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After-sales guides for machine builders

Practical walkthroughs for the people who keep other people’s production lines running: what the operator at the machine needs, what a useful fault report contains, and where a manufacturer’s customer portal ends and maintenance software begins.

Guides

QR code service history: one record per machine, one plate on the machine

QR code service history per serial number: what to record, how operators and technicians use it, a hydraulic unit example, and OEM portal vs CMMS.

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Guides

QR code machine documentation: a buyer's checklist for machine builders

Thinking about QR codes on your machines? Ten questions to ask before you choose a QR machine documentation or OEM customer portal – from operator access to fault reports and pricing model.

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Guide · Packaging machinery

A customer service portal for packaging machines, one machine at a time

How packaging machine builders give every machine a QR record: released troubleshooting, manuals, spare parts and fault reports with the serial number.

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Guide · Choosing software

CMMS vs field service management vs OEM customer portal: how to decide

CMMS runs a plant’s own maintenance, FSM dispatches technicians, an OEM portal serves your customers’ machines via QR. Four questions to decide.

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Guide · Fault reports

Machine fault report template: what the manufacturer needs to know

Machine fault report template with every field a manufacturer needs to diagnose remotely, a filled-in example and how to collect reports by QR scan.

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Guide · Machine records

QR machine record: what belongs behind the code on the machine

One record per serial number behind a QR plate: manuals, parts, troubleshooting and fault reports. No app, no login. What to include, what to leave out.

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