scales) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/hubfs/cannabis-scale.jpg)](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/rules-and-regulations-scales-for-cannabis-businesses) **How to Scale-Up as You Grow Your Recreational Cannabis Company ** As the legalization of cannabis continues to spread throughout the United States, it seems that dispensaries are popping up on every corner. To this point, over 25 states have instituted regulations or are currently deciding on terms to regulate and sell marijuana as a taxable asset. The industry continues to grow exponentially and poses a variety of exciting new business opportunities. [Read More](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/rules-and-regulations-scales-for-cannabis-businesses) ## [Optimizing Efficiency and Productivity with a New Industrial Scale](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/optimizing-efficiency-and-productivity-with-a-new-industrial-scale) Sep 24, 2018 5:19:55 PM / by [Ray Secour](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/author/ray) posted in [Industrial Weighing Scales](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/topic/industrial-weighing-scales), [Industrial Weighing System](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/topic/industrial-weighing-system) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/hubfs/Tension%20Link%20Scale%20Better%20Workflows.jpg)](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/optimizing-efficiency-and-productivity-with-a-new-industrial-scale) **Rethink Your Manufacturing Floor Workflows** It’s a common occurrence. You work at a company and perform the same tasks the same way “just because.” You might have been shown how to complete a particular procedure and took for granted that it’s just the way that it’s done. If it’s how it’s been for years—why change? But what could happen if you rethink a new way to do things? [Read More](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/optimizing-efficiency-and-productivity-with-a-new-industrial-scale) ## [What is a Legal for Trade Scale?](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/what-is-a-legal-for-trade-scale) Aug 10, 2018 2:18:44 PM / by [Ray Secour](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/author/ray) posted in [Industrial Weighing Scales](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/topic/industrial-weighing-scales), [Legal for Trade Scales](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/topic/legal-for-trade-scales) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/hubfs/Portable%20Bench%20Scale.jpg)](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/what-is-a-legal-for-trade-scale) **NTEP Approved: Requirements, Classifications, and Applications** When conducting research for what scale to purchase for your specific business application, two of the most popular terms you will see are “legal for trade” and “NTEP approved”. While these terms might not mean anything to you now, they are extremely important certifications for your business. In all commercial applications where the product is sold in increments of weight, it is a legal requirement that the scales being used to conduct the transaction are verified as legal for trade.  [Read More](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/what-is-a-legal-for-trade-scale) [All posts](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/all) [Next](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/author/ray/page/2) ### NEED SERVICE? *Schedule Your Inspection / Calibration Service Now! 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