¶ … tooling control programs are used in the aviation industry to help reduce the number of lost tools and miscellaneous equipment that can be misplaced by workers performing maintenance or installation services in an aircraft facility. Such lost tools can also include otherwise harmless office supplies such as pens or paperclips, making the need for a rigorous foreign object damage control program for tooling control essential for aviation companies today. A wide range of solutions are available for tooling control purposes, ranging from the straightforward and simple tool silhouette cutouts to sophisticated computer-based applications that used radio-frequency identification or bar coding technologies. Irrespective of which tooling control approach is used, there remains a need for improvement in any aviation-related context since one lost tool in a million is too many. To shed some fresh insights into these issues, this study provides a current overview of industry best practices related to tooling control programs, how they are administered and what techniques are used to control the use of tools and other foreign objects in the aviation industry in general and how tooling control can be used to reduce the incidence of tool loss at Sikorsky in particular. A summary of the research, important findings and recommendations for implementation and further research are provided in the study's conclusion.
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