How SMEs solve the problem of intelligent manufacturing

Industrial robots, personalized manufacturing... At the just-concluded 13th China Manufacturing International Forum, topics related to intelligent manufacturing became the focus of discussions among forum guests. But while imagining the brilliant picture that this round of technological change will draw, the guests were more concerned about how to integrate the vast majority of small and medium-sized enterprises into this wave. At this forum, the "Binhai Special Session on Intelligent Manufacturing Solutions for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises" focused on small and medium-sized enterprises in Binhai New Area, hoping to find a bridge between small and medium-sized enterprises and intelligent manufacturing.

The key role of SMEs

In the eyes of Wang Deqiang, vice president of Aiboli Management Consulting Group, small and medium-sized enterprises are an absolute new force in the manufacturing field. In the current industrial revolution that is based on smart manufacturing, small and medium-sized enterprises should also play an important role.

Binhai New Area, which can manufacture Airbus aircraft and launch vehicles, can be regarded as one of the representative regions in the country for the development of advanced manufacturing. However, according to Li Kun, President of the Binhai New Area Small and Medium Enterprises Association, although some outstanding small and medium-sized enterprises have successfully practiced intelligent manufacturing and entered the "4.0" stage, there are still a considerable proportion of small and medium-sized enterprises in the new area that are still in the "4.0" stage. 2.0” or even the “1.0” stage.

“Small and medium-sized enterprises have limited funds, which is a key factor that restricts them from carrying out intelligent manufacturing. In addition, many small and medium-sized enterprises pay more attention to investment in hardware and ignore the matching management improvements, which ultimately affects the implementation of intelligent manufacturing. "Effects." Guests attending this forum pointed out that if the above problems can be effectively solved, small and medium-sized enterprises will have a lot of imagination to carry out intelligent manufacturing.

Smart manufacturing management takes the lead

The profit of Yamaguchi Automotive Fastener Co., Ltd. from Tianjin Development Zone in the first half of this year has exceeded that of the whole of last year. Du Zeyuan, the person in charge of the company, pointed out that improving management around intelligent manufacturing and building a digital factory are the keys to the success of Yamaguchi Fasteners. “Many small and medium-sized enterprises in China have gone to advanced enterprises at home and abroad to learn from their experience in order to carry out intelligent manufacturing, but the final results are not obvious. This is because these enterprises have not integrated intelligent manufacturing and carried out lean management, and their employees still work in traditional ways. "

"Enterprises carrying out intelligent manufacturing cannot blindly graft it. This will require a lot of investment, but the effect may not be very good." Li Kun pointed out that enterprises should rationally create production processes, realize software and hardware adaptation on this basis, and promote informatization. , Only in this way can efficiency be improved, costs reduced, and the competitiveness of enterprises enhanced.

Focusing on the improvement of enterprise management capabilities, the New District issued guiding opinions on promoting enterprises to implement lean management innovation as early as 2013, and allocated 10 million yuan every year to support the lean management innovation work of small and medium-sized enterprises. Wang Deqiang introduced that in recent years, they have cooperated with the New District every year to provide free lean management training and project guidance and consultation for small and medium-sized enterprises, laying a management foundation for enterprises to carry out intelligent manufacturing.

Build a bridge linking "production" and "use"

The development of intelligent manufacturing relies more on the strength of the enterprise itself, in addition to the support of the government. At present, the new district has gathered companies providing intelligent manufacturing-related hardware and services, including industrial robots and information platforms. Tianjin Huizhiruida Technology Co., Ltd., located in Tianjin High-tech Zone, has developed a "C2B industrial personalized customization information cloud platform" that can not only help small and medium-sized enterprises achieve personalized customization production, but also shorten the production cycle by more than half.

At the same time, the new district has established a robot and intelligent manufacturing equipment application service alliance in recent years, and launched a new district intelligent manufacturing industry supply and demand information platform. This alliance includes universities, research institutes and enterprises in the field of intelligent manufacturing in the new district and the city. It integrates and coordinates industrial resources, improves the R&D, production and maintenance service levels of intelligent manufacturing enterprises in the alliance, and achieves effective production and application ends. docking.