Guides

Guides for development, operations and in-service teams who ask against product files, process documents and ERP.

Development

Requirements, specs, test and new product, what happens before the article is in series.

Two colleagues at an electronics bench with a microscope, a circuit board and a process document.

New Product Development

No article, no bill of materials (BOM) and no test plan to copy. The value is that the first structure is in place before anyone starts hunting files.

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Product Variant Development

The customer wants the same product, but with another battery or another label. The value is seeing what is inherited and what must change, before anyone opens a new project.

Installing gateways and beacons, the physical product.

Specification Management

When the spec lives in three Word files, two people build against different truths. The value is a spec you can point to, that follows when the requirement changes.

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Requirements Traceability

The customer asked for one thing. The test measured another. The value is that the gap shows while you can still fix it.

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Test Development Alignment

The requirement changed on Wednesday. The test plan is from last sprint. The value is that the test follows the requirement the same week, not after the next campaign.

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Component Selection

The catalogue is wide. What is missing is your approved list and whether the part is on the way out. The value is a choice you can defend when series starts.

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Automated Documentation

The decision was taken in the room. The document was written three weeks later. The value is that spec, test report and change record grow from the same decision.

Three colleagues gather around a prototype. Colleag.ai is on a screen in the background.

Cross-Discipline Coordination

Hardware swaps a part. Firmware, test and purchasing hear it in different emails. The value is that the right disciplines see the same change the same day.

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Save Engineering Time

The engineer should calculate and choose. Not hunt the drawing, the purchase status and who last approved. The value is time back in design.

Operations

Questions against ERP, quality, suppliers and send-outs while the product ships.

Two colleagues in the factory talk over a picking list. Colleag.ai is on a computer in the background.

Ask the ERP with product context

Stock without the drawing is half an answer. The value is a question as to a colleague, with source from Monitor and the product file, without opening three systems.

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A quality report from a complaint

The complaint came in. The 8D has to go out. The value is a report against article, supplier and drawing, the same day, not an empty Word sheet.

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Supplier Collaboration

The supplier builds to the pack you emailed, not to what you have now. The value is that they see the same versioned record you chose to share.

Two colleagues review a manual and a product. Colleag.ai is in the background.

Automatic Customer Manuals

The manual should describe the product the customer gets, not last winter's prototype. The value is a draft that follows the spec, so support does not answer against a dead PDF.

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Customer and Supplier Portal

Customer and supplier should see the right manual and the right spec, not your whole tree. The value is a surface where you choose what is visible, with version.

In-service

EOL, legacy, regulatory change and audit once the product is already out.

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Component Replacement (EOL)

A part goes end of life. The value is seeing which BOMs are hit, what must be retested and what purchasing may buy instead.

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Legacy Product Update

The knowledge sits in the head of the person who was there from the start. The value is reconstructing enough to dare touch the product.

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Legacy Product Updates

A gateway on the wall has lived for five years. The value is seeing which serials, manuals and certificates come along, before you release a new revision.

Two colleagues in the archive with older drawings. Colleag.ai is in the background.

Legacy Documentation Improvement

The binder does not count until someone can ask it. The value is that older records become searchable, without pretending they were already markdown.

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New Regulatory Requirements

A new marking or a new directive. The value is knowing which articles are hit, not taking it in the next project.

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Regulatory Compliance Control

The certificate exists. The question is whether the product you build today is still the one it covers. The value is ongoing sight, not a scramble before the auditor.

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ISO and Customer Audits

The auditor asks for the chain: requirement, decision, test, deviation. The value is that it already exists, so preparation is a review, not a reconstruction.

Platform

How Colleag.ai sits: context, connections, agents and deployment.

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Company Context and Knowledge

A generic model can form a sentence. It does not know what 991203 is. The value is answers built on your shelves: process, product and company standard.

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Tool Integrations

You already have Word, Excel, SharePoint, ERP and CAD. The value is that the question can use what is already there, when you choose to connect it.

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AI Agents in Detail

An AI colleague has a discipline, a context and a limit. The value is help that stays within what you approved, while the human keeps responsibility.

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Process document templates

You do not need to invent the development and purchasing routine from zero. The value is a start you rewrite, so the process document becomes yours.

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Markdown Documentation

Word is good to send. It is a poor source of truth. The value is a source you can diff, and Word or PDF when the recipient needs it.

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ISO Standards and Compliance Support

ISO is not a system you buy. The value is that traceability and evidence can be cited on a Tuesday, not only the week before the audit.

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Deployment Options

SaaS, your Azure or a local server is where the drawing may live. The value is the same way of working, with the control you actually need.

AI Colleagues for Product Builders

You build a physical product across hardware, firmware and manufacturing. The value is colleagues that share tree, process documents and ERP in the same answer.