In this month’s Tips & Tricks, we will explore the vastly improved and modernized user interface of Coswin 8i, the latest version of our CMMS Coswin. For more on Coswin 8i, also read this month’s Reliability article Why Coswin 8i?   Coswin 8i benefits from the most recent web technologies (JS

The Siveco team held its now traditional party to celebrate the French National Day on July 14, 2014 at Siveco Shanghai office. The team enjoyed French Champagne and desserts, while General Manager Bruno led the company’s French citizens to sing revolutionary songs.

Siveco China held its half-year board meeting on July 21 at the Kokuyo Showroom in Shanghai. During the morning sessions, the progress of the ongoing ISO 9001 certification were reviewed with board members, department managers and internal auditors. During the afternoon session, the board meeting took place, with review of company performance and decisions for the second half of the year, including further investment in R&D in Shanghai and Chengdu.

Labor is the sole source of value. How to go up in value is the key question for labor-intensive industries such as property management, with thousands of staff working across multiple sites. This is the topic of this month’s “Maintenance in China” newsletter!

This article compares Siveco (and the bluebee® facility management solution) to the various types of vendors active in the Chinese market. With the development of the Chinese property market, more and more local Property Management companies turn to information technology as a tool to improve service quality and to reduce cost. The selection of a software supplier often proves more challenging than expected, as different categories of vendors promote radically different approaches.

Shanghai Green Property Management is the property management subsidiary of Fortune 500 developer Greenland Group and a leading player in the burgeoning Chinese property market. Green Property Management’s top managers have embraced the challenges and, in 2012, embarked on a project to modernize its management model. The company turned to Siveco, the country’s largest maintenance consultancy. Established in Shanghai in 2004, Siveco has developed facility management software already used on a large scale in China.