 US Tool is a leading Integrated Solutions provider to the aerospace, defense and metalworking industries for the supply and management of cutting tools, abrasives, and other tool crib and MRO items.
For cutting tools, US Tool possesses the unique ability to supply new cutting tools from most major and specialty manufacturers as well as special cutting tools that we manufacturer or modify. Combined with the largest cutting tool reconditioning service in the industry, US Tool offers a unique vertically integrated cutting tool solution. Supported by US Tool’s proprietary Cutting Tool Manager software, US Tool offers an unparalleled capability to manage cutting tools throughout their life cycle from “new to dull to sharp again.” The Cutting Tool Manager solution produces significant cost savings resulting from increased reground tool utilization, reduced cost per use and decreased inventory requirements. Click here for more information regarding the Cutting Tool Manager solution.
 In addition to supplying cutting tools, US Tool is also a leading supplier of coated and bonded abrasives, hand tools, power tools, safety products, aircraft specialty products, chemicals and other MRO items. Click here to see a complete list of US Tool’s manufacturer partners.
US Tool supports our Integrated Supply Program Customers with a variety of customized solutions and financial business models, including a management fee/no mark up approach where program costs are supported by a program fee that is fixed for the term of the agreement. In the management fee model, program material is delivered at US Tool’s net delivered cost. In a typical management fee program, the support costs are significantly less (as a percentage of spend) compared to other integrated supply programs where a traditional mark up is used. Other Integrated Supply business models are also available.
US Tool’s Integrated Supply Programs often include on site tool crib management and staffing, tool presetting, customer print management, kitting, industrial vending and other popular services.
US Tool provides cost savings in our Integrated Customer Programs through a number of approaches including:
• Business Model Value
• Reground Cutting Tool Reconditioning
• Piece Price Variance
• Industrial Vending
• Process Improvements
• Spend Leverage
• Product Standardization
• E-Commerce Tools
Business Model Value
US Tool’s management fee/no mark up approach introduces a lower overall cost to support the customer Statement of Work compared to a traditional mark up program.
Reground Cutting Tool Reconditioning
As the largest reconditioner of cutting tools in the North American industrial market, US Tool is uniquely qualified to provide a world class solution for cutting tool reconditioning and to produce a significant cost savings resulting from lower costs per tool use and reduced inventories.
Piece Price Variance
US Tool’s sourcing and buying teams work diligently to negotiate with current suppliers and introduce new suppliers to provide year after year savings in the unit price of new program material.
Industrial Vending
As an industry leader in automated dispensing systems, US Tool offers a turnkey vending solution including design, configuration, installation, training and maintenance. US Tool also provides customized point of use reporting.
Process Improvements
US Tool is an engineering based company with manufacturing as our core business. We understand the advantages of lean manufacturing techniques and continuous improvement programs and are able to provide ongoing support of Six Sigma and other quality programs and process improvements to lower our customer’s process costs.
Spend Leverage
US Tool currently purchases nearly $100,000,000 annually in cutting tool and abrasive products, primarily for aerospace customers. US Tool leverages this significant and focused spend to provide cost reductions for our program customers.
Product Standardization
US Tool possesses a unique capability to research the key characteristics of cutting tools and other products to determine like geometries and descriptions in order to determine when items can be converted from specials to standards or combined with other material codes to reduce the number of program items and related inventory.
E-Commerce Tools
US Tool offers a complete e-commerce solution including an interactive web site and on line catalog, reducing our customer’s process costs. |
