TOOLWATCH

Construction companies are moving from disconnected spreadsheets to unified solutions that seamlessly integrate data between every segment of their organization.

ToolWatch is playing a crucial role in making this shift simple and sustainable.

Its integrated and comprehensive operations management platform unifies the construction site, warehouse, and back office to track inventories and streamline communication between various teams. The easy-to-use platform delivers access to data, enhancing a company’s operational efficiency, safety, and profitability.

The all-in-one platform helps companies complete a project on time and within budget. The back-office team and supervisors can request tools from the warehouse through the platform and send those to complete projects on-site. They can also value the equipment and consumables appropriately to fully understand the profitability at an organizational level. Connecting the warehouse and job site ensures the tools return to inventory after use, improving the use of capital.

The construction managers get robust insights, which help them take control of their tool and equipment inventories. They are able enhance management of field and warehouse logistics, while bolstering their safety programs with purpose-built technology.

The platform’s safety attribute makes sure everyone on the construction site has appropriate certifications and conducts toolbox talks and safety discussions.It also informs workers about the chemicals they are working with and their effects.

“Our enterprise platform is scalable and cloud-based. It is accessible on any device and convenient with a choice of language between Spanish and English,” says Jay Martin, CEO of ToolWatch.

ToolWatch can also integrate with various project management, accounting, and ERP platforms to achieve better project visibility and efficiency. With substantial work over the last five years, the platform can now integrate with major players in the industry, including Sage Intacct, Vista, and CMiC. It is keen on its integration capabilities as construction companies constantly seek new technologies to enhance their processes.

Its customer-centric nature is further emphasized by ToolWatch’s policy of correcting issues as soon as they are discovered. It has helped many of its clients, one of them being Tonn and Blank, which initially depended on manually assigning tool usage and tool cost through paper and Excel files. It was time-consuming and challenging to enter the details into their accounting system and understand the overall profitability per project. By employing ToolWatch’s system, the company dramatically reduced the project timeframe. It also helped them correct any issues found before they propagated throughout the month.
In another instance, a builder benefited significantly from ToolWatch’s platform. The client ensured any employee using the platform could identify a safety hazard. It created a viral effect throughout the company; if anyone identified safety hazards, the information was funneled into the safety team, which created a corrective action report that went to the field. Their efficiency skyrocketed, and job-site injuries were highly reduced.

ToolWatch’s platform is actively growing. It recently added heavy equipment management so clients can manage their bulldozers and earthmovers, as having a single view of the business drives better efficiency. The platform’s range of benefits and successful client history are all attributed to its team of experts who were contractors and safety professionals within the industry.

ToolWatch will continue on this path of excellence and ensure its clients can sustainably improve their construction processes.