Coswin

COSWIN 7i is the new generation asset and facilities management software developed by SIVECO GROUP.

COSWIN 7i helps companies to increase their profitability - by improving the management of corporate assets, improving employee productivity and reducing costs.

COSWIN 7i provides a central register of corporate
facilities and assets: managing and optimising all the
maintenance activities and recording a full history of
work completed - including spares, tools, resources and costs. For a full picture COSWIN 7i integrates the management of, and purchasing of spare parts and services.

COSWIN 7i is based entirely on Internet/Intranet
technology. This move away from traditional PC based
software has made implementing such a system much
simpler and more effective than ever before.

A system based on Internet technology allows everyone involved with using or supporting your assets (staff, suppliers, subcontractors and customers) to
access all the needed information securely, via their web browser - eliminating communication problems and reducing response times. The resulting improvement
in productivity and service levels has an immediate and very positive impact on asset availability.

Some of the additional benefits of implementing COSWIN 7i include: easy access to performance reports, the elimination of paper and the duplication of information. In addition, because the history of work and costs for each asset is recorded centrally, you will be able to analyse your current working practices, and decide on changes to optimise activities and maximise profitability.

SIVECO GROUP offers two software solutions: COSWIN 7i Enterprise & COSWIN 7i Standard, designed to meet the needs of different sized organisations.

COSWIN 7i has solutions for most Industrial and Facility Management sectors including: automotive, food, pharmaceutical, plastics, paper, energy, transportation and utilities…

“ COSWIN 7i helps you increase your return on assets while boosting their productivity.”

Asset and Maintenance Management

A central record of corporate Facilities, Equipment and Spare parts – available anywhere with web access.
A Structured Asset list including: Geographical locations of equipment, sub-assemblies, functions, process links etc.
A central record of equipment technical and financial information including: manuals, drawings, suppliers, calendars and safety instructions.
Comprehensive management of all maintenance activities: Reactive Maintenance, Preventive Maintenance, New Works and improvements.
Full Work Management: Job Requests, Work Permits and Work Orders – a comprehensive Job Feedback screen
Management of Resources – using employee calendars, qualifications and skills – to automatically match employees to jobs and optimise job plans.
Hazard Monitoring – recording incidents and managing follow-up activities – avoiding repeat occurrences.
Simplified Planning – a Graphical job chart displays all the planned work and resources required. Simply “Drag and Drop” jobs to reschedule work.

Key Benefits

Extending the life of assets
Improving the performance of plant and infrastructure
Reducing the number of breakdowns
Increasing the productivity of equipment
Optimising employee productivity

Purchase & Inventory management

COSWIN 7i integrates maintenance activities with inventory management and purchasing. A list of the spares and services that are used on a job are recorded with the asset history. The costs are recorded against the asset.

Spares can be managed in one or multiple stores, with comprehensive stock management functions including: managing stock receipts and issues, automatically reserving stock for planned work, managing repairable items, recording technical details and safety information.

COSWIN 7i will help you to guarantee the right
level of availability and to reduce your stock levels.
The process of ordering and reordering spares and services is automated in COSWIN 7i linked to stock and maintenance. Functionality includes: managing purchase requests, quotation requests and purchase orders. Supplier information is maintained with a history of transactions and performance details. COSWIN 7i will help you to streamline your procurement process to better negotiate with suppliers.

Key Benefits

Costs are reduced as a result of:
Lower maintenance expenses
Reduced stock levels
Increased resource efficiency
Improved management of suppliers

Features

1. Reports and Key Performance Indicators

With COSWIN 7i you produce personalised reports relating to performance and costs – to analyse your current processes, to justify changes and to rate investment options – ultimately to reduce costs, guarantee the delivery and quality of service.

You can choose from the reports supplied with COSWIN 7i or develop your own. COSWIN 7i reports are developed using Crystal reports, the world’s most popular software reporting tool.

COSWIN Analyzer offers a dynamic and reporting approach, helping you to analyse information and to support strategic decisions.

