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Management for Aviation and Industry, "Software That Talks!" tm
The Aviation & Industry tool control software package TCMax was developed to allow a tool crib to
quickly issue and turn in tools. It was designed to allow a user to
issue/turn in without having to look at the computer screen. It maintains
permanent records of tools and where they were used. It tells you who has
what tools and where they were used with a single click. Significant
design effort was placed on saving keystrokes. It can be used with or
without a barcode scanner. Calibration and inspection dates are monitored.
"Overdue Calibration" is said in a loud voice to warn the user to
check the calibration date of this tool. It does all of this using a
single computer screen. You don't have to switch screens to enter new
employees, to enter new tools, to issue, or to turn in tools, saving you a lot
of time. Perfect for managing your FEMA and other Homeland
Security assets because, during an
inventory, it will prompt you if you are missing anything from that room or box
and it will prompt you if you find something that does not belong in that area
and prompts you for things that are overdue calibration, overdue
inspection, or expired.
Also perfect in an auto dealership for managing special tools and dealer
plates!
TCMax® is the fastest to issue/turn in and offers the most accurate process
for tracking your tools in the world. Your line at your tool crib will
disappear. Your employees will be earning your company money rather than
standing in line waiting. There are a ton of features in TCMax as you see
below but they all work in the background, not interfering with the fast issue
and turn in of your assets.
Available exclusively from Snap-on® Tools Industrial /
Government sales
division. Contact us for the telephone number of your local Snap-on Industrial
or Government salesperson.
TCMax is an approved Snap-on® Level 5
Tool Control ™ solution.
Quoting one of our customers, "If you can run an ATM then you can run TCMax®"
Another customer had not been able to complete an inventory in over a week
but with TCMax he completed it in less than a day and for the first time "really
knew his inventory status."
Multiple identical tools with a single barcode number!
Track things like safety glasses or helmets that eventually you want returned,
issued to multiple employees but using a single tool barcode.
TCMax works with the USAF "Standard Desktop" with no changes!
New Enterprise Features, want to add a single item to every location
that is using TCMax, or do you want to duplicate an entire set of tools and
equipment for a new branch of your company, TCMax does this with a couple of
clicks! Great for Enterprises running Sql Server to their outlying
branches. Maintain historical maintenance records, discrepancies and the
actions taken to repair those discrepancies.
Fully meets U.S. Army regulations DA PAM 710-2-1, paragraph 6-3c for tools
that are to be issued for more than one day but less than 30 days and paragraph
6-3d for tools that are issued for more than 30 days. Also added the DA
FORM 2062 which is automatically filled by your inventory further complying with
DA PAM 710-2-1. Change report in DA 2062 format that is used to issue
weapons or other high value/sensitive items.
Fully meets U.S. Air Force Instruction AFI 21-101, Chapter 10 covering tool
control unlike "TAS" that fails to ask where the tool is going!
Also allows users to use the existing barcode on a torque wrench from the
calibration laboratory
rather than adding an additional illegal barcode. And now print AF 2005
forms from a number of spots within TCMax. USAF A4 has approved the use of
software other than TAS via message 241155Z Sep 08. Certificate to
Operate (CTO) approved for USAF Networks on February 26, 2009! Check
with your COMM folks, TCMax should now appear on the approved software list.
Fully meets U.S. Marines TAMCN C70742B and SL-3-10024A July 2003 for a
component list of tools along with appropriate inventory logging on their
standard report.
Also included is our custom label
maker software. A separate program that easily (really!) allows you to
print your own tool identification barcode labels on any Windows compatible laser or ink jet
printer. This addition really automates the tool control package.
Capture doubly encrypted signature in an Excel spreadsheet for
proof of issuing an asset. This requires Microsoft Office (versions 97
through 2007) to be installed on your machine.
Download Fully Functional Version 8.0
(readme.txt 4 kilobytes, setup.exe 68 megabytes) Limit of 45 tools until
license password is entered.
Download PowerPoint presentation (700
kilobytes) This PowerPoint presentation gives you a quick example of
how easily TCMax works. As you click through the slides you see a tool
actually issued and hear the same audio responses that the real TCMax gives.
Download user manual in .pdf
format
Key Benefits
 | Issue or turn in tools as fast as you can scan them when using a Pentium
1.5 GHz or faster |
| Computer "talks" to you telling you what it is doing so you
don't have to watch the computer screen on every issue/turn in ... this one
feature virtually guarantees that your employees won't scan something and
not have it accepted by the computer |
| Calibration and inspection dates are checked with each issue or turn in |
| Over 100 reports |
| Parent/Child relationships, issue a toolbox that has an overdue torque
wrench in it & you get the Overdue Calibration warning |
| Six English voices for the computer randomly picked, the seven through
ten are Spanish, French, German, and Italian |
| Computer says "Issue", "Turn In",
"Employee", "Location", "Enter Quantity" as necessary with each keyboard
or barcode scanner entry |
| "Overdue Calibration", "Caution-Tool Removed", "New Tool", "New
Employee", "Inspection Overdue", "Employee Not Certified" are in a different voice to catch the operator's attention to
these non-routine events |
| Tool barcodes can be alpha/numeric digits of any kind, of any length |
| Employee ID cards and ID numbers of any length |
| Virtually every action is done from one main, simple screen |
| Microsoft Access® database or
SQL Server® and SQL Server Express
and Oracle® |
| Import/Export to a database from multiple 'source' databases |
| Fast/easy way to perform
complete physical inventories |
| Turn in any tool & log grid displays all of the tools left not
turned in by the person that had issued the tool (This makes the program
instantly more informative!) |
| Unlimited inspection items for each "tool" ... great for
issuing keys for a vehicle & making sure all oil changes, etc. are
complied with by date or by mileage/hour meter reading |
| Issue expendable items. Report tells you when you are below low
inventory limits and tells you how many to order. |
| Additional reports include inventory for each tool box, calibration,
temporary duty |
| So fast and easy to use even your most stubborn employees will use it
without complaining (much) |
| Custom Label Maker included, tailored to the specific needs of printing labels for
your tools, lists of scan able employee names, and scan able locations to
track tool usage. Print labels on any Windows compatible printer.
