Tool and Gauge Management

The glovia.com - Tool and Gauge Management application is a state-of-the art, QS9000 and ISO9000 compliant system for managing all functions pertaining to tool and gauge inventory - including tool and gauge purchasing, tracking, and calibration.

Tool and Gauge Management At-A-Glance

Inventory Control

• Multiple inventory locations
• Monthly inventory reconciliation
• Ability to locate items in bins, in use, in quarantine, or being reworked
• Bar coding (keyboard or RF scanner support)
• Item labels
• Expanded tool descriptions
• Security password capable

Reservations and Assignments

• Non consumable tool reservation
• Consumable tool planning - bill of tools
• Integration with work order releases
• Automatic or direct tool assignment with instantaneous update to inventory

Cost Functions

• Cost functioning capability for determining need for tool rework or replacement
• Tool and gauge time-in-service tracking
• User configurable tracking of tools-to-items usage (up to 12 categories)
• Cost tracking for special tooling
• Recoverable cost calculations and flexible billing methods
• Tool amortization

Maintenance and Purchasing

• Calibration scheduling
• Tool rework, repairs or design change management
• Automated purchasing
• Inventory development of tools, gauges, kits and assemblies

Reports and Inquiries

• Audit trail of purchases, reworks, calibrations, and other critical information
• Instant tool lookup and search
• Up-to-the-minute status reports
• Status screen showing inventory by work order, machine, and operation
• Automatic reporting by tool, gauge, work order, item, operation, crib location, employee or user-defined criteria
• Customizable reports using glovia.com/5 query tools

Electronic Commerce Support

• Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) support
• Automatic electronic purchase order transactions (EDI 850); instantaneous update to inventory stock
• Support for automatic third party faxing of purchase orders