I am trying to log tools for inventory purposes. The issue is, I don’t want to necessarily put them in as assets and would rather have a section particularly for tools. Has anyone had any luck adding new lists for subjects other than the stock items that come with the program?
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Separating tools from assets
+5Best answer by Andrew
Hi James,
You may want to use Parts Inventory for this.
You can then add Tools category into the Part Types field.
Hi James,
You may want to use Parts Inventory for this.
You can then add Tools category into the Part Types field.
+7We plan to log any non-consumable tools as assets and separate them using categories. Another way we’ll differentiate them is by utilizing one of our existing systems- the asset code, which helps identify a particular asset. For example, one of our air compressors would be [AC1-1]. By making a small adjustment such as adding a “t.” prefix, eg. [t.AC1-1], we could easily identify a tool by their name (or barcode field). Consumable tools such as grinder wheels or razor blades might be better logged under Parts Inventory.
James, our teams have had locations put tools under parts inventory as well as assets, I would recommend going the asset route, it is a much better solution for tooling in my opinion especially if you are using the costing metrics for parts inventory along with an ERP implementation, you will inflate your inventory value.
Thanks for the info here; I am going to see if I can implement any of these, but I would like to see a Tool Module, as well as a “Tools needed/used” in work orders, similar to parts.
+5We have moved to using tags for all assets. Government contractors and manufacturers now have to track all assets this way. We are tagging them and using the tag number as QR codes. This way we are able to log them as assets but separate them into which type of asset they are. We can also give them a proper location so we can keep track of any missing or borrowed tools or assets.
Thanks for the info here; I am going to see if I can implement any of these, but I would like to see a Tool Module, as well as a “Tools needed/used” in work orders, similar to parts.
I have asked for this exact thing in the past. There is a program called Shelf that allows you to check tools out to people. I would like to see maintainx do the same thing.
Any new updates or advances on tool management? I really like the ideas that have already been mentioned in this thread. I especially would encourage MaintainX to implement a specific “Tools” component under Assets. It’s very possible to have duplicates of an asset and tools for each asset. Some of those tools could be the same tool, but assigned to individual assets. Consider having three of the same press brakes with their own tooling, yet many of the same or duplicate tools.
It would also be great to be able to drive a purchase order from these tools when needing replaced or increased. Managing the value and quanity of tooling per machine, per location, per vendor, per asset, would be a great addition to MaintainX.
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