This month newsletter is focused on retail, drawing on our experience in this market in China and abroad. Ten years ago, when I started this company, coming from an infrastructures and utilities background, I would not have imagined applying our know-how and technology to retail stores! It however happened, first with Auchan, Ikea, B&Q, much later with Carrefour, Sephora. Even more surprising, we found that the advanced technological solutions we designed for retailers could also apply to industrial customers.

When we started this company in 2004, coming from an infrastructures and utilities background, we would not have imagined applying our know-how and technology to retail stores! After all, a retail store is technically much less complex than a plant, represents a much smaller investment and technical failure certainly has less impact…This article will simply look into recent stories featuring our experience with retailers and try to show their relevance to other industries, more particularly to industrial plants.

Retailers may have defined their “best practice” in terms of Facilities Management (FM) or Risk Prevention (RP), but how do they ensure this best practices is actually applied to all the stores? Traditional paper-based processes, relying on procedures, coaching, auditing, etc. often do not work in China. In a large organization, they also represent an enormous administrative burden.

As announced in our last newsletter, Siveco China will celebrate its 10 years anniversary in September 2014. This month, we are kicking off a campaign of activities that will lead to the birthday celebration later this year.

The specialists data preparation services for SAP PM (or other CMMS) provided by Siveco primarily target greenfield projects. In some cases, such services may also apply to existing plants. With a strong background in greenfield infrastructure and industrial projects, Siveco has developed a specific expertise working alongside investors, EPC companies and their equipment suppliers during the construction phase, ensuring smooth transfer of technical documentation from construction to operation.

Last month’s Customer Story introduced our most interesting 2013 deals focused on discrete manufacturing and facility management. This month we will features projects in the process industry segment, which includes Arkema Thiochemicals (Malaysia), Trolli (Guangzhou), Tianyu Oleochemical Company (Sichuan), Bukit Asam’s Banjarsari Power Plant (Indonesia), San-Dia Polymers (Nantong), Saint Gobain Pipelines (Xuzhou), SCIP Sino French Water Development (Shanghai), SCIP SITA Waste Services (Shanghai) and Ain Arnat Combined Cycle Power Plant...