This "interactive" module will help you to “visually” navigate through your key data and investigate the real reasons for reported performance levels and costs.

Reports generated using Crystal Reports and COSWIN Analyzer can be produced in a professional and graphical style making it easier for you to communicate results to decision-makers and staff.

2. COSWIN Workflow

Using the workflow feature of COSWIN 7i you can further reduce paper work and save more time. Where tasks need approval from a nominated person(s) (e.g. a Work order for a dangerous area), COSWIN 7i will automatically inform the person(s) of the pending job and request their approval.

A simple, visual representation shows who has authorised a transaction and who needs to review the transaction next. A list of transactions awaiting approval is available in COSWIN 7i, or an automatic email can be sent to the persons concerned.

3. Database Management

COSWIN 7i Tool Suite helps you manage your COSWIN 7i database. If you ever need to make major, unexpected changes to your system you will be able to modify, transfer, organise and update your own database.

4. Job Request

COSWIN 7i Job Request will allow you to create Job Requests from any PC with internet access. The “requestor” can then view the status of the work on an intranet page – this eliminates the need for a traditional helpdesk and ensure all requests are logged.

5. COSWIN 7i Security and Audit

COSWIN 7i helps you to comply with safety and environmental regulations. Ensuring the correct security is applied for each data transaction and tracking any changes. COSWIN 7i supports 21 CFR Part 11 as defined by the FDA: tracking work operations, and authenticating users.

Risk assessment and COSHH (Control Of Substances
Hazardous to Health) can also be managed in
COSWIN 7i with respect to safety regulations.

6. COSWIN Mobile

Using COSWIN Mobile remote workers can manage and update their work using handheld devices. Information is available at the point of service delivery.
Paperwork is eliminated and costs reduced.

A list of work can be assigned to an employee, and downloaded to his/her PDA, where work feedback is recorded. COSWIN Mobile can be used with bar code readers to ensure assets and stock items are correctly identified, and to save time entering data.

COSWIN Mobile supports most PDAs, allowing you to leverage your existing investment in hardware.

“We have achieved a significant reduction in our spares inventory and benefit from improved and efficient communications between the maintenance and production departments.” GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals

Case Study

A Large Paper Manufacturer
wishes to increase productivity and reduce maintenance costs for its 15 manufacturing sites.

The solution:
The maintenance manager at each site will manage his own assets and maintenance functions. Stores will be managed at each site with the option to see and transfer spares. The helpdesk and purchasing teams can be centralised.

The maintenance teams at every site can implement COSWIN 7i at the same time because the internet architecture eliminates the need to install, configure and maintain software on PC’s at each site. Instead COSWIN 7i is installed on one central server – accessed by all the sites.

Processes can be standardised and best practice introduced right across the business. In addition the automation of
processes and the consolidation of previously local functions (purchasing and helpdesk) reduce costs. To enable
better decision making reports can now be run and compared for all the sites.

A Steel Manufacturer
wishes to develop an efficient asset register for all the equipment at 2 large production sites. The company has an old IT network and old PC’s with a very small IT department.

The solution:
The customer can implement COSWIN 7i using a 3-tier architecture, Html and/or Java-based, or a 2-tier architecture. COSWIN 7i only needs a Web Browser, any PC with an internet/intranet connection can be used. A fast and expensive link between the sites is not needed because not much data “travels down the line”.

The deployment and maintenance costs are low because COSWIN 7i is only installed on the server – not on the PCs.
Note: If the customer has adequate PCs and a fast network link then they could choose a 2 Tier Architecture – this would eliminate the need for the application server.

The company will benefit from a single view of all of its assets and their status in real time. Management will be
aware of problems affecting production and can intervene. As solutions to problems are developed they will be
shared by both sites.

A FM Service Provider
wishes to standardize working practices across all their contracts. They want to be able to investigate and to reduce operational costs for a new contract as fast as possible – without affecting quality.