Avery definitions included. |
| Permission to use any or all features can be assigned on an individual
employee basis if desired |
| Print individual barcode labels from the TCMax main
screen! |
| Purchase order table tracks what you have on order and reports what you
need to order. |
| All captions are fully customizable by you to fit your needs. |
| Tools that require employee certification before use will only issue to those employees
that are certified. Each tool has its own list of certified employees,
the date of certification and the date that the certification expires. |
| Multiple shops can share a single database. Entries are separated by
Shop Code for all screen displays and reports. Management can see all
shops at once if desired. |
| Multiple identical tools issued under a SINGLE BARCODE.
Use this to issue tools when you don't care which one comes back, not around
aircraft. Helmets or safety goggles are another type of item that can
use this feature. |
| Issue multiple tools with a single scan! Check the
appropriate box in each tool to enable this feature. Scan the tool
barcode and the program asks "Enter Quantity" defaulting to one. This
feature works both for expendable tools and tools that must be turned back in. |
| Filter logged records by date. |
| Search screen that allows you to quickly find any tool knowing only part
of its name, and who currently has the tool. |
| Inspection Update mode, scan any tool to instantly update inspections
due based on the inspection interval. |
| Inventory mode. Scan each item to update the
inventory date. Reports tell you what you have or
have not inventoried in a given time period. |
| Automatically prints receipts on an optional side-by thermal printer |
| Physical Inventory mode of operation that makes inventorying a
trailer, vehicle, or room of assets extremely simple, fast and accurate! |
| 2-D DataMatrix Direct Part Mark support, you can tell the difference
whether the employee scanned the barcode marked on the tool or the label
next to the tool. Label maker creates special labels in this case. |
| Print 2-D barcodes like the PDF 417 and DataMatrix. |
| No wireless connection required! |
| Enter 'maintenance procedures' that define the tools that
you need for a specific job. Enter the job and TCMax tells you what
those tools are, where they are stored, and if not available who has them
and where they are being used. It even will tell you if another tool
room has them available. |
| Electronic signature, embed it in an Excel
spreadsheet with the list of items recently issued, doubly encrypted to
verify no changes have been made to the spreadsheet. |
| Block the issue of any tool to aircraft cleared to fly |
| NATEF schools, ask about the Student Requirements modes of operation
designed to track student course requirements, student grades, and
attendance. |
| Microsoft Windows Vista compatible |
| Microsoft Office 2007 compatible |
| Fingerprint scanning to identify employees |
| Kit Builder, build tool kits from existing stock or the Snap-on
catalog on one simple to use screen |
| Attachments, attach an unlimited number of any type of file to a
tool such as MSDS's or maintenance instructions. Attachments open with a single keystroke |
| Pocket PC version: |
| Use a Pocket PC and plug-in scanner to update inspection dates, do an
inventory, or issue
tools! The Pocket PC talks giving you the same audio responses as the PC
version. Merge the data later upon plugging the Pocket PC into your
desktop. |
| Synchronize any number of Pocket PC's all from one desktop
computer |
| Email module -- automatically sends an email
to up to four levels of supervision at four different times if your
personnel have not turned in their equipment on time. Also sends email
to two different people when an expendable item goes below the lower stock
limit |
| Work Orders -- track unlimited maintenance discrepancies and repair
history on every tool and piece of equipment |
| New A tool is not available and you want to note it, scan your ID
and a work location that says "Tool Not Available" and a special log record
is generated noting tools that you need more of! |
| New Optional force login password changes in a period and
character count that you specify, repeat passwords not allowed, passwords
can require normal integrity (upper & lower case letter, number, and special
character all required in a minimum length that you set from 4 to 50
characters) |
| New at end of shift before turning in tools you can add multiple
work locations to record every place you used the tools with CTRL-D |
| New setup TCMax outside your tool crib. Set to Tool Search
screen. Employees can find the items that they want, click a button
sending that item to a receipt printer to hand to the tool room operator.
Makes issuing tools significantly faster! The receipt contains the
storage location, part number, and description of the item that they want. |
| Hand/Arm Vibration Monitoring and tracking |
Contact us for the Snap-on account manager in your area. We can also provide barcode scanners,
label printers, and receipt printers at a reasonable
price.
Technical support includes unlimited telephone and email help,
unlimited updates downloaded from our web site, plus up to two updates on CD for
a year.
Minimum computer requirements, 1.5 GHz, 512 MB ram (1 GB minimum with Vista,
and 1GB recommended for all), Windows 2000, XP,
Vista, or Windows 7, 800 by 600 resolution or higher (the higher the better), CD-ROM,
speakers & sound card. Please
note that we no longer support Windows 95, 98, ME, nor Windows NT. Electronic
signatures require Microsoft Excel and the Topaz SignatureGem 4x5 signature pad
available from us. Fingerprint recognition does not work on Vista.
Snap-on is a registered trademark of Snap-on Incorporated. Snap-on
Level 5 Tool Control is a trademark of Snap-on Incorporated.
TCMax is a registered trademark of Soaring Software Solutions, Inc.
"Software that Talks" is a trademark of Soaring Software Solutions, Inc.
Oracle® is a trademark of Oracle
Access and SQL Server are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
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