GTMS
Your vision, our software
You only need one software package to digitise your entire production process: the Gühring Tool Management Software (GTMS). From automatic tool ordering to the analysis of tool data, this tool management software takes care of the most common requirements in companies.
Your path to digitalisation
Our software always follows one goal: to minimise your tool management effort and ensure that everything you need is available at the right time, in the right quantity and in the right place.
Your benefits with GTMS
- modern, digital management of tool cycle and production processes
- operation of Gühring Tool Dispensing Systems, connection of third-party systems or as a pure software project
- one software – numerous application options and flexibly expandable thanks to six software modules
- customised interfaces and configurations for integration into existing process landscapes
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Customised & flexible
The 7 modules of the GTMS
Thanks to its different modules, the GTMS can be customised to your orders and application purposes. In this way, the software optimises a wide range of areas in your company.
Basic module
Your start into the digital tool management
Do you always have an overview of tool consumption and stock levels in your company? Controlled, digital warehouse management and permanent consumption controls are the prerequisite for ensuring that all resources in the company are distributed in a targeted manner. If this doesn’t happen, black stocks and, in the worst case scenario, production downtimes arise because articles are missing.
How GTMS helps you digitalise your manufacturing:
- comprehensive warehouse management of issuing systems and open warehouses
- numerous booking processes and adaptability to production environment
- disposition management for automatic reordering of stocks
- cost allocation and access management for optimum control
- warehouse management with various booking options
- evaluations, analyses and reporting
- starting point for all other software modules
The basic module of the Gühring Tool Management Software is the basic requirement for structured tool management. The software enables controlled removal and automatic reordering of tools. By bringing transparency to your tool management, you can avoid unauthorised stockpiling and clearly allocate information such as tool costs.
Logistics pro module
Warehouse management at the next level
Missing evaluations and analyses often mean that potential in the production remains untapped. Employees do not know where tools are located and tend to estimate stock levels based on “gut feeling”, which leads to unnecessarily high tooling costs. The management of complicated products and stock data is neglected.
How the GTMS helps you with warehouse and master data management:
- article management with information on dimensions, special stocks, cutting data, serial numbers, etc.
- digital warehousing including stock development and reach prediction
- automated support for inventory and minimum stock optimisation
- online reservation and picking of operating resources
- secure management of blanket orders, complaints and scale prices
- various communication options such as comments, messages and approval workflows
Get the most out of evaluations and analyses: With the logistics module of our tool management software, you can calculate minimum stock levels based on consumption and demand. It also enables simple, paperless communication between users and, thanks to the reservation option, you benefit from guaranteed availability.
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Tool data module
Reliable information on every tool
In many companies, there is no standardised data on complete tools or other composite manufacturing apparatus. As a result, the design department has no overview of the tools actually used, as there is no connection to the tool data management system. In addition, tool presetting is not possible because the stock levels of the individual components cannot be called up.
How GTMS helps you with tool data management:
- manage tools and their components with all parameters for assembly and adjustment
- direct removal of required tools by selecting the manufacturing process
- component management: record, evaluate and analyse costs per component
- check tools for use with remaining tool life and early warning limits
- register and process the tool change cycle order with order dates
- wear data recording and analysis with wear reasons and tool life data
Use the tool data module to create full transparency about tool requirements and manufacturing costs per component, thereby increasing efficiency in your company and optimising processes. This is because the stored parameters can reduce set-up times. The module also prevents media interruptions and thus sources of error in tool management.
Quality module
Expiry date and maintenance at a glance
Regular maintenance and calibration is mandatory for operating and testing equipment. But which measuring instrument has already passed its expiry date? And which colleague’s operating resource is currently in use? In day-to-day production, it is difficult to keep track of everything. In the worst-case scenario, test and operating resource equipment is not available – orders cannot be completed or delivery times cannot be met.
How the GTMS helps you comply with quality standards:
- manage and issue test and operating resources
- maintain test and calibration plans in compliance with audits
- monitor due dates and receive reminders via the software
- seamless documentation of calibration data and procedures
- locked output based on individual lock parameters
- communication with storage systems via appropriate interfaces
- audit compliance with common industry standards
The quality module enables simple, ISO-compliant management of your measuring instruments in the software. The module also brings full transparency to your warehouse and circulation levels. This guarantees complete, audit-proof documentation and seamless availability – the prerequisite for secure production.
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Order module
More efficient with good planning
Because the focus in everyday life is on manufacturing as many parts as possible, there is little time for “paperwork”. But if you don’t document recurring work steps, you lose time and money. Product quality often fluctuates and runtimes are not recorded, which makes post-calculation impossible. Poor deadline management means that delivery dates are not met.
How the GTMS helps you with job management:
- management of production orders from interfaces or work plans
- plan, monitor and report processes
- order status and production progress always clearly visible and live
- direct, order-related withdrawal booking
- actual working hours and costs are analysed and compared with the target
Machine maintenance module
Avoid downtimes with targeted maintenance
Machines must be serviced regularly to ensure a long life. If maintenance is neglected or delayed for too long, machine downtime and loss of warranty are the consequences. However, too frequent maintenance is uneconomical as it means an interruption to the production. If maintenance is not carried out according to plan, the production process suffers.
How the GTMS helps you with machine maintenance:
- manage machinery, assign machine users and cost units
- manage machine documents with versioning and approval
- maintain maintenance schedules, create maintenance plans, document and report maintenance
- fault management: list of acute faults, document rectification with solution data
- fault analyses: evaluations of number, duration and costs, average fault-free runtime
The machine maintenance module of the Gühring Tool Management Software supports you in countersinks unplanned machine downtimes and increasing the OEE. You not only increase the full transparency of the machine history, but also build up a knowledge database through structured solution documentation. This guarantees that warranty claims are maintained.
You have a question?
You may find the answer right here.
When does a software-based tool management make sense?
The following costs are unknown in many operations: machine downtime or additional set-up processes due to missing tools, high time expenditure in production because the right tool still has to be found, overstocking or understocking, and unnecessary tool diversity. Added to this are the costs for so-called black stocks, which are created for safety reasons but are never needed. Do these occurrences happen frequently in your company? Then you should definitely optimise your tool management! The Gühring Tool Management Software (GTMS) coordinates tool stocks in companies.
What do I need to implement the GTMS?
The requirements depend on the respective project and are therefore individually checked by us before implementing the GTMS.
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