How does "digital manufacturing" make the manufacturing process informatized?
Digital manufacturing refers to the use of digital technology and information means to realize the intelligence, automation and efficiency of the manufacturing process.
It realizes the digitization, networking and intelligence of the production process by combining advanced technologies such as sensors, Internet of Things, cloud computing, big data analysis, and artificial intelligence with the manufacturing industry.
✅Digital manufacturing can improve production efficiency, reduce costs, optimize resource allocation, and at the same time realize flexible production, personalized customization and rapid response to market demand.
✅Through digital manufacturing, enterprises can achieve higher competitiveness and sustainable development.
With the continuous improvement of my country's scientific and technological level, digitalization has been widely used in intelligent manufacturing, which not only makes the working mode more convenient, but also helps to realize the updating and upgrading of manufacturing solutions and avoid the waste of manufacturing resources.
Therefore, in actual work, it is necessary to give full play to the advantages of digital technology itself, provide an important guarantee for the development of the intelligent manufacturing industry, and update the existing manufacturing model to reduce the overall manufacturing difficulty, so that the intelligent manufacturing industry can achieve steady progress in the new era.
——Lu Renjie, Wuhan Electric Machinery Co., Ltd. of CSC Group
So how does digital manufacturing make the manufacturing process informatized? What are the things to pay attention to in the process of digital manufacturing? How to better promote the informatization of the manufacturing process? Let's get it right once!
1. What is digitization and informatization
First on the concept -
Digitization : Indicates the use of information in digital form to increase work efficiency and effectiveness . Imagine being able to search for digitized information and use it more effectively because the data is already categorized and easily accessible, saving a lot of time.
Informatization: Informatization refers to the historical process of cultivating and developing new productive forces represented by computer- based intelligent tools, and making them benefit society. The productivity compatible with intelligent tools is called information productivity.
Through the definition of the two, we can summarize the following points:
- In terms of data value: the data generated by informatization is just data, and the data generated by digitization is assets
- In terms of application scope: informatization can coexist with multiple software, and digitalization must be an integrated solution
- From the perspective of thinking: informatization is the thinking of internal management, and digitalization is the thinking of external users
- External interconnection: informatization focuses on internal business data, and digitization focuses on external customer data
- At the strategic level: informatization emphasizes competition, and digitalization emphasizes synergy
So what is the informatization of the manufacturing process? Combined with the concept of informatization, we can briefly summarize:
The informatization of the manufacturing industry refers to the application of information technology to all aspects and business processes of the manufacturing industry .
In detail, the informatization of the manufacturing industry includes:
Informatization of the production process, supply chain, product design and R&D, production planning and scheduling, quality management and quality control, and management decision-making.
2. How does "digital manufacturing" make the manufacturing process informatized?
Before answering this question, let's look at a case:
Guangzhou Shiyuan Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. is a 2021 Hurun China Top 500 Enterprise . The company's LCD motherboard control card was also rated as the single champion product of the manufacturing industry by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology . At the same time, CVTE also has titles such as "Gazelle Enterprise" , "National Pilot Enterprise for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Manufacturing Industry" , and "National Technological Innovation Demonstration Enterprise" .
CVTE attaches great importance to digital work. Through product selection, the company purchased EBS and ERP products from the industry leaders, and made a lot of customized development to build its own management platform. With the gradual expansion of the company's business types and scale, there are currently more than 430 sets of large and small digital systems in the company.
❗️But! With more systems, the operation and maintenance difficulty of the IT department has also increased, and pain points have followed.
- Centralized maintenance and management challenges
- Time and money costs associated with custom development and procurement of systems
- ……
These have become problems that CVTE needs to solve urgently. Faced with the pain points in the traditional model, the IT department tries to use some new technologies to improve the efficiency of development and operation and maintenance, and zero-code development is one of them.
New Tool for ITBP
Inside CVTE, there are ITBP positions. ITBP is like the product manager of the IT department, connecting the IT department and the business department, analyzing and verifying the needs of the business department.
After the business department generates a demand, ITBP will quickly make a demo or some interfaces for business users to try and experience. Due to the agility of the zero-code development model, ITBP often uses Jiandao Cloud to build applications to communicate with business users about solution prototypes.
Among the Jiandaoyun applications of CVTE, the most frequently used one is [Sports Check-in]. In order to encourage everyone to exercise, the company often organizes challenge activities, and employees' exercise data and photo uploads are collected through Jiandaoyun.
In addition, scenarios such as questionnaires, health check-in, and nucleic acid appointments, which are frequently used by employees and involve a wide range of areas, are all realized by Jiandao Cloud.
After the success of the company's general management scenarios, CVTE also began to use Jiandao Cloud in core business scenarios to reduce costs and increase efficiency in application development.
The company's overseas BG has the need for purchase, sale and inventory . Considering the various uncertainties brought about by the global epidemic and international relations, CVTE's IT department uses Jiandao Cloud to quickly and cost-effectively solve the problem.
CVTE Health's CRM is also a successful practice of CVTE's agile development with Jiandao Cloