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The Platform Economy Is Inevitable in Machine Construction

Digitalization was just the beginning - the future belongs to platforms. B2C providers are the pioneers, and machine and …

[Translate to Englisch:] Quanos InfoTwin Service Activities  

Interactive Instructions for more Efficiency in Technical Services

Quanos InfoTwin offers users a digital service assistant via the “Service Activities” function set, which ensures reliabl…

 

Intelligent Instead of Just Digital: Smart Information in Aftersales & Service

Are your colleagues in other departments already benefiting from aftersales data? If not, it's time to act! This is your …

 

Digital spare parts portals ensure outstanding service performance at airports

The aviation industry is aiming to become more efficient and more sustainable. The first step will be to resolve maintena…

 

Bringing Innovation to Rail Transport with Reliable Spare Parts Service

Business with new rail vehicles is losing momentum. That's why representatives of the rail industry must now put all thei…

 

Transport Industry: Reliably from A to B with Excellent Service

Without commercial vehicles, freight traffic comes to a standstill. To keep it rolling, vans, trucks and other vehicles m…

 

Service as a Future Strategy for Construction Equipment Manufacturers

The construction equipment industry is heading for a period of weak sales. Customers prefer to rent rather than buy const…

 

Maintenance Management 2.0: Efficient Maintenance in Mechanical Engineering

At a time when the mechanical engineering industry is constantly growing and competition is increasing, it is crucial to …

 

Excellent Customer Service in Mechanical Engineering: Best Practices for Customer Satisfaction and Success

Customer service takes on a critical role in the mechanical engineering industry, as it not only contributes to long-term…

 

Why Your Service Needs Digital Spare Parts Catalogs

Are you in charge of your company's aftersales department and currently facing major challenges such as digitization? Fin…

 

Harvesting New Revenue: The Service Revolution in Agriculture

What ends up on consumers' plates is nowadays harvested using high-tech. To ensure that increasingly complex agricultural…

 

Networking Aftersales and Technical Documentation: Is the connection worth it?

Aftersales and technical documentation are often considered separately. But there is more overlap than many companies thi…

 

Service 4.0: How Do Manufacturers Successfully Manage the Service Transformation?

Service 4.0 has long since ceased to be a buzzword and is now a must for machine and plant manufacturers. How do manufact…

 

Self-Service in the Spare Parts Business: Boosting Stagnating Sales

Today, companies must not let any revenue opportunity go to waste. Valuable potential for additional revenue lies in the …

 

Cloud Platform for Mechanical Engineering: A Single Location for Aftersales and Service

To optimize internal processes, more and more machine and plant manufacturers are switching to software solutions in the …

 

Smart Services: Mechanical Engineering Companies as Service Providers

Today, machine and plant manufacturers can no longer stabilize their sales with high-quality products alone. They face th…

 

E-mobility - Part 3: Spare parts management in electric fleets

Electromobility is finally picking up speed. In the private sector, but also for companies and municipalities, this opens…

 

E-Mobility - Part 2: Electric Fleet for Municipalities

In Part 1 of this series of articles, we examined the status quo of electromobility in Germany. We also looked at the iss…

 

E-mobility - Part 1: Challenge for fleet management

The transportation sector is electrified: Because climate targets are becoming stricter, the topic of e-mobility is gaini…

 

Connect Field Service Management Software with Spare Parts Catalog and increase First Time Fix Rate

Field service managers want to offer their customers the best service. In doing so, they must be measured against the fir…

 

4 Benefits of Integrating Field Service Management Software and a Digital Spare Parts Catalog

Service technicians in the field face a wide range of challenges. Their primary goal is to resolve failures quickly and t…

 

Field Service Management – Detection and Utilization of Field Service Optimization Potential

After-sales service is not only increasingly understood as a profitable business model in mechanical and plant engineerin…

 

From CapEx to OpEx Part 4: New Business Models - Efficient Services

Digitalization, IoT, and global networking - these three trends allow for the complete transformation of business models.…

 

From CapEx to OpEx Part 3: Documentation Helps to Reduce Service Costs

There are many reasons for modifying machinery. These include predictive replacement of worn assemblies, repairs followin…

 

Multi-store Strategy - Does It Make Sense for Industrial Companies?

Most people know them: online stores like About You, Bonprix or MyToys. What perhaps not everyone knows is that these onl…

 

From CapEx to OpEx Part 2: Optimizing Spare Parts Storage

Manufacturing companies depend on their machinery and are therefore faced with an insoluble dilemma. The stronger the aut…

 

From CapEx to OpEx Part 1: Making the Transition from Product to Services

Over the last few years, the concept behind after-sales has completely changed – at least on the part of providers. Custo…

 

B2B Marketplaces as a Supplement to Your Own Online Store?

Driven by the convenient, media-interruption-free B2C buying experience, B2B buyers' demands are also growing. According …

 

E-Commerce Ecosystem: One Face to the Customer

Have you taken the first step toward eCommerce? Have you added an integrated spare parts shop to your digital spare parts…

 

Successful B2B eCommerce with Integrated Spare Parts Shop

According to the German study "Branchenreport B2B E-Commerce" by IFH Cologne, the entire B2B eCommerce market reached a v…

 

Field Service Management - Challenges and Solutions

Service is the new sales. Following this maxim, many companies in the machine, plant, vehicle, and equipment manufacturin…

 

Strategic Maintenance: Improving Instead of Repairing

In the previous stages of the maintenance pyramid, maintenance tended to be centered on individual parts or assemblies - …

 

Tactical Maintenance: Looking to the Future with Sensors

In our series "Smart Information: Data makes maintenance intelligent ", we look at each evolutionary stage of the mainten…

 

Preventive Maintenance: From Repair to Prevention

After Reactive Maintenance, Preventive Maintenance is the second level of the maintenance pyramid. In the simplest case, …

 

Reactive Maintenance: Reaction Instead of Action

In our blog series "Smart Information: Data makes maintenance intelligent", we look at each evolutionary stage of the mai…

 

Smart Information: Data Makes Maintenance Intelligent

A revolution is taking place in the field of maintenance, repair, and service: with the feedback that IoT technologies en…

 

B2B Customer Portal With Self-Service Functions for a Successful After Sales Service

Manufacturers of machines, systems, and equipment are facing a wide range of challenges: Business models are changing per…

 

Exchange of Service Information Between Manufacturers and Operators

The world is moving towards collaboration and transparency. In the areas of spare parts management, maintenance managemen…

 

Service Information System (SIS) for plant operators and manufacturers

Do you work for a manufacturing company or operate machines, plants or vehicle fleets? If so, you are probably familiar w…

 

5 Tips for more Revenue with Spare Parts and Services

In the case of investment-intensive goods, the after-sales department usually makes a significant contribution to revenue…

 

Predictive Maintenance – Definition, Requirements and Benefits

"Predictive Maintenance" is a frequently used buzzword in the field of Industry 4.0 and is considered a desirable goal by…

 

Digital Information Twin - Definition and Benefits

Have you already heard of Digital Information Twin? "Digital Information Twin" or "DIT" is an important buzzword and one …

 

5 Tips for Better Maschine Maintenance

Maintenance managers face a variety of challenges. Increasingly complex machines and systems, a lack of skilled workers w…

 

Automated technical documentation connected to the spare parts catalog

Auf dem ascodo Thementag erklärte Rolf Wensing, Vertriebsleiter, wie der CATALOGcreator® AI Search dem Weg zum digitalen …

 

How the mechanical and plant engineering industry benefits from Service 4.0

In many areas of life, the advantages of digitization are obvious. However, the customer service of machine and plant man…

 

Digitization - Friend or Enemy?

Digitization has been on everyone's lips for more than 10 years. Everything revolves around the topic. For example, the f…

 

Industry 4.0 - Reality and not just a Vision

The first industrial revolution achieved the first industrial boom through to the use of hydraulic, steam and coal-fired …

 

What You Should Know About Industry 4.0

Industry 4.0 is the German strategic initiative to take up a pioneering role in industrial IT which is currently revoluti…