Study Shows How Link Tools Remedy Bottom-Line Loss
Independent tests by the military and an international certification agency have shown how using Link tools can remedy the bottom-line loss produced through employers using their own hand tools. In a three-month-long user test conducted by the US Army Aviation Training Center at Fort Eustis, 18 commonplace mechanics tools in the standard toolbox were replaced by automatic-locking Link tools. The result was that instructors reported a 25 to 50 per cent reduction in task duration.
The replacement cost of these 18 tools was USD487.55 (GBP298.23) at retail. The Link locking system locks onto the standard sockets and attachments in the toolbox. According to the company, even if the time reduction from using Link tools in your company results only in a 10 per cent increase in efficiency and if the company's total cost burden for a maintenance or repair employee is as low as USD1,000 per week, supplying the worker with the more efficient Link tools will still save the company USD100 per week or more than USD5,000 annually for each technician.
After five weeks, the supplied tools are completely paid for and the savings now go to the bottom line. If, for example, there are 100 tool users working for the company, an additional USD500,000 in annual profit will be generated from this one decision. In addition to the US Army Aviation Training Center evaluation, a parallel three-month on-the-job study was conducted by TUV Rheinland of the US in an array of industrial settings. That extended study not only found a similar increase in productivity, but also found a reduction in time off for medical conditions, because Link tools reduce body strain, joint pain and bruised and cut hands. Damage to costly equipment is also reduced because Link tools eliminate the possibility of a dropped tool damaging that equipment, Link claims.
The replacement cost of these 18 tools was USD487.55 (GBP298.23) at retail. The Link locking system locks onto the standard sockets and attachments in the toolbox. According to the company, even if the time reduction from using Link tools in your company results only in a 10 per cent increase in efficiency and if the company's total cost burden for a maintenance or repair employee is as low as USD1,000 per week, supplying the worker with the more efficient Link tools will still save the company USD100 per week or more than USD5,000 annually for each technician.
After five weeks, the supplied tools are completely paid for and the savings now go to the bottom line. If, for example, there are 100 tool users working for the company, an additional USD500,000 in annual profit will be generated from this one decision. In addition to the US Army Aviation Training Center evaluation, a parallel three-month on-the-job study was conducted by TUV Rheinland of the US in an array of industrial settings. That extended study not only found a similar increase in productivity, but also found a reduction in time off for medical conditions, because Link tools reduce body strain, joint pain and bruised and cut hands. Damage to costly equipment is also reduced because Link tools eliminate the possibility of a dropped tool damaging that equipment, Link claims.
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