Siveco clients share experience at the 2020 customer event in Kunshan
On November 13, Siveco hosted clients at the site of customer Smart Factory Kunshan (Jiangsu province) for its 2020 customer sharing event.
read moreSupporting customers with Open Class webinars
As COVID-19 hit the world just before Chinese New Year in January, Siveco China support services continued through the holidays to help ensure our customer’s normal operation. Our support engineers contacted every customer, enquiring as to their situation and providing technical help as needed. Particular attention was paid to clients managing essential infrastructures and to Key Accounts. In order to protect the health and safety of all involved, the support team decided to hold the next “Open Class” in the form of a webinar.
read moreUsing bluebee® for commissioning support
In the commissioning phase of a project, technical teams are equipped with bluebee® devices, allowing them to report progress and non-compliances, with direct access to the back-office databases.
read moreEmbracing maintenance KPIs leads to improved performance in the challenging shipbuilding industry
Yangzhou Dayang Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (“Dayang Shipyard”), is the largest shipyard in Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group and a National First Class I Level steel shipyard.
read moreIndustrial Excellence in China: Lean Manufacturing, a Giant with Feet of Clay
Lean Manufacturing is often seen as a silver bullet. Carried out with religious zeal, its tools will magically solve every problem a factory may have. A general manager in the Suzhou area once told me that obtaining a TPM Award for his plant was his only goal; anything else was just a waste of time, a distraction. This expat was obviously on an upward career path and has already left China.
read moreMaking sense of Lean: Mr. Harada’s interview on equipment maintenance and the Toyota Production System (TPS) (Part 2)
This month I am proud to introduce the second part of Tom Harada’s interview on the link between maintenance and lean manufacturing. In this month’s interview, Tom Harada provides deeper and more specific insight into the subject, which many of our readers will feel familiar with. Maintenance is at the core of operating a lean production system.
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