Welcome to the April 2020 issue of the Smart O&M newsletter! This month, we focus on how industrial plants can obtain considerable performance improvement by taking a more practical approach to overhyped IoT & AI-enabled predictive maintenance technologies. We also share how our Siveco support team helped ensure our customers’ normal operation during the COVID-19 crisis, in particular with Open Class training webinars. Plus our latest news. Enjoy!
Reliability
Wake-up from the dream of IoT & AI-enabled predictive maintenance: reality is even better!
The broken promise
Long-time participants in the industrial maintenance market know that predictive maintenance has been a hot topic since at least the 1980s.
In recent years, a variety of new players has claimed to revolutionize predictive maintenance using IoT and AI. As a result, the subject of maintenance, previously considered tedious, complex and… unprofitable as a business, has become hot!
At the World Manufacturing Convention in Hefei mid-2018, global luminaries waxed lyrical about predictive maintenance being the “low-hanging fruit of Smart Manufacturing”. Most notable however was the fact than none of the speakers was able to provide any concrete example of such a project. Not one. Instead, the usual media stories of robots, artificial intelligence and smart glasses.
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. Siveco’s full company operation resumed at the beginning of February. At the same time, 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.
Article "Supporting the lifecycle of energy infrastructures with Smart O&M" published in APUEA Magazine
The magazine of the Asia Pacific Urban Energy Association (APUEA) published an article: "Supporting the lifecycle of energy infrastructures with Smart O&M" by Siveco China. In this article, Siveco China shares insights on Smart O&M in the Energy industry, explaining why the earlier maintenance is taken into account, the better the results in terms of lifecycle cost.
Webinar: ISO 55000 as framework for CMMS success & case studies during COVID-19 (April 24)
Despite a 40 years history, the implementation of a CMMS or EAM system remains fraught with risks. Indeed, in-depth maintenance audits of utility companies show major gaps between their O&M needs and the actual coverage of the CMMS.
