“Now where did that impact driver go?”
Did you know the average jobsite loses one day per month in productivity because workers have to search for tools?
That’s why we’re thrilled to announce a partnership with Hilti ON!Track tool management! The new integration brings tool tracking and management into the Viewpoint Vista ERP, part of Trimble Construction One.
The integration between Hilti ON!Track tool management system and Viewpoint Vista provides a solution for unified tool tracking and more accurate, automatic job allocation, giving contractors one source of truth for tracking and managing their tools and equipment. Instead of having to manually look for tools or guesstimate how much to invoice based on their use, contractors can now track their tools and equipment in one place.
The new Hilti ON!Track integration makes it easy to see tools and equipment use. Now contractors can quickly allocate it to the right job, invoice accurately, and move those equipment costs “above the line.”
Integrating tool tracking into your ERP can help construction teams in several ways:
Maintain productivity on the project
Prevent loss and theft
Invoice for tool usage
Read on to see why we’re so excited about the new Hilti ON!Track partnership.
1. Maintain productivity on the project
The biggest cost isn’t the extra drills and saws you buy or rent. Rather, it is the loss of productivity when work grinds to a halt while a super or foreman calls around to the warehouse or other job sites to hunt down equipment — a loss of 10 hours per month per jobsite, according to research from Hilti.
The tool tracking integration eliminates the clerical time of manually entering tool utilization data, and also saves time tracking tools and equipment in the field.
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2. Invoice for tool usage
Make sure your investment in equipment pays off. With Hilti ON!Track, the field team’s assignment and transfer records for employees and jobsites automatically flow directly into Viewpoint Vista. This makes it fast and easy to accurately invoice for tool usage, driving revenue for ALL your tools instead of just the big expensive assets.
And Vista lets you customize the Equipment Management rules and logic to your heart’s content — you aren’t likely to charge by the hour for every screwdriver, but you could.
3. Prevent loss and theft on the jobsite
Hilti’s ON!Track technology includes field-ready active and passive tags, Bluetooth technology, and Gateways to monitor tools and equipment. This technology can ensure that misplaced equipment can be easily recovered, and your team isn’t re-purchasing tools.
"Hilti ON!Track has greatly reduced the 'run to the store and buy what you need' when we already own and have tools nearby," according to general contractor Keeley O'Brien. "It takes mere seconds to transfer tools in the field, eliminating excuses about not having the right tools because no one knows where they are. It's made it very easy to inventory, track history, and locate tools and equipment."
Read the press release to see why we’re so excited about the new partnership, and talk to your Viewpoint account rep to learn more about the integration.
