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Five Easy Ways to Save Money in Tool Management

December 21, 2017 Moira Van Den Akker

If you want to save money and increase efficiency on the jobsite, you need a solid tool management process.

If your jobsite is vast, or if you have multiple sites, you may very well not know who last used your tools. You can never guarantee it is where the crew says it is. Workers might walk around for an hour, just searching, wasting time, and waiting for tools. This inefficient use of time will impact your project cost and your business's bottom line.

In this guide, we will take a look at the five major ways you can save money using your tool management process.

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Matthew Ramage is Trimble’s Segment Manager for Asset Management and the MEP Global Marcom Director. He leads a new marketing approach for his team, specializing in inbound and content-centric marketing.
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