16 April 2026
Do you know where every tool in your shop is right now — and who last checked it out? Standard Time® brings full barcode and RFID tracking to your tool assets, giving you real-time location, accountability by employee, and automated preventative maintenance schedules.
Start by labeling each tool asset with a barcode sticker or RFID tag. Standard Time® lets you scan the tool's own barcode, its model number, or its serial number — whichever is already printed on the tool. No custom labels required to get started. Once registered in the system, that tool has a permanent identity that travels with it across your shop, your job sites, or your fleet of employees.
RFID tags take this further by enabling passive reads — useful for high-volume tool cribs, tool carts, or bins where scanning one item at a time is impractical.
Standard Time® displays your entire tool inventory in a categorized, folder-style list. Group tools by type, department, job site, storage location, or any other classification that fits your operation. The structured view makes it fast to find a specific tool, review what is assigned to a category, or spot gaps in inventory at a glance — without scrolling through a flat, unsorted list.
Here is what Standard Time® gives you once tools are labeled and loaded into the system.
Scan the tool barcode, model number, or serial number to check it out to an employee. The system records who took it, when, and from where — instantly.
A second scan returns the tool to inventory. Duration of use is calculated automatically, giving you utilization data without any manual logging.
Every checkout, return, maintenance event, and note is written to a permanent audit trail. Filter by tool, employee, date range, or location to answer any accountability question quickly.
The current status of every tool — checked out, in storage, in maintenance, or missing — is visible in real time. No more walking the floor to find a tool that should be on the shelf.
Every tool is tied to the last employee who checked it out. Managers can run a report by employee to see exactly which tools are in their possession at any moment — and for how long.
Schedule recurring PM tasks on any tool — calibration, blade replacement, lubrication, inspection, or any other service interval. Standard Time® tracks the schedule and flags tools when maintenance is due.
Define maintenance intervals by days, weeks, months, or hours of use. The system alerts you before a tool goes out of compliance, so maintenance happens on time — not after a breakdown.
Technicians can attach notes to each maintenance event — what was done, what was found, what parts were used, and who performed the service. This history is searchable and tied to the tool's permanent record.
Most tools already have a manufacturer barcode printed on the tool body, packaging, or documentation. Standard Time® can scan that barcode directly — the model number or serial number becomes the tool's identifier in the system without requiring you to apply a separate label first. This is especially useful for power tools, calibrated instruments, and serialized assets where the manufacturer's marking is the authoritative identifier.
Because tool tracking lives inside Standard Time® alongside job tracking, work orders, and employee time, you get connections that standalone tool-crib apps cannot provide. See which tools were in use on a given job, correlate tool downtime with production delays, or confirm that a calibrated instrument was checked out for a job that required certified tooling — all from a single system.
A walkthrough of how Standard Time® uses barcode and RFID scanning to manage tool checkouts, audit trails, preventative maintenance schedules, and employee accountability across your entire tool inventory.
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