Dialogue with Bruno Lhopiteau, Founder & CEO of Siveco China: 26 Years of Deep Roots in China’s Smart O&M Sector
This interview was conducted by CXO UNION in collaboration with Mr. Yang Bin, a senior industry expert and former SAP Greater China executive. It features an in-depth dialogue with Mr. Bruno Lhopiteau, CEO and founder of Siveco China, who brings 26 years of hands-on experience in the Chinese market, focusing on the frontiers of Smart Operation & Maintenance (Smart O&M) and advanced asset management. This article is based on the original video interview published by CXO UNION.
read moreHow to move past IT entanglement to unlock AI-based Asset Management
Modern energy facilities are more automated and interconnected than ever. From rooftop solar and district cooling in bustling Asian cities to large-scale WtE plants and grid-scale renewables, these facilities face unique challenges: intermittency in solar and wind output, rapid asset aging in humid/tropical climates and cascading risks across urban grids.
read moreIoT for predictive maintenance and the hidden complexity behind its successful, practical, implementation
IoT, Digital Twins, Industry 4.0 have been hot topic for several years already. Vendors tend to make near-magical promises. “Predictive maintenance” is often called a low hanging fruit for such technologies, usually by people who ignore the fundamentals of maintenance.
read moreA few stories from the early years of Siveco China
During the Beijing Winter Olympics, our Managing Director Bruno Lhopiteau started to share old stories on social media, stories that younger Siveco China team members and newer clients had never heard before. As these posts received many likes and positive comments on WeChat and LinkedIn, our newsletter team has compiled some of them in this article (text slightly modified from Bruno’s posts).
read moreKeep going
Historically (and Siveco already has 35 years of history, 16 of which in China), economic crises are favorable to the growth of maintenance-related business, as many companies will focus on optimizing existing assets. It is too early to tell, but we indeed see encouraging signs, such as a marked increase in the number of incoming enquiries to our marketing, both for China and overseas market (Southeast Asia and Africa).
read morePredictive maintenance: information overload, the Cassandra effect
This is the second article in a series on the hot topic of Predictive Maintenance, drawing on the practical experience of Siveco working with maintenance improvement in China and the Asia region in the past 20 years. As seen in the first article Predictions on Predictive Maintenance: it will fail… unless., ‘right data’ is better than ‘big data’.
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