Every section of the app, what it is for, and how your team uses it day to day. Written for the people on the floor, not for software people.
PlantMaster Pro runs in a web browser. There is nothing to install and no app store download. Open app.hsbfix.org on a phone, tablet or computer and sign in.
The first person to sign up becomes the owner. The owner sets up the plant and invites everyone else. You need a working internet connection; if the signal drops for a moment while you are saving, the entry is held on the phone and sent when the connection returns.
There are three ways to move around the app, and they all reach the same places.
At the top you will always see your company, your plant and your role, plus an Online indicator. Every screen has a search box that searches only the module you are currently in, and an ＋ Add button to create a new record.
Who uses it: everyone, every shift.
The home screen. It shows unread alerts at the top, then six quick tiles — Analytics, Scanner, Daily Logs, Condition Monitoring, Problem Solver and Reports — followed by cards for Assets, Work Orders, Checklists, Maintenance, Spares & Tools, Purchase Orders and Suppliers.
How to use it: start here at the beginning of a shift. Check the alert count, deal with anything urgent, then go to your module.
Who uses it: maintenance engineer, supervisor.
The register of every machine in the plant — the foundation of everything else. Work orders, maintenance plans, spare parts and manuals all attach to an asset, so it is worth setting up properly.
To add a machine: Assets → ＋ Add → fill in name, code, location, make, model and serial number → Save.
Who uses it: supervisor raises, technician completes, manager reviews.
A work order is one job on one machine. Something broke, something needs adjusting, something needs checking.
To raise one: Work Orders → ＋ Add → choose the asset, describe the problem, set priority, assign a person → Save.
The technician opens it on their phone, does the job, records what was done and which spares were used, then marks it complete.
Who uses it: maintenance planner or engineer.
Scheduled work that repeats — weekly, monthly, quarterly, yearly. The app tells you what is due instead of you remembering.
To set one up: Maintenance → ＋ Add → pick the asset, describe the task, choose the frequency, set the next due date → Save.
Who uses it: operators and shift technicians.
Repeatable inspection rounds. You build a template once — the list of points to check — and staff complete a run against it each shift or each day.
To use: create the template with its check items, then staff open Checklists, pick it, and tick through on the phone. Each completed run is saved with the time and the person.
Who uses it: storekeeper, maintenance engineer.
Two separate registers in one module.
To use: add each spare with its minimum level. When a technician uses a part on a work order, the stock reduces. The low-stock flag is what triggers a purchase request.
Who uses it: engineer requests, owner approves, storekeeper receives.
The full purchase cycle, built around Pakistani practice — PKR, NTN and STRN, 18% GST.
Totals, including GST, are calculated for you. Send the PO to a supplier over WhatsApp straight from the app.
Who uses it: procurement, accounts.
Your vendor list with the details Pakistani purchasing actually needs: NTN and STRN, payment terms (default Net 30), currency (default PKR) and contact numbers.
To use: add each supplier once, then select them when raising a PO. Keeping NTN and STRN here means every PO carries the correct tax details without retyping.
Who uses it: shift supervisor, HR.
Five sections in one module:
Who uses it: anyone standing at a machine.
Point the phone camera at the QR sticker on a machine and its record opens immediately — history, open work, manuals, spares.
To set up: generate a QR code from each asset record, print it, laminate it, fix it to the machine where it stays clean and reachable.
Who uses it: maintenance engineer.
Record about 30 seconds of a running machine's sound with the phone. The app compares it against that machine's own healthy baseline and flags it when the pattern changes.
For a consistent reading: same spot on the machine, same distance, same running condition every time. An inconsistent baseline is worse than no baseline.
Who uses it: technicians and engineers, especially at night.
Describe a fault in plain English or Urdu and get a structured troubleshooting path, grounded in the equipment manuals you have uploaded.
To use: Problem Solver → describe the symptom → it asks clarifying questions → it suggests what to check, in order.
A good description: "Injection moulding machine 4, hydraulic oil temperature reaching 65 degrees after two hours, was 45 last month, no change in cycle time." A weak one: "machine hot".
Who uses it: everyone; set up by the engineer.
Your equipment documentation in one place, readable on the floor instead of locked in a cupboard in the office.
To use: upload the PDF and link it to its asset. The app indexes the contents so the Problem Solver can quote from it and so you can search inside it.
Who uses it: managers, and anyone facing an audit.
Analytics shows trends — workload, failures, what is consuming your time and money.
Reports generates a document from any of twelve areas: assets, work orders, checklist runs, maintenance plans, spares, tools, support threads, manuals, problem cases, attendance, daily logs and shift handovers.
To use: Reports → choose the module → set a date range → Generate. Preview it, then download as CSV, Excel, Word or PDF.
Who uses it: plant manager, general manager, owner.
A summary of the day sent by email automatically — work raised and completed, alerts, low stock, attendance.
To use: Daily Email → add the recipients. Management then sees what is happening without logging in or asking anyone.
Who uses it: everyone.
Notifications for work assigned to you, approvals waiting, low stock, maintenance due and condition alarms. The unread count sits on the dashboard.
Enable phone notifications when the app asks, so an approval request does not sit unseen for a day.
Who uses it: owner, manager, auditors.
A record of every change made to plant work — who, what, when. Filter by date, by action type, or search. Export in any of the four formats.
Who uses it: owner, manager.
Nothing is deleted immediately. Removed records go to the Recovery Bin and can be restored. After the grace period — 30 days by default — they are permanently erased.
If someone deletes something by mistake, look here first before worrying.
Who uses it: everyone.
Photographs, test certificates, damage pictures and documents, attached to the records they belong to. Use ＋ Upload instead of ＋ Add in this module.
A photo of a failed bearing attached to the work order is worth more than a paragraph describing it.
Who uses it: owner.
Invite your team by email and give each person a role:
Company Profile is where your company name, logo and details live. The logo appears on your reports.
Who uses it: anyone.
Two different things, both on the bottom bar. Support is for asking us questions. Complaints is for reporting a problem with the app itself. Both keep the whole conversation on record.
You can also message us on WhatsApp at +92 316 236 4074.
Who uses it: owner for settings, everyone for their own profile.
Settings holds theme, data retention periods and plant configuration. Profile is your own details — name, contact, designation, skills, default shift.
Plan on the bottom bar shows your current subscription, user count and storage use.
The order matters. This is what works, in the sequence that works.
We will walk you through the app using your plant as the example — no slides, no obligation.