The solution:
A single COSWIN 7i database can be used to manage several contracts. Each customer site will have its own list of facilities and equipment and will only see their own working data.

Best practices and procedure templates can be shared across each contract from a central “library”.

To further reduce costs and improve productivity the helpdesk can be centralized – so when a fault is logged by phone or over the web COSWIN 7i will automatically send the details to the right engineer at the right site. Procurement can similarly be centralized and stock shared between contracts.

Because COSWIN 7i is web based there is no up front deployment costs for new contracts, and there is no paper in the field because engineers can manage their own work using a PDA .

Standard Performance reports can be produced for each contract – and compared across the whole business.
Including: cost analysis, conformance to SLAs, subcontractor performance and quality of service.

An unequalled technology

Designed to extend COSWIN functionality to the internet, COSWIN7i is the outcome of many years work.

COSWIN 7i is based on proven functionality – COSWIN is used on more than 1,300 customer sites in 45 countries. COSWIN has been developed as a result of customer feedback since 1986.

The architecture of COSWIN 7i was completely remastered to take advantage of latest technologies. COSWIN 7i is developed using Oracle JDeveloper and XML technology. It is based on the latest Oracle database technology; provides 2 tier and 3 tier deployment and is compatible with most browsers and application servers.

COSWIN 7i is one of the few existing EAM systems to offer a multi-GUI (Graphical User Interface), i.e. user interfaces can be simultaneously available in Html and Java.

An easy & flexible deployment
Because it is based on native web technology COSWIN 7i only needs to be deployed on a central server, it is then accessed from any PC with an internet browser. This
results in a significant cost saving when compared to competitive systems – as there is no cost associated with the lengthy task of loading and maintaining software
on all the PC’s.

Implementing COSWIN 7i does not need to be a major project.
With COSWIN 7i it is possible to “start small”, setting realistic objectives and expanding the system over time. COSWIN 7i drastically reduces network traffic issues yet retains its legendary ergonomics and ease of use. Each user can personalise his interface dynamically.

Powerful and scaleable solutions
COSWIN 7i offers a scaleable solution, it can be used by a small company with a handful of maintenance staff, through to organisations managing thousands of maintenance personnel and millions of assets on many sites.

COSWIN 7i offers solutions for both "in house" maintenance teams, contractors and FM service providers
managing assets contracts for multiple companies.

“ Cost optimisation, ease of implementation and administration are the major advantages, which are bound to satisfy our current customers
and also attract many new ones.” Carlo Fichera, CEO SIVECO GROUP.

Why choose COSWIN 7i?

COSWIN 7i is based on the latest Internet technologies, together with the fastest and most secure database technology.
COSWIN 7i can be integrated into your Company Management Information System: it can be linked to your other core systems
with no need to duplicate data between systems.
COSWIN 7i is compatible with all the principal ERP's in the market (JDE, SAP, BAAN,
Peoplesoft, BPCS, Oracle Applications, etc).
COSWIN 7i can link to your process and equipment monitoring systems e.g. SCADA and building management software.
COSWIN 7i can be used “out of the box” or it can be configured according to the needs of each user. The customisation options include: personalising graphical indicators, introducing new field labels and personalising menu options. (note: using the configuration tool requires no IT skills).
The success of your project will not only depend on the software capabilities. SIVECO GROUP is the best qualified European supplier of asset and maintenance management solutions. Siveco offers a full range of services including: consultancy, implementation, training, project management and support.

Offering market-leading software and unrivalled services, SIVECO GROUP is well positioned to build on their success and impressive growth to date.

“SIVECO GROUP solutions have enabled us to contribute to the cost reduction program that Lafarge Aluminates has undertaken at a global level.” Lafarge Aluminates

The maintenance process can no longer be managed by maintenance department
in isolation. For this reason our solutions are designed to interact with other dedicated
management information systems and are directly linked to the interests
and strategy of the board.

“ SIVECO GROUP helps companies increase their return on investments while decreasing their operational costs.” Carlo Fichera, CEO Siveco Group.