| COMPANY: | Northrop Grumman Technical Services Inc. |
| HEADQUARTERS: | Los Angeles |
| SIZE OF COMPANY: | 1,000 or more employees; more than $1B in revenue |
| INDUSTRY: | Aerospace and defense |
| PRIMARY PRODUCT LINE: | National defense contractor, aircraft maintenance and repairs |
| NAME OF PROJECT: | Comprehensive Tool Control Program |
| PROJECT OBJECTIVE: | To have no lost tools by identifying missing tools quickly, initiating a search, and recovering them; do this automatically with little time, effort, or disruption to operations |
| TECHNOLOGIES EMPLOYED: | Cribmaster equipment for wireless capability, Cribmaster software from WinWare Inc. |
| ACCOMPLISHMENTS/ROI: | Overall improvement to the tool control program; reduced mechanic’s dwell time for checking tools in and out; more accurate knowledge of a tool’s location; manual audits of tool boxes no longer required, saving workers time |