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Who Controls the Tools in Your Company?

Many manufacturers will claim they are in control of their tools. A few quick questions will point out how in control they are. Ask what the is current value of the tools in their tool crib, the value of tools in use on the shop floor, where any particular tool is in use at the present time or what was the cost of tools issued, returned, scrapped or reworked from any job running in their shop. If they answer, you can bet it's a guess. However, to be fair, let them show you some proof to back up their answer.
You say nobody can answer those questions without doing some research! Right, in two keystrokes or the double click of a mouse button, an ITC TLC customer could call up the Job Status Costing screen and answer the question concerning the cost of issued, returned, reworked and scrapped tools for any job currently running in the shop, or he could request a Tool Status and tell you where any one of those tools are in use on the shop floor, or if it is in rework or in the tool crib or if they are on order and finally, they could run a Total Inventory Review and give you the cost of all the tools in the crib or on the shop floor, or both, and by consumable, durable, assembly or gage/inspection classification. So I would not wait more than a couple of minutes for the answer to those questions.
Although these WebPages will promote ITC's tool management products, its long reaching purpose is to familiarize its visitors with the common situations and experiences of other tool management users. Hopefully, the information you will view on these pages will assist in your search for an effective and efficient tool control solution. The information on this page may not change all too frequently, but it is my intention to continually update the information upon other pages of this Website and provide you with LINKS to other Websites with supporting information. This site was updated 3
1MAR08.

The intent of this site is to exchange information about Tool Crib Control problems, procedures and solutions. In addition. I will include specific information about using ITC's Tool Location Control Products. The goal will be:
-- To provide information about using ITC's Tool Management Products.
-- To provide answers to day-to-day questions that arise.
-- To provide useful hints for using the Tool Location & Crib Control software.

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