In the past few months we have received more and more enquiries from customers about our SOA capabilities. Apparently, some of the “EAM” software vendors have based their marketing largely on claiming to have an all-powerful Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), while other maintenance software would be “rigid” and “closed”.

The partnership with Sichuan Aoruo New Energy Technology has already proven very successful, bringing significant results to large process plants based in Sichuan.

COSWIN planning is flexible and powerful: a plan can be theoretical (for what-if type situations) or a practical plan.The problem: To schedule work is one of the most complex challenges for a manager and COSWIN provides a full set of tools to help you achieve that.

For the second time our “Maintenance in China” newsletter is distributed at the Annual Process Industry Engineering & Maintenance Congress, held in Shanghai on September 5 & 6. I am also speaking at the event on the ambitious topic of “Technology-enabled technicians vs. the intelligent plant: the Chinese view”: behind the fancy title, I will simply share our real-life experience dealing with maintenance improvement in the Chinese market.

This article is a based on a presentation given by Siveco China’s GM Bruno Lhopiteau at the 6th Process Industry Engineering & Maintenance Congress in Shanghai on September 6-7.

Saint-Gobain PAM, the pipe network branch of the Saint-Gobain Group, is the world’s leading manufacturer of ductile iron pipeline systems.