The focus of Chinese manufacturing transformation and upgrading

The focus of Chinese manufacturing transformation and upgrading

Chinese manufacturing industry has achieved world-renowned achievements in the thirty years of reform and opening up. With the development of Internet technology, disruptive innovation in the manufacturing sector is not only difficult to predict, but also more difficult to grasp. Among them, the "five emphasis" and "three avoidances" have become the new focus of innovation in China's intelligent manufacturing field.

　　 Focus on market and application needs

　　User needs are the main focus of intelligent manufacturing innovation transformation. Since the second industrial revolution, product and production efficiency have been the core of competition among enterprises. With the emergence of Industry 4.0 and the rapid popularization of new technology ecosystems such as the Internet, consumers' demand for product (service) innovation, quality, variety, and delivery speed has undergone qualitative changes. This change is a manifestation of the personalized needs of the market .

　　 In modern smart manufacturing, customer customization and smart scale are a unified contradiction. The model has shifted from providing users with products to provide users with personalized and exclusive services. The products and services of an enterprise must possess industrial intelligence capabilities such as self-awareness, self-prediction, self-adaptation, self-reconfiguration, and self-maintenance in order to achieve individualization and innovation in line with the market. While manufacturing enterprises strive to maintain their own originality, they must also be close to customer needs, focus on the market, and focus on innovation from industry and applications.

　　Focus on corporate restructuring and governance

　　 Looking at the challenges of today's digital transformation of the manufacturing industry from the perspective of strategy to tactics, the main focus of this strategy is operational excellence, and one of the tools to effectively achieve operational excellence is enterprise architecture.

　　Enterprise architecture is the bridge and standard interface for undertaking business strategy and information strategy, and is the core of enterprise information planning. Enterprise architecture practice is a series of valuable tools that help determine the current and future operating modes of manufacturing companies that need to be developed. Manufacturing enterprise architecture can provide three points of reference for digital transformation: first, enterprise architecture provides a way for management to reach the desired state from the original state; second, clarify the enterprise's strategy and distinguish between strategy and tactics. Third, help companies clarify where they are and determine what efforts are needed to achieve their corporate goals.

　　 Reshaping the corporate structure can help companies form a more reasonable governance approach. The challenge faced by many organizations is to transform from an IT-centric perspective on corporate innovation (usually related to traditional corporate architecture activities) to a modern corporate operation thinking on the daily operations of the enterprise. When using enterprise architecture as a tool and technology, and applying it to daily operations, companies need to think in terms of operational architecture. In the process of manufacturing transformation, the operating structure is based on information technology and enterprise structure to make it reflect the operating conditions of the enterprise.

　　 Whenever an enterprise starts to implement operational excellence, it must integrate people, processes, and technology. Based on this point of view, operational excellence practices in the manufacturing industry need to include six pillars: asset management, asset performance management, corporate quality management, environment, health and safety management, industrial energy management, and manufacturing operations management. Since each of these “pillars" rely on people to use technology to execute various processes, the execution of all strategies and tactics related to operational excellence is critical. Reshaping the enterprise architecture can help us understand how they coordinate and cooperate with each other. Enterprise architecture provides a platform for operational excellence strategies.

For all manufacturing companies that want to transform and upgrade, managers need to fully understand cutting-edge technologies and their relevance, use modern corporate architecture and governance to redefine manufacturing companies, seize the huge opportunities that smart manufacturing gives us, and ultimately in the industrial Internet and digital industry In a highly developed era, the integration of digital factories and corporate culture is realized.

　　 Pay attention to the humanistic construction of intelligent manufacturing

　　In the era of smart manufacturing and Industry 4.0, the relationship between digital and culture is not a conflict, but a communion relationship. In the process of modern industrial transformation and innovation, we also need to pay attention to the construction of intellectual creation and humanity.

　　The inspiration for innovation comes from different cultures, different people, different teams, and is not restricted by any position or type of work. Standing on the shoulders of predecessors' data and experience, coupled with one's own practice, it is possible to realize innovative ideas. The creation of an innovation culture must rely on collective wisdom to form collective innovation. The adjustment and change of organizational structure, cross-team, cross-department, cross-field collective wisdom can give birth to unexpected innovative ideas.

　　The future of intelligent manufacturing requires the joint efforts of the whole society, collaboration, cross-border, and strengthened organizational and cultural innovation. While continuously breaking the boundaries of knowledge fields and achieving innovation, the core of how traditional industry management talents and Internet information talents innovate together lies in the innovation and integration of management teams and talent construction.

