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Boost Warehouse and Field Productivity with ToolWatch Mobile
 ToolWatch Mobile combines powerful ToolWatch software and rugged, easy-to-use mobile scanning devices. This practical solution extends your ToolWatch application and business processes to mobile and on-the-go workers—regardless of whether or not they have a "live" Internet connection—enabling:
- Real-time data capture and information sharing
- Increased field, warehouse and tool crib productivity
- Improved tool and equipment tracking in remote locations
- Increased accuracy
- Maximized tool and equipment utilization
- Automated repetitive purchasing and receiving functions
- A dramatically simplified maintenance work-order process
Practical Uses of ToolWatch Mobile
Pick Tickets
Electronic pick tickets provide warehouse staff with a quick and accurate method for picking the tools and materials necessary to fulfill a request. Pick tickets can be assigned to a warehouse worker, who can then see a list on their wireless mobile scanner of all tickets they are responsible for. Moreover, the scanner's portability allows workers to move freely as they pick tools and materials, improving productivity and increasing picking accuracy.
Work Orders
ToolWatch Mobile streamlines the process of documenting and processing service and maintenance work orders. Using a ToolWatch mobile scanning device, a user can easily see a list of work orders assigned to them, including the work to be performed and the specific tasks involved.
As the user selects an individual work order, the screen in the handheld device displays a list of tasks to perform (e.g., "change the oil on truck 1052"), specific instructions for each task and an easy way to document the specific work performed—including labor expended and consumable items used. Because individual tasks and specific consumable items required are already listed on the work order, the user can simply check them off as the work is performed.
When finished, the handheld device saves all of the work order information for both historical and OSHA reporting, and automatically transfers it to the ToolWatch billing area for job cost and billing.
Express Check-In
Express Check-In enables a tool crib attendant using a mobile scanner to scan workers' hardhat labels or badges and instantly see a list of tools and equipment already assigned to them. This feature provides tool crib personnel with a faster, more effective way to monitor outstanding items and the individuals responsible for them.
Tool Browser
Through the Tool Browser tool personnel can instantly see lists of tools and equipment by site, employee, truck, warehouse, tool category (e.g., drills, saws, generators) and other useful search criteria on the display screen of the ToolWatch mobile device. From here, the user can drill down into an item to find more detailed information, including manufacturer, model or serial number.
Receiving
Electronic receiving tickets enables mobile ToolWatch users to receive items from their vendors. When a PO is selected, the user is presented with a list on their mobile scanner of items not yet received on that PO. As items are received—whether on one or on multiple receipts—the appropriate line items on the PO are closed out and the corresponding inventory levels for those items are updated. Once all items on the PO have been received, the system automatically closes the PO.
Count Inventory
This feature allows a mobile user to verify that the right items and the right quantities are located in the right jobsites. By selecting the appropriate stocking location, the user can quickly see a list of all items that need to be inventoried. As items are counted or scanned, ToolWatch Mobile updates actual quantities on hand.
Transfer of Tool, Equipment and Materials
The Transfer feature in ToolWatch Mobile enables remote or on-the-go users to efficiently transfer tools, equipment and materials to and from any warehouse, tool crib, jobsite, truck or employee.
Wireless, Cellular or Batch Connectivity
Wireless, cellular and batch are the methods by which the scanning devices running ToolWatch in a mobile environment can communicate with the ToolWatch system. All three of these methods leverage the Microsoft Windows Mobile operating system to imbed a database in every ToolWatch mobile device. This enables users to securely capture and store transactional data within their device, even when they're not connected to their ToolWatch database.
For instance, should a user enter an area with no wireless or cellular connectivity, he or she can continue to work uninterruptedly. Once they enter a wireless access point or an area with a cell phone signal, the unit synchronizes its data with your company's ToolWatch database. Similarly, should the battery in the mobile unit die, the device continues to safely store all the data collected until the battery is replaced and the unit synchronized with the main database.
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