Obtaining ROI from maintenance optimization at mobile phone giant in Beijing
This case study, written before the acquisition of Nokia by Microsoft, represents a great example of optimizing maintenance costs in tough economic times. Siveco’s first encounter with Nokia was during the company’s heydays, when the LEED Gold certified Nokia Beijing campus was the center of attention in the Facilities Management community.
read moreStandard Reports Library
This article features the Standard Reports Library of our CMMS Coswin, an optional package which can be purchased and used immediately. The development of these standard reports derived from International Standard for Maintenance (EN 15341 – Maintenance – Maintenance Key Performance Indicators) combined with Siveco consultants’ experience in the past 30 years.
read moreCoswin: Prevent changes on Work Order comments
Did you know that you could set Coswin to disallow changes in comments already entered on a Work Order? Users can enter comments on Work Orders at different stages (including during execution on bluebee® mobiles). Once saved, comments can usually be modified. It is however possible to change the setting and forbid any change to existing comments.
read moreCoswin: “Non-standard” functions as buttons
This article is in a series of very short and practical Coswin Tips & Tricks, which Coswin users can start using right away. Since version 7.4, Coswin screen editor allows you to place a “non-standard” function directly into a screen as a button.
read moreCoswin: Equipment groups in Coswin
This article is the first in a series of very short and practical Coswin Tips & Tricks, which Coswin users can start using right away. In Coswin, Job Guidelines are assigned to a single equipment code. Consequently, one work order is created for each intervention (which may include several actions) on an equipment. However, it is very common that preventive maintenance tasks are very short, for example technicians perform checks on multiple equipments during their inspection rounds. With one work order for each equipment, managing inspections work would become overwhelming very...
read moreReal-life ROI, finding love with Coswin
An incredible love story from one of our customers: the Coswin system owner of Saint Gobain Pipeline Xuzhou met his beautiful wife, who was the Maintenance Manager Assistant for the plant’s 6-meters line, thanks to Coswin!
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