Smart factory—a new standard for smart manufacturing

Entering 2018, smart manufacturing policies have been introduced in various places. Taking Henan Province as an example, the subsidy ratio for smart software and hardware upgrades has increased from 8% to 30%. Both the subsidy funds and the scope of subsidies have increased significantly. Intelligent manufacturing is a key support project of our country. Let me introduce to you how to understand new intelligent manufacturing.

In the 1980s, Kissinger pursued a policy of food, oil, and dollars on behalf of the American elite. This policy continued into the 20th century. In the "Trump" era, the new generation of political elites headed by Bannon believed that China was the largest economy in the United States. opponents, and the United States wants to contain China from five points, the first of which is China’s smart manufacturing 2025, followed by “One Belt, One Road”, 5G, financial technology and RMB internationalization.

As our key strategic project, intelligent manufacturing 2025, what exactly does it cover and how do we practice it? The General Office of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Office of the National Standardization Administration issued the "Guidelines for the Construction of the National Intelligent Manufacturing Standard System (2018 Edition)" (Draft for Comment), which may give you some guidance.

First of all, the intelligent manufacturing standard system architecture is divided into three major items, namely basic commonality, key technologies, and industry applications. The key technologies include smart equipment, smart factories, smart services, enabling technologies and the industrial Internet. In terms of industry applications, key standards in the field of high-end CNC machine tools and robots include machine tool manufacturing standards, machine tool testing standards, etc. Key standards in the field of aerospace equipment include aviation compliance material standards, cloud collaborative manufacturing standards for complex aerospace equipment, and digital twin manufacturing standards for aerospace equipment. Marine engineering equipment and high-tech shipbuilding fields, etc.

The smart factory part covers two major standard systems, namely management standards and technical standards, involving business process management, process statistical control, equipment inspection and maintenance, smart factory evaluation, equipment interface specifications, product platform definition, etc.

What are the core ideas of the national intelligent manufacturing standard system?

1. Globalization

As our country's demographic dividend disappears, product prices will no longer be advantageous compared with countries such as Southeast Asia. And as the trade war between China and the United States expands, the export situation will become more severe. In the future, if our products want to go global, we need to allocate resources through globalization. In this process, we need to realize a unified language for our management and products, so that we can truly become an international enterprise. For example, a button in clothing needs to be produced in Southeast Asia. What is the specification of the button, which color number, quantity, etc., must be digitized and standardized to achieve collaborative production.

2. Personalization

In the future, enterprise competition will be differentiated competition, and only unique core values can constitute one's own advantages. At the same time, customer needs are becoming increasingly personalized, and companies need to balance between meeting customer personalized needs and reasonable production scale.

3. Harmonization

Regulations and industry standards formulated by governments and non-governmental organizations related to environment, health, safety and trade are becoming more and more stringent. How to achieve smart manufacturing while passing environmental impact assessments and obtaining subsidies must be compared with national standards at every step.

4. Economical

Any intelligent transformation must achieve improvements in production efficiency, improvement in personnel efficiency, and shortening of production cycles, all of which must be considered from the perspective of enterprise benefits. If the remaining labor cost of a production line is less than the two-year salary of workers on the entire production line, or the product quality has not been significantly improved, these transformations will be a castle in the air and meaningless.

5.Interconnection

Not only are machines interconnected, but machines and products, machines and factories, and factories and collaborative units must be interconnected so that intelligent control and communication can be achieved.

6. Servitization

Only services that meet customers' personalized, real-time, full life cycle experience can stand out from the competition. As domestic consumption upgrades, the requirements for product and service experience are getting higher and higher, and so are the requirements for our services.

Intelligent manufacturing is not a project that can be achieved overnight. It requires enterprises to prepare for a protracted war. Moreover, intelligent manufacturing is a test of the determination of enterprise leaders. It is not a simple automation and informatization. It requires overall planning and a step-by-step approach.