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Track Tools with Bar Code

Why Track Tools with Bar Code? Contractors – from electrical, HVAC, general construction, utility service, etc., - have a major investment in tools of their trades. From jackhammers to generators, every tool has a monetary cost associated. If it's lost, stolen or misplaced - considering contractors have not only one but many tools - the cost of the lost investment adds up quickly.

Contractors assign tools to their employees, sub-contractors, jobsites or business locations.  In some cases, tools seem to find their own locations - the back of someone’s truck, a locker, or even the "home" office. Tools often simply get squirreled away so, "I can find it when I need to use it.".

The business of keeping track of tools is a chore. They have to be tagged (preferably with barcode) and tagged up front.   Employees have to be on notice that they will be assigned tools they will be specifically responsible for - and tracked back to. Putting automated tool inventory management in place can be a thankless job, until the benefits appear.

If you use bar code to track tools and implement a sound barcode tracking software designed especially for tracking tools, the process can be quick, intuitive, accurate, and very simple to maintain.  Etch that part number on the tool if you want, but then bar code label it and send it off to work.

Visualize the revenue gains if you don't have to replace tools that aren’t missing, and making employees account for the tools they’ve been given. Just follow a few basic steps to get started:



• Review your Tool Inventory

• Determine how to best track each category of tool

• Decide who is going to manage and maintain the tool tracking system

• Consider the barcode labels

• Consider the barcode hardware

• Review Tool Tracking Barcode Software Solutions

• Take a look at GigaTrak’s Tool Tracking Barcode Solutions -  Our tool tracking software includes master tool templates, to foster consistency in tool descriptions. It includes options for individual barcode labels on each tool – with separate asset and serial numbers.   Maintenance and Repair information is readily assigned and at hand, so you can keep tools in a safe , usable condition. Reports - ranging from cost basis the tool, to who has it, to it's entire history- are available on demand reports on demand. Print hardcopy, pdf them or send them immediately via email.

There are no hidden fees with our tool tracking software products. Purchase single user onetime, upgrade to enhanced or network versions in your own timeframe - the product is yours to use as long as it suites the purpose.  As long as it has a standard OS, try your hardware with our software terminal client if you wish. We also work with you to import your existing tool database.

GigaTrak TTS - Tool Tracking Barcode Solutions, call us and speak to experienced Rep @ 877-204-9237, or participate in an online webinar, and download a demo version of a barcode tool tracking product of interest.