Minimal machine downtime: Effective use of time and labor
Full transparency at all times regarding the location and condition of all tools
No supply gaps: Keep track of replacements and reorders
Tool organization is more than just tidying up
In the reality and day-to-day operations of a workshop, a little clutter is almost inevitable—but a major factor is whether each tool has its own designated spot where it can and should be stored.
This is essentially the core of any tool organization system: ensuring that every tool can be located at any time. If you can eliminate the need to search for tools, you’ll save yourself not only hassle and frustration but also a significant amount of work time and stress. Your machines won’t have to wait for their next use, tools won’t lie around unused—and you can make your work significantly more efficient.
At ZOLLER, we strive for a holistic, comprehensive approach to tool organization. That’s why we combine our modular tool management software with smart storage systems, which together ensure that you always know exactly where a specific tool is located—and what condition it’s in, whether there are still enough spare parts available, if replenishment needs to be ordered, and much more.
And because the tool is, of course, intended for a specific task, the digital, error-free, and wireless transmission of tool data to the machine is also part of complete, holistic tool organization. So that you can focus on what matters most: the efficient and effective manufacturing of your components.
Tool management software for every need
Efficient tool management is, above all, data management.
It starts with entering the tool data for your individual components—such as cutting material and weight—into the setup or measuring device and feeding it into the system. Together with the setup sheets and other information, everything you need to know about a tool is thus gathered in one central location and available to every employee at any time.
Tool Management Made Easy
With our TMS Tool Management Solutions software, we provide everything you need for tool management right from the BRONZE package. This includes the following features in particular:
- Importing tool data from manufacturers’ catalogs or the cloud—securely, accurately, and quickly
- Access to tool data from mobile devices
- Full integration of your ZOLLER measuring and setting device
- Every tool setting can be saved and accessed immediately
Tool organization doesn't stop at the warehouse
Where exactly is this tool, and what condition is it in? You can take your tool management to the next level by digitally organizing and optimizing your inventory management, thereby keeping track of your tool inventory in a way that focuses on both demand and quality. In concrete terms, this means:
- Search times are reduced,
- setup times are shortened, and
- tool setup happens almost automatically.
Our SILVER package includes all these features and enables you not only to keep track of the location and usage of individual tools, but also to ensure effectively and in a timely manner that sufficient parts and replacements are available. This means full integration of tool monitoring for quality control and wear analysis.
Tool Organization Reloaded
The GOLD standard for tool management fully integrates tools into all of your company’s processes, allowing you to monitor in real time how effectively and at what cost tools have been used. This gives you full cost control and transparency across your entire tool management system throughout the entire process chain.
Since the tool management system documents how individual tools were used for different orders, you can generate statistics that provide precise insights into the efficiency of your work. Our software’s GOLD package offers all of this, plus:
- Maximum efficiency in your tool data management
- Systematic management of production orders and setup sheets
- Integrated tool life management
- Optional integration with ordering systems, including supplier management
Tool management that takes the work off your hands
Any tool management system is only as good as its ability to reduce your workload and that of your employees over the long term. Our TMS Tool Management Solutions software is designed to integrate fully and seamlessly with existing databases, machines, warehouse systems, and measuring devices. This allows it to reduce your workload, boost your efficiency, and make life in the workshop easier.
Thanks to the modular structure of our software packages, you have the option to choose only the features you actually need. And you can add new features at any time if you want to take your tool organization to the next level.
Contact us—we’d be happy to advise you on all the details and provide you with a customized quote!
Tools, neatly stored
Our smart storage cabinets are the perfect complement to software-based tool management—because they provide automated, well-organized, and direct access to the requested tools.
In addition, they are helpful for managing and organizing everything you need for your workshop’s daily operations. In the various models of our Smart Cabinets, you can systematically store a wide variety of materials—from tools and components to consumables, accessories, and measuring and testing equipment. Need to use a tool? In our storage systems, you’ll find exactly what you need right away.
From the workbench with all the comforts (and space) for tool assembly, where all components are within easy reach, to the versatile tool cart with space for over 100 different tools, all the way to the large cabinet for complete tool sets and adapters—each storage option ensures optimal storage and management of your tools and materials.
In our overview, you’ll find all Smart Cabinets and storage solutions—we’re sure to have the right option for your workshop, too!