“All the hard work pays off” – Steffen Kauderer, long-time managing director and owner of the Kauderer painting company in Bad Cannstatt, Germany, con-tinues what his family began 130 years ago, now in its fourth generation. With a total of 54 employees, he set up the company on a broad footing. “From facade work and renovating listed buildings to home design – we aim to provide outstanding services. This requires us to be ideally equipped both today and in the future. To achieve this, I need a time-saving inventory management,” says Steffen Kauderer. He uses “TrackMyTools” from Bosch and has connected his entire inventory, from cordless drill/drivers to stirrers, to the system: “Astonishingly, it is often the largest objects which get lost − ladders for example. They end up forgotten, leaning against a wall as the team leaves a construction site.” His decision to go with “TrackMyTools” has proven to have been a good one: “We don’t have a central warehouse at our painting company – each tool is assigned to a person. When a tool which was not available to everyone was needed, the time-consuming hunt would begin. Now I use the ‘TrackMyTools’ app and can see where the tool is currently located.” At the same time, he has contributed to further developing the system by sharing his practical experience. Bosch has optimized and extended the functions of the hardware and software on the basis of user feedback such as that from Steffen Kauderer: “Operation is simpler and the overview is better.”
The Robert Bosch Power Tools GmbH, a division of the Bosch Group, is one of the world’s leading providers for power tools, power tool accessories and measuring tools. In 2019, its roughly 20,000 associates generated sales of 4.8 billion euros, about 85 percent of which outside of Germany. With brands such as Bosch and Dremel, the division stands for customer focus and great engineering progress. The core success factors are innovative strength and pace of innovation. In 2020, Bosch Power Tools will again launch more than 100 new products onto the German market in its four business segments power tools, accessories, measuring tools and garden tools.
The Bosch Group is a leading global supplier of technology and services. It employs roughly 400,000 associates worldwide (as of December 31, 2019). The company generated sales of 77.7 billion euros in 2019. Its operations are divided into four business sectors: Mobility Solutions, Industrial Technology, Consumer Goods, and Energy and Building Technology. As a leading IoT provider, Bosch offers innovative solutions for smart homes, Industry 4.0, and connected mobility. Bosch is pursuing a vision of mobility that is sustainable, safe, and exciting. It uses its expertise in sensor technology, software, and services, as well as its own IoT cloud, to offer its customers connected, cross-domain solutions from a single source. The Bosch Group’s strategic objective is to facilitate connected living with products and solutions that either contain artificial intelligence (AI) or have been developed or manufactured with its help. Bosch improves quality of life worldwide with products and services that are innovative and spark enthusiasm. In short, Bosch creates technology that is “Invented for life.” The Bosch Group comprises Robert Bosch GmbH and its roughly 440 subsidiary and regional companies in 60 countries. Including sales and service partners, Bosch’s global manufacturing, engineering, and sales network covers nearly every country in the world. The basis for the company’s future growth is its innovative strength. Bosch employs some 72,600 associates in research and development at 126 locations across the globe, as well as roughly 30,000 software engineers.
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