Typically, a clipboard hanging on the CRIB room fencing is used to track a tool's whereabouts, when it was signed out, and who signed it out. Even under the most disciplined workforce, this is a difficult process to accurately maintain. Tools are transferred from machine to machine so that they never make it back to the toolroom - and hence the transfer is never recorded. Sometimes, a trip to the toolroom to review available stock is not possible. For tooling and maintenance items that require replenishing, a visual inspection - or some other manual process - is usually required.

With RealTime Manufacturing, tracking your tooling and asset inventory, you will be able to perform inventory transactions accurately and simply from anywhere in your building. The RealTime Manufacturing interface is so simple to use that tooling material transfers are completed at the touch of a button! Similarly, you will be able to review the status of all tooling items in your facility from anywhere in the building. No more walking out to the toolroom, checking the toolroom clipboard, walking over to the last recorded location on the clipboard only to find the tooling item missing and the operator claiming they have never seen it.

Tooling items which need to be replenished are automatically monitored with respect to your pre-defined minimum inventory levels to drive the purchase of required tooling/maintenance items.