This month’s Reliability article will summarize two of the presentation’s key points, which were not covered in the original article. It will also answer some of the most frequent questions that were asked during the event.

This month’s Reliability article is a follow-up on the 2012-2013 “Maintenance in China” survey report which was released last month.

This 2012-2013 Maintenance in China survey report provides a snapshot of the current maintenance management practices of industrial companies in China and of their improvement plans in the near future.

Maintenance is seldom recognized as a key aspect of plant operations in China – how many articles have you read on the subject? Trendy topics such as Green Technologies or Lean Manufacturing are almost never seen in relation to maintenance, which however plays a critical role in their successful implementation.

To strengthen their risk prevention practices, foreign firms in China should take heed of the technological solutions being used by domestic companies.

At Siveco China we tend to emphasize how the Chinese maintenance market is different from that of the more mature Western economies, differences we have come to call “maintenance with Chinese characteristics”.