My employer has very successfully employed this product/system to track and monitor their assets! Cribmaster is now owned by Stanley. This would be an expensive but VERY wise investment for use throughout DMS! Maybe Stanley would be willing to donate or provide a discount?
I viewed the Youtube presentation and found it interesting. It seems to me that the program would need an employee who is the cribmaster to make this work; at your work place there is probably a dedicated cribmaster employee. This would be a problem for DMS. The cribmaster software can check that some thing was taken out and returned, but not the condition that it was returned in, which is more often the issue at DMS than outright theft. Some members that have the sense to throw out a broken drill bit or tap might file it back in the crib to avoid the possible controversy of not having returned some thing.
1: Each individual tool has an RFID tag and is shadow boxed within the storage unit; tracking its usage.
2: Only authorized Members can access the storage unit via scanning their badge. This is logged.
3: Through this type of system, we will be able to easily inventory all of the DMS assets.
4: When a Committee Member comes on site, they can easily scan tool use and conduct a quick random inspection. Now, if someone left a mess and/or abused assets, then that member can be held financially liable!
Check out the fastenal machines as well Pretty confident it will be cheaper and offer the same capabilities if I am elected interim chair my plan is to bring some like it in.
When I worked at Vought Aircraft they installed one of these systems in response to FOD (Foreign Object Debris/Damage - in Vought’s case Hand Tools) on Boeing/Bell V22 assemblies. They are expensive. But they are used often, especially in the aerospace industry where tool accountability after close-up is critical and there have been problems with FOD. Lockheed Martin has them I’m sure.
Will I’m curious: Does LM use them on all tools used on the production line or only in certain areas. At Vought in some areas and UTC in many areas, just used shadow boards - but they get checked at end-of-shift and unaccounted tools must be found before folks can go home, so peer pressure was in play. This wouldn’t work at DMS as there is no end-of-shift.
Depends on the area different assembles have different rules but critical assemblies Like turbofans will usually be sillouted on the floor with tape. Tools will be in fitted containers to quickly confirm nothing was left. Satellite systems will go to the level of clothes you can wear as well as jewelry etc will not be allowed.
There is also manager reviews again depending on criticality in heavy FOD situations.
In aerospace, enclosed areas that has work done in it, buttonless coveralls are worn. No jewelry on hands, head including hair pins even with hair net, and no earrings. Trays with fasteners taken in are counted, the number installed records when installed, and tally counted afterwards. Even after all that the wings were X-Rayed.
We aren’t at that level of FOD control and accountability. These are nice systems, but not what we need.