The cutting tool distributor’s blog

Practical ways to manage your customers’ inventory, offer better terms, get paid faster and make more on every account.

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Phoned-in insert and end mill orders cost you time and invite mistakes. Here's how to move shops to ordering on their own, any hour.

Run machine shop tool cribs and vending programs with barcode bin labels, phone counts, suggested orders and one page per plant.

Let shops order with their own tool numbers, keep their exact grades and geometries in My Catalog, and convert a competitor's crib by scanning.

Why cost per part, not price per insert, decides tooling business, and how to show shop owners where the real cost sits.

Open new shop accounts fast with online credit applications, keep manufacturing exemption certificates current, and extend terms safely.

Self-service invoices, past-due reminders with a pay link, and a collections helper that lets reps fix stuck tooling invoices on their route.

Reorder, AutoPilot reorder and blanket orders keep the steady tooling items coming on a schedule each shop controls.

Give machinists direct ordering with manager approvals and monthly tooling budgets, and run multi-plant manufacturers from one master account.

AI Quick Quote, Get this for me and the email quote desk turn worn tools, print callouts and odd requests into priced quotes.

How a tooling rep plans a route of shops, logs test cuts and visits in seconds, and catches accounts that quietly start buying elsewhere.

Micro price increases, accounts priced below market, margin leaks and competitor pricing intel: where tooling gross profit slips away.

Use the exec dashboard, top accounts up and down, category gaps and customer-facing reports to run tooling reviews that grow accounts.

Same app, same scanner, works with your existing ERP. Loaded with your catalog and your logo.