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.

This month’s Tips & Tricks article also features the integrated SCADA / Maintenance System solution developed by PcVue and Siveco. PcVue is at the forefront of HMI/SCADA software development in Europe with 30 years of experience. The company’s vision is to understand, meet and exceed customer and market expectations whilst utilizing the latest technology and operating in line with countries’ legislation and manufacturing best practices.

Siveco and its partner PcVue have designed a two-way integration toolkit between Siveco’s bluebee® facility management and maintenance system and PcVue Solutions’ HMI and SCADA system. The joint solution demonstrates the openness of both systems and brings unique benefits to owners/operators of automated facilities.

In February 2014, Siveco China project manager Remi Armand relocated to Nanning to spearhead our business development effort in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. He is developing local partners, with support from the Siveco teams at the West China office in Chengdu and the head office in Shanghai.

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.