To meet its maintenance improvement objectives, Chongqing Sino French Water has implemented the Coswin computerized maintenance management system since the beginning of 2013. After one-year operating with the system and the results obtained, new requirements were raised by the management team: based on the CMMS, how to fill in the gap between onsite inspection and back-office engineering?

Coswin 8i is now accessible on tablets. In touch-screen mode, Coswin 8i screens are optimized for the tablets smaller screen format and specific touch-screen usage with fingers. Coswin 8i is certified for Windows 7 & 8 and Android 4.2 and above tablets, running Chrome version 30 or above. Screen should be minimum 7’’ (10’’ recommended).

On Nov. 14th, the Siveco Shanghai team went to Gucun Park for team building.We had a really delicious barbeque lunch there and played squeezing balloons, tug of war and the most popular game “nametag ripping battle”. Poor people who lost the game got punished to jump roping on shiatsu sheet. Since everyone had a great time with two cute little members, we are looking forward to a family day next time.

Siveco Operation Director Guillaume Gimonet, Project Director Billy Cai and Project manager Yang Seng conducted the first maintenance management training for maintenance managers of Suez China’s Recycling and Waste Recovery division at their Shanghai headquarters from October 12 to 15. Attendees came from 4 different plants in China mainland and Taiwan. The second training session will be held in 2016 February, with and for the first time people from Beijing and Changzhou sites.

In China, as a direct result of the economic slowdown, the so-called “new normal”, companies in all industrial sectors are now paying more attention to maintenance. This month, our newsletter editorial team has decided to focus on the maintenance assessment, as we seem to receive more and more requests for assessments.

After over 20 years running maintenance assessments worldwide, Siveco has shown that poor maintenance can drag down profits by up to 40%. Based on a unique experience combining both industrial maintenance expertise and consulting project in China, Siveco has developed a proven maintenance assessment methodology: an approach that has delivered results for many facility owners in China.