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Digital ToolCrib
do more. with less.
with lgt.
We monitor your usage, restock before you run out, and eliminate the emergency orders, wasted spend, and search time that come from managing tooling the old way.
3x
Daily usage monitoring
Zero
Contracts or fees to run
60-Day
Pilot to see it live
Local
PROCESS IMPROVEMENT SPECIALISTS
How it works
Think of us as your new tool room manager.
Right now, you probably have thousands of dollars of tooling scattered across your shop. Every time you’re low on a tool, you’re paying for a dedicated shipment — sometimes overnighted because you needed it yesterday. Digital ToolCrib changes that. We assign each tool a location within your existing cabinets and make it easily searchable digitally, so you set the min and max levels, and your operators locate and pick tools individually or by job.
When an item hits its minimum, we restock it to the max. We strategically place your restock orders every Friday, receive all the tooling by Tuesday, and deliver it to you all at once.
Your machines stay running. Your operators stop searching. Your accounting team receives one weekly invoice. Your receiving team isn't getting multiple shipments a week.
What it saves you
Every line here is money you're currently leaving on the table.
This isn’t just cheaper shipping — it’s the end of reactive purchasing.
We bundle your restocking across our customer portfolio, so your order rides with a consolidated run instead of shipping alone. Freight costs drop significantly.
When you’re reactive, you’re paying for overnight shipping constantly. When we’re monitoring your usage and restocking proactively, that urgency — and the charge that comes with it — disappears.
No more back and forth on quotes, no more chasing pricing from three suppliers. We handle the reorder, the pricing, and the sourcing. Your team gets that time back.
The price you’re quoted is the price you always pay. If a manufacturer raises costs, we notify you 30 days in advance — no surprises on an invoice.
Most shops are ordering tools they already own but can’t locate. Digital ToolCrib shows exactly what’s in the system, exactly where it is, and exactly how much is left.
No waiting, no digging through cabinets. Search the system and find exactly where a tool is located, every time.
We use your usage data to find what you’re running at high volume, then recommend tooling that performs even better in your material.
Why Lloyd Gage
Local. Responsive. Accountable.
Unlike AutoCrib or Matrix corporate, you have a single point of contact who knows your shop. Problems get solved in hours, not ticket queues.
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Quarterly business reviews
We sit down with you to review what's used and what's not, walk through job costing, share cost savings and avoidances, and introduce new features as they roll out.
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A dedicated inventory team
We've increased internal headcount specifically to put more human interaction in front of customers — not fewer.
3
We show up
A process improvement and productivity specialist on your floor — solving problems in person and helping protect your margins, not just monitoring a dashboard.
"They're faster, more reliable, and hands-on — and they digitized $300k of tooling we were buying new. Their team gave us smart tooling recommendations that cut costs and boosted production."
— Lloyd Gage & Tool Customer
FAQ
We do, but rarely — and intentionally so. We’ve watched consignment sour relationships between customers and their previous suppliers. When consignment starts items are added that shouldn’t be, then you don’t use them, they became due out of nowhere and it leaves the shop exposed to a large invoice. Our preference is to build an inventory management program instead — we bill as we deliver, monitor your usage, set min/max levels, and keep your high-movers stocked. Especially if you’re using a lot of the same tooling, we’re then filling you up multiple times a week and sending multiple invoices to process.
We don’t ask you to switch blindly. We ask for a trial — one application, one operation. We’ll run your current tool alongside ours, measure the results, and let the numbers decide. We have recently implemented a 60 day Digital ToolCrib trial, you give us one job, we get you online in one day, you test everything we said for yourself in action and we’re confident you’ll be a partner of ours for the next 30 years.
Being smaller means you’re not a number to us. You have a direct line to a decision-maker, not a call center. And our inventory programs are specifically designed to make sure you never feel the limitations of our size — because we run your stock as an extension of our own operation.
We start by auditing your current usage — what you’re buying, how often, and where you’re running out or over-stocking. We then establish min/max levels for your high-movers and set up replenishment to keep those stocked automatically. The goal is zero stock-outs on your critical items and no excess capital tied up in slow-movers.
National distributors can get you a catalog and a website. We get you someone who shows up, knows your machines, and builds a custom program around your operation. We’ve been doing that in Cleveland since 1959. The name on our building is the same name that started this business — that accountability doesn’t exist at a national company.
Want to see what your crib is actually costing you?
We’ll walk your floor, ask the right questions, and show you what’s possible. You can test it for 60 days, and if you don’t like it, we’ll issue you a $1,000 credit.
Takes about 5 minutes · No commitment