This month we are pleased to introduce the driving force behind the “Maintenance in China” newsletter, our lovely marketing manager Fiona Yan.

The trend started several years ago, but nowadays everybody is talking about “Lean”. Not denying the benefits of this approach, which from my maintenance point-of-view is nothing but a generalization of the TPM principles, I am by nature very wary of today’s over-hyped concepts…

Companies trying to implement TPM in China, usually as a part of a corporate roll-out, face specific challenges, which may differ from those observed in Japan or in the West, more developed economies where those initiatives, or the consultants involved, often originate from.

Ten years in the Chinese industrial maintenance market have led Bruno Lhopiteau to observe that most MNCs face the same maintenance issues – and most try to apply standard western solutions.

BYJC-Fabricom is a leading supplier of turnkey automated assembly lines, primarily targeting the automotive industry.

After a series of articles featuring various Siveco partners in the previous issues of the newsletter, we have this month chosen to highlight our partner strategy to both our customers and potential partners.