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+ Using on Mobile — Add to Home Screen
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+ Powder Coating Logix works in any phone browser, but installing it as a home screen app
+ gives your shop floor workers a much better experience:
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+ - Opens full-screen with no browser chrome — feels like a native app.
+ - The camera (used by the inventory label scanner) only asks for permission once after installation, instead of every browser session.
+ - Faster to launch — one tap from the home screen.
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+ iPhone / iPad users must use Safari. Adding to the home screen from Chrome,
+ Firefox, or other iOS browsers creates a regular bookmark that opens in that browser — not
+ a standalone app. Only Safari on iOS supports the full home screen install.
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iOS (iPhone / iPad) — Safari only
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+ - Open the app in Safari.
+ - Tap the Share button at the bottom of the screen.
+ - Scroll down and tap Add to Home Screen.
+ - Confirm the name and tap Add.
+ - The app icon appears on your home screen. Tap it to open in full-screen mode.
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+ Android — Chrome
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+ - Open the app in Chrome.
+ - Chrome may show an Install App banner at the bottom automatically — tap it to install.
+ - If no banner appears, tap the menu (⋮) in the top-right corner and choose Add to Home Screen or Install App.
+ - Confirm and the icon is added to your home screen.
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+ When you open the Dashboard on a mobile browser (before installing), a banner at the top
+ of the page guides you through the install steps for your specific device. Once the app is
+ installed as a home screen app, the banner disappears automatically.
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+ Catalog Lookup & Label Scanner
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+ When adding or editing an inventory item, you don't have to type every field manually.
+ Two shortcuts let you auto-fill product details in seconds:
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+ Smart Catalog Lookup
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+ Click the Lookup button next to the SKU/Part Number field. Type a color name,
+ SKU, or part number and the system searches a built-in catalog of thousands of Prismatic Powders
+ and other manufacturer SKUs. Select a match and the form fills in automatically — item name,
+ manufacturer, color code, finish, coverage rate, SDS/TDS links, and cure specifications.
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+ - The catalog only shows products not already in your inventory, preventing duplicates. When editing an existing item, its own catalog entry is always shown.
+ - If no catalog match is found, the lookup falls back to AI Lookup — Claude searches the web for product specs and fills in whatever it can find.
+ - If a vendor name is selected in the Vendor field before searching, results are scoped to that vendor first, then broadened automatically if nothing matches.
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+ Label Scanner (Camera)
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+ Click the camera icon next to the Lookup button to open the label scanner.
+ Point your phone or webcam at the QR code printed on a powder bag or manufacturer label.
+ The scanner reads the code and attempts to identify the product:
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+ - If the QR code matches a product in the platform catalog, the form fills in automatically — same as a manual catalog lookup.
+ - If no catalog match is found, the AI analyzes the label image and fills in whatever details it can extract (color name, SKU, manufacturer, finish).
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+ If the scanned product is already in your inventory, a prompt appears to
+ Add Stock to the existing item instead — enter the quantity received and an
+ optional updated unit cost, then save. No duplicate item is created.
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+ The label scanner works best on a phone. If you're on iOS, open the page in
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Safari for reliable camera access. For persistent camera permission
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add the app to your home screen.
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