Trackunit, Dewalt Team Up to Track Tools Across Jobsites

Trackunit and Dewalt have teamed up to give contractors real-time visibility into tool availability across jobsites.

Dewalt Tool Connect tools are now detectable across the Trackunit Network, a Bluetooth-enabled telematics network designed to track equipment, attachments, tools and more. Dewalt offers both built-in Bluetooth tools, attachable Tool Connect chips and wireless gateways to provide proximity locations of tools, equipment, materials and storage boxes.

With the partnership, contractors will now be able to see Dewalt tool location data through Trackunit, giving site managers a consolidated view of their operations. For large contractors managing tens of thousands of tools across multiple sites, they can know whether the right tools are available for the day's work.

“The network is the largest challenge in deploying tool tracking at scale," says Eric Loeliger, group product manager at Dewalt. "This partnership turns the infrastructure contractors already have into a detection network for their Dewalt tools, with significantly less effort."

“To cut search time and maximize time-on-tool, contractors need to know they have the right tools in the right place before work begins," says Fred Rio, senior vice president of product at Trackunit. "The Trackunit Network is already on site. This partnership puts Dewalt tools on that network from day one."

The partnership launches with an initial phase focused on tool location and will expand to include deeper data capability as the Dewalt Tool Connect platform expands.