This article is the second in a series aimed at familiarizing our readers with lesser-known COSWIN functionalities, which can easily be configured by customers themselves to bring immediate benefits.

With the Shanghai World Expo in full swing and Beijing’s ambition to become a “world city” gaining more international media coverage, we can sense renewed interest, bordering on frenzy, in FM circles. I have, in the past few weeks, taken part in several debates on the emerging Chinese Facility Management market, discussions usually involving starry-eyed foreigners hoping to sell their products and services to the “huge” Chinese market…

While maintenance and facility management expenditures tend to be considered low in China (cheap labor, locally-made spare parts, cut-throat competition between contractors), studies and experience show that companies’ top executives still focus on reducing them. Outsourcing decisions are, for example, usually motivated by an immediate reduction in maintenance spending.

Changcheng Property Group Co., Ltd. (CCPG), the first joint-stock property management company in China, ranks among the top 3 local Facility Management service suppliers.

This article is a joint contribution by PcVue China and Siveco.

The present article is the first in a series dedicated to lesser-known COSWIN functionalities, which can be easily be configured by customers’ themselves to bring immediate benefits.