　　For now, the advantages of millions of college graduates and tens of millions of engineers in China each year are not fully utilized under the current industrial structure. The asymmetry between talent and economic development structure greatly hinders manufacturing innovation. While the decline in China's labor force affects the manufacturing industry, it has also created a strong demand for manufacturing automation and intelligence. The bottom-up mass innovation platform of the Internet has stimulated the masses' enthusiasm and potential for innovation, which is an excellent opportunity for industrial transformation.

　　 Manufacturing companies also need a new welfare model to attract and motivate talents. Flexible work systems, agency services, shifts, and systems that allow employees to freely spend their time in sideline jobs have become standard equipment for high-tech companies, and manufacturing companies increasingly need these new welfare systems. After the knowledge structure of the management team is diversified and cross-border, how can everyone enter the state of "transaction" as soon as possible is what everyone needs to care about. Therefore, in order to achieve strong management in the future, in addition to the need for cross-border integration of knowledge, management must first merge, merge to achieve co-current, co-current to achieve communication, and finally achieve continuous innovative transactions.

　　 Looking to the future, manufacturing in China is going global, not only focusing on the local or regional economy, but also focusing on big data and innovation, so that the Internet of Innovation will become the driving force of China's manufacturing innovation. It should be noted that in the process of rapid development of civilization, the new humanities in the intelligent age must be made an accelerator for Chinese enterprises to go global.

　　 Pay attention to the application of new science and new technology

　　 The industry's own industrial chain integration, system reconstruction, and cross-industry knowledge are the three mountains of manufacturing innovation. Manufacturing companies need to understand the "troika" of core technologies in intelligent manufacturing, namely, industrial big data, industrial Internet of Things, and asset intelligence related technologies to achieve rapid, effective and mature decision-making capabilities, so that technology can be used in corporate digital transformation. Become an irreplaceable core competitiveness.

　　In the future, informatization will be cross-integrated with automatic control systems, industrial control systems, automation and other fields. Enterprises should shift from information system construction to data application analysis, and it is particularly important to apply information and intelligent technology based on the organization's operation and management system. Intelligent manufacturing companies must continue to define and understand the relationship between big data and industry, master core technologies and their characteristics, and use them to help companies understand and make better use of "industrial big data."

　　Industrial big data has given us a new perspective on the world. This is the so-called source of information technology as the core driving force for innovation. While quantifying software application innovation, enterprises should realize industrial big data landing in the process of introducing new functional characteristics based on sub-industries. The development of big data in vertical industries is an opportunity for cloud computing platforms. Many innovative applications are inseparable from the use and production of data. The practical innovation of industrial big data application is mainly reflected in the big data collection, monitoring operation, intelligent operation and real-time analysis of industrial automation equipment. In addition to enabling our companies to better perform predictive analysis, big data business can also help realize the implementation of new industries, new formats, new technologies and new models.

　　Industrial Internet of Things is inseparable from the connection between assets. From automobile manufacturing to medical equipment manufacturing, from process to discrete, asset connection is reflected in all links of manufacturing. The concept of connected assets may be a very good tool for manufacturers who want to turn it into a competitive advantage. So far, this concept has not developed to the point of being widely accepted, but it has also received the attention and support of many top technology companies. The assets or equipment used by enterprises to produce and provide goods and services are regarded as infrastructure in the process of implementing intelligent manufacturing. Through the connection of "assets", we have a more comprehensive understanding of its performance, which means that our company can sense and respond to various changes, including changes in performance, product design and configuration, raw materials, internal environmental impact, and Changes in external customer requirements and even supplier performance can be used to predict future success and failure.

The core of smart manufacturing products is the constantly changing attributes of “things", the expanding functions of smart and connected products and the data they generate. Smart manufacturing understands and uses the related technologies of the Industrial Internet of Things for the future while learning Internet knowledge. All aspects of manufacturing are also crucial.

　　Industrial Internet of Things connects "things", and connects "assets" of enterprises. Consolidating the asset management of the entire supply chain of the manufacturing industry is the only way to implement intelligent manufacturing. In the ISO5500 national standard, it is clear that "assets" in the era of intelligent industry include physical assets as well as virtual assets, such as processes, documents, knowledge, and talents. Therefore, healthy assets are the foundation for healthy business operations.

　　 Focus on the comprehensive integration of technology and industry

　　 When we step into the era of Industry 4.0 and the Smart Internet, enterprises must be interconnected with all people, interconnected things, interconnected products and services, interconnected with the public and the government, and the entire industry chain must be competitive. Efficiency is not related to cost, but also to have the potential for profit. The innovation of business model must be closely integrated with the mode of production and have the ability to participate in global competition. The relevance of science and technology is not only related to isolated islands of enterprise information systems, but also to cross the boundaries of information and data. When various data are closely linked through technology, companies' judgments on the market will be more accurate.

The road to innovation and transformation of intelligent manufacturing should be based on the full-channel participation of governments, research institutions, and enterprises, clarifying the relationship and definition of technology and industrial innovation as the starting point, and understanding innovative technology and technology by connecting z* as a close integration of the two and technical guidance system From market demand to production and service, the industry focuses on the realization of cross-industry, cross-industry, cross-cultural integration. It is necessary to promote sustainable cooperation between technology and industry on the basis of the common interests of all relevant industries and industries.

　　 Manufacturing innovation and transformation should focus on the "three avoidances"

　　The goal of innovative change is to ensure that standard methods and processes are used, so that changes must be made in a fast way with minimal impact on service quality, traceable and improve daily operation and maintenance. In the process of intelligent manufacturing innovation, we need to be down-to-earth, strive to realize the conversion from data and experience to knowledge, and strive to achieve the "three avoidances":

　　 First, it is necessary to avoid excessive short-term projectization, resulting in a lack of long-term operation and management. It is difficult to obtain true core technology for short-term projects, and it is also difficult to obtain long-term benefits.

　　Secondly, avoid sports and follow the trend. Although many companies have a high enthusiasm for intelligent manufacturing, there are still many confusions and misunderstandings in the understanding of intelligent manufacturing, path selection, innovation direction, and transformation strategies. Therefore, manufacturing-related enterprises need to do a good job in policy guidance, resource allocation, long-term tracking and intelligent management of technology transformation and market applications through informatization work to avoid swarms of blind follow-up and investment.

　　 Third, we must avoid hollowing out and simplistic modeling, and we must not stop manufacturing innovation in conceptual operation and simple imitation. Those who are good at righteousness have a clear vision. We need to have sufficient determination to ensure the realization of intelligent manufacturing, and we don't want people to talk about it.

　　Efforts to achieve four benefits

The goal of "Made in China 2025" is not only to make our industrial production smarter, more efficient, and faster. It must also innovate in products, production and services while employees in all departments of the company give full play to their abilities. Form a long-term mechanism that can innovate and recycle and gather elements.

　　The new technological means of the future is centered on the integration of information technology tools and software management. In this sense, the application of a company in product design, engineering management, product verification, production planning, operation and manufacturing will be determined by software definition in the future. In the opportunity of this new industrial revolution, software definition is no longer just an auxiliary means and tool for industrial manufacturing, it has become one of the effective means to avoid the long-term downside risks of China’s economy, and it will also be transformed into successful new products and services, becoming " The protagonist of "Made in China 2025".

　　 Technology and management prosper together. In the environment where the 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0 stages of China's manufacturing industry coexist, high costs have led to reduced profits, and low profits have led to long-term low wages for employees and ultimately low product quality. It will be a long and delicate process to realize the transformation of China's intelligent manufacturing of Industry 4.0. Promoting intelligent manufacturing requires us to directly face many vicious cycles of high cost, low efficiency, and extensive management. For Chinese manufacturing in the transitional period, the growth drive brought by technological innovation is one of the important means to stimulate economic growth.

　　 Culture and talents prosper together. China has long lacked systematic manufacturing experience, knowledge and information, and lacked comprehensive real-time data analysis and models. If this situation does not change, it will be difficult to realize the knowledge inheritance of China's intelligent manufacturing through the establishment of digital models. In the process of transforming from the productivity demand of the manufacturing side to the value demand of the user side, we have shifted from the production side to the consumer side, from the user side to the customized products and services, and realize the new value through the collaborative optimization of the entire supply chain. Optimization of creation.

　　 Outlook

　　 Egg, broken from the outside is food, broken from the inside is life. The road to smart manufacturing is also: breaking from the outside is pressure, and breaking from the inside is growth. We should always firmly believe that China’s road to becoming a powerful country in intelligent manufacturing must start from the troika of equipment intelligent management, industrial big data analysis, and the industrial Internet of Things, combined with the establishment of the next-generation enterprise architecture of modern manufacturing enterprises, and enterprises themselves Breaking and seizing the extraordinary opportunity will enable China's manufacturing industry to build manufacturing advantages, and at the same time, in this cultural upgrade of intelligent manufacturing, realize the dream of a manufacturing powerhouse.