b'BUSINESS MANAGEMENTPREVENTING JOBSITE TOOL THEFTThe Dewalt Tool Connect System provides inventory management support through a website and app. Existing tools can be updated with a new Tool Connect connector that slides into the battery slot or tagged with small buttons that can be affixed to any asset.Iand disappeared into the afternoon. AThe Basicsonce had a circular saw stolen while on a job site. An acquaintance of the painting contractorSecurity experts identify lots of techniques workers walked through, grabbed it out of an unlockedshould use to protect tools from theft or loss. They toolboxinclude:couple of days later, a friend saw it in the local1.Paint or engrave your toolspawnshop (it was a small town), but by the time I got there after work, the tool had been sold or2.Keep them in a lock boxremoved by the owner, and he played dumb about3.Install job-site security camerasever having it. Even though I replaced the saw,4.Remove the batteries or chargersI still miss it and am kind of ticked off to this day about its theft. 5.Take them homeThats the nature of tool theft. Its costly. Some6.Install fences to limit access to the siteexperts rate the annual cost of job-site theft, whichAll of those things are good, but there are three includes materials other than tools, at about $400thingsinparticular,thatcansignificantlycut million. Tool theft eats away at a companys profitdown on tool theft and take advantage of modern margin, and it strikes right at the core of a tradetechnologies.worker. Using these tools is how skilled workers1. Create a tool management processdemonstrate their value and talent. Losing one hurts. 2. Keep an inventory28 www.mrca.orgMidwest Roofer'