As an important symbol to measure the level of the national chemical industry, the fine chemical industry provides important terminal product support for the national economy. Compared with larger chemical products, fine chemical products require highly professional skills and techniques, and their production process requires complex chemical reactions, and Strict control conditions, the products produced have the characteristics of low output and high value, which is the embodiment of the country's core technical capabilities. At present, my country's high-end fine chemical industry is still in the growth stage, and the level of technology is still relatively low compared with developed countries. With the upgrading of my country's industry and the support of national policies, more and more high-end fine chemical products will be localized.
Overview of the upstream and downstream of the fine chemical industry
Characteristics of fine chemical products
High technical content
Fine chemical products require highly professional skills and techniques, and their production process requires complex chemical reactions and strict control conditions, and their production techniques and formulations are strictly managed;
Product Diversity
The products involved in fine chemicals are mainly multi-variety and small-batch, which belong to technical customization. The product varieties are very diverse, and their packaging forms are also rich and diverse;
High security requirements
Most of the raw materials for the production of fine chemical products are flammable, explosive, toxic and harmful materials, so the safety requirements are strict in the transportation and storage of raw materials, and safety management requirements need to be implemented;
high quality requirements
Fine chemical products have extremely high quality requirements, so in the process of warehousing and logistics, it is necessary to pay special attention to the storage conditions, moisture-proof, anti-corrosion and other issues of the product, and to realize the comprehensive process monitoring of the product;
Flexible warehouse layout
There are many types of fine chemical products, and the types of warehouses required are also different, so the warehouse layout needs to be flexible and changeable to meet the storage needs of different types of products;
Various modes of transportation
Since fine chemical products are usually small-batch and high-value-added products, their transportation is mainly by road less-than-truckload transportation, and some large-volume transportation often uses multimodal transportation such as waterways and railways.
At present, the homogeneity of domestic fine chemical products is serious, and the pressure of market competition is high. With the global economic recession, its traditional extensive supply chain management method is difficult to keep up with the pace of enterprise management transformation and hinders the further development of enterprises. With the construction of the country along the road, domestic fine chemical enterprises are based on the domestic market, accelerating the development of foreign product sales channels, and began to export in large quantities, and the supply chain is also extended from domestic to foreign countries. Therefore, the digital transformation of the supply chain has become an important task for the entire industry to enhance the core competitiveness of enterprises. In the face of the limited domestic market and the vast foreign market, how to enhance the competitiveness of enterprises and stand out, Inossem believes that enterprises need to focus on the integration of production, supply and marketing, and carry out a series of digital transformation work from the inside out. , warehousing, and logistics information barriers, provide accurate business data for enterprises, better realize the intelligent production scheduling system internally, reduce unnecessary product production and raw material procurement for enterprises, and provide timely and accurate warehousing, logistics and distribution services for customers externally, improving customer satisfaction. We believe that the supply chain transformation of the fine chemical industry in the future requires the following core capabilities:
Ability to calculate inventory supply and demand balance
The product production scheduling of the traditional fine chemical industry mainly records the plan execution results in ERP, which has the typical characteristics of unlimited supply capacity and unlimited production capacity. Its production scheduling mainly relies on manual past experience and assists EXCEL in management. Inossem believes that The digital transformation of chemical companies in the future should first focus on the balance of inventory supply and demand capabilities. By optimizing product production scheduling, it is possible to drive raw material supply plan reminders, packaging procurement and consumption, and warehouse transfers according to product production plans. , through the establishment of inventory balance and accurate guidance of warehousing and logistics execution, avoiding the failure to complete the production plan due to lack of materials, thereby improving production efficiency and enterprise operating efficiency, reducing production costs, ensuring smooth operation of the production line and maximizing production efficiency.
Scheduling plan based on inventory supply and demand balance
Refined inventory management capabilities
The product inventory of fine chemicals is mainly divided into two categories: general product inventory and customer order inventory. Traditional warehouse management cannot occupy customer order inventory in time, resulting in product inventory shortages due to rush. There are strict requirements on the environment of the warehouse, and it is necessary to monitor the status of the inventory in real time and control the available inventory information. Based on a large number of successful cases in the chemical industry, the Inossem Intelligent Warehouse Management System has developed a set of characteristic inventory management functions, which can realize early warnings based on production batches, real-time monitoring of inventory occupancy and inventory, and operation process management, avoiding due to Problems such as product quality decline or untimely operation caused by improper inventory management.
Multi-dimensional inventory owner management
Real-time logistics monitoring capability
For traditional fine chemical enterprises, the logistics transportation mainly entrusts professional logistics carriers to carry out the transportation of goods. There are typical problems in the logistics transportation such as the inability to choose the best carrier, the inability to obtain the delivery time of the vehicle to the factory in time, and the inability to deliver the customer's receipt in a timely manner. As a result, there is an imbalance in the information acquisition and delivery between the cargo owner and the logistics company. Since the cargo owner cannot grasp the specific transportation situation of the logistics company, they often need to rely on telephone or email to inquire about the latest transportation status of the cargo. Inossem's intelligent logistics management system, through the logistics dispatching center, can automatically realize the allocation of transportation needs based on the service quality and price of the carrier, and combine the warehouse's operating resources and delivery plan to automatically establish the delivery time for entering the factory , to reduce the waiting time of the vehicle, and at the same time, based on the lightweight transportation execution terminal, complete the rapid information interaction and sharing with the carrier, driver, and customer.
Comprehensive plant safety management capabilities
Due to the involvement of hazardous chemicals, traditional fine chemical enterprises have strict control over the vehicles and personnel entering and leaving the factory in their factory areas. They conduct qualification inspections and safety publicity on the vehicles and personnel entering and leaving the factory through a large number of offline paper documents. In the past cases of the chemical industry, Inossem has accumulated a whole set of safety inspection mechanisms around the factory vehicles from appointment-into the factory-loading and unloading-out of the factory. Rectify hidden dangers, discover and deal with hidden dangers in time, and reduce safety risks.
Inossem Park Safety Management Mechanism
Omni-channel order center management capabilities
The sales of traditional fine chemicals are mainly based on channel dealers, advertising sales or salesmen placing orders. There are generally problems such as long ordering process, low order timeliness, and inconvenient operation. It is difficult to transmit information to the customer service center in real time, resulting in The delivery time of order demand lags behind, making it difficult to realize the supply chain demands centered on customer demand. Based on the supply chain of the chemical industry, Inossem provides a lightweight order terminal, which seamlessly integrates the enterprise's ERP or external third-party e-commerce platform internally. After summarizing the order requirements, it cooperates with the warehouse according to the order management engine The integration automatically completes the lock of inventory and the sending of stocking instructions, integrates the intelligent logistics order system, automatically selects the carrier with high timeliness and low cost, and places the logistics order. Users can check the processing status of the order online with one button and control it with one button The progress of order processing allows internal business personnel to release the tedious follow-up work and focus on finding business opportunities and maintaining customer relationships.
Lightweight order management center
Collaborative capability of the whole link
Due to the diversity of sales channels, the fine chemical industry needs to share information with relevant personnel in production, sales, and quality control for internal needs, and for information sharing with export freight forwarders, domestic trade distributors, end customers, logistics carriers, and raw material suppliers for external needs. Because of the long business process and no collaborative platform, there are problems such as distortion, lack, and duplication of information transmission among various objects, which leads to poor information interaction. Inossem believes that enterprises can achieve supply chain integration under the existing process system The rapid response of the whole link is the focus of the digital transformation of the supply chain. Enterprises need to strengthen the coordination capabilities of different internal and external objects and links to create a full-link collaborative supply chain, which is more effective under the principle of customer-centricity. Improve the efficiency of the supply chain and reduce costs.
Inossem's full-chain collaboration capability in the supply chain
Data in-depth analysis capability
The supply chain of the fine chemical industry is mainly carried out around the integration of production, supply and marketing. Product sales will directly affect the supply plan of raw materials and the production and operation of enterprises. In order to strengthen the accuracy of production plans, the deep utilization of data can be gradually realized through the analysis of past consumption data. . First, based on the existing business data analysis, we need to provide convenient business progress query and early warning functions for each business link; second, through the online data of the whole business of the supply chain, open up the business chain, and analyze the timeliness of the business process and key bottlenecks; Finally, combined with the records of potential business opportunities in the market, an AI product consumption prediction model is established to build product production prediction capabilities and raw material supply plans to reduce unnecessary production and procurement, thereby increasing inventory turnover and allowing data to generate maximum value.
In-depth supply chain data analysis capabilities
In general, the supply chain transformation of the fine chemical industry involves all links of product demand forecasting, ordering, procurement, production, warehousing, and distribution. Platform to build an integrated supply chain platform, through continuous refinement of business management, continuously improve the supply chain management level and innovation capabilities of enterprises, improve product quality and production efficiency, and achieve green and sustainable development. For more exciting content, please search "Inossem Supply Chain"