b'YOUR TOOLKIT FOR BUILDING EXCELLENCE1.Create a tool management process to an inventory management app, and other assets 2.Keep an inventory can be included in inventory through QR Codes or 3.Make individuals responsible by using a Bluetooth-enabled TICK button.MichaelStolleris directorofproduct management forStanleyThe Dewalt Tool Connect System provides inventory Black & Decker, Newmanagementsupportthroughawebsiteandapp. Britain, Conn., and heExisting tools can be updated with a new Tool Connect connector that slides into the battery slot or tagged says,Wevelookedwith small buttons that can be affixed to any asset.attoollossalotof different ways. One of the conclusions is tool loss is less about theft and more about good processes that prevent things from walking away. When weencountersome companies, they have no visibility between the tool crib and the job site. The warehouse manager will assign 200 tools and assets to sites. Things will break. Nobody will checkCreate a Processthem in at the end of the week. That lack of processThe surest way to protect the investment of your leads to lack of visibility. tools is to create a tracking process and assign AtRobert Bosch Tool Corp., Prospect, Ill., Tammyresponsibility. The responsibility includes everyone Bauer, Pro User marketing manager, agrees. Whenfrom management, who has to set up the process, to tools are not managed or tracked effectively, it canthe warehouse managers and site supervisors to the lead to a higher likelihood of assets walking off the jobtradesperson using the tool. Lost or stolen tools are site. Tools can be lost, misplaced or stolen in transit.the responsibility of all.One of the most common things we hear from ourThere are simple ways to do this. Keep an inventory customers is that workers will leave the job site earlyof all your tools that is managed by the warehouse to head home for the day, realize they left their toolsmanager. That person checks out tools to the job site, at the job site, but decide not to turn around and drivewhere the site supervisor then has responsibility. He back because theyre already close to home. or she can then assign tools to specific trade people.One of the most common mistakes, says DeanNo matter if youre using technology or not, you have Gagliano, associate product manager, One-Key toolto have a process for tracking your tools and keeping tracking services forMilwaukee Tool, Brookfield,them inventoried. Anything that goes to the job site Wis., although I wouldnt call it a mistake, is workersneeds to be tracked and on the job site, craftspeople being careless with their items. At the end of the day,need to be assigned responsibility for any tool they theyre doing things in a rush and they forget to lockuse. No matter how you work that, whether you use up a tool. Its more an opportunity situation whenspreadsheets or everything is hand-written, there is tools become stolen. Tools getting misplaced or lostoften little interest among construction crews to spend is a completely different thing. Theyre not takingtheir time doing paperwork.proper precautions, not taking it back to the toolbox. Theyre giving the opportunity to thieves. I bet that on 50% of job sites that is how inventory Milwaukee One-Key Tools connect through Bluetoothis taken, says Stoller. The foreman grabs somebodyFRAME BUILDER - MAY2022 / 33'