b'BUSINESS MANAGEMENTContinued from page 283. Make individuals responsible tracking services for Milwaukee Tool, Brookfield, Wis., Michael Stoller is director of product managementalthough I wouldnt call it a mistake, is workers being for Stanley Black & Decker, New Britain, Conn., andcareless with their items. At the end of the day, theyre he says, Weve looked at tool loss a lot of differentdoing things in a rush and they forget to lock up a tool. ways. One of the conclusions is tool loss is less aboutIts more an opportunity situation when tools become theft and more about good processes that preventstolen. Tools getting misplaced or lost is a completely things from walking away. When we encounter somedifferent thing. Theyre not taking proper precautions, companies, they have no visibility between the toolnot taking it back to the toolbox. Theyre giving the crib and the job site. The warehouse manager willopportunity to thieves.assign 200 tools and assets to sites. Things will break. Nobody will check them in at the end of the week. ThatCreate a Processlack of process leads to lack of visibility. The surest way to protect the investment of your At Robert Bosch Tool Corp., Prospect, Ill., Tammytools is to create a tracking process and assign Bauer, Pro User marketing manager, agrees. Whenresponsibility. The responsibility includes everyone tools are not managed or tracked effectively, it canfrom management, who has to set up the process, to lead to a higher likelihood of assets walking off the jobthe warehouse managers and site supervisors to the site. Tools can be lost, misplaced or stolen in transit.tradesperson using the tool. Lost or stolen tools are One of the most common things we hear from ourthe responsibility of all.customers is that workers will leave the job site earlyThere are simple ways to do this. Keep an inventory to head home for the day, realize they left their toolsof all your tools that is managed by the warehouse at the job site, but decide not to turn around and drivemanager. That person checks out tools to the job site, back because theyre already close to home. where the site supervisor then has responsibility. He One of the most common mistakes, says Deanor she can then assign tools to specific trade people.Gagliano, associate product manager, One- Key toolContinued on page 30dfgdbEVERY ROOF IS OUR REPUTATIONTrust the industry leader.JM Commercial Roofing Systems.For over 160 years, Johns Manville has delivered quality commercial roofing systems.With one of the broadest system offerings and responsive teams, JM becomes more than a commercial roofing supplier. We become your commercial roofing partner.Learn more at www.jm.com/roofing.L E A R N M O R E AT J M . C O Mwww.mrca.orgMidwest Roofer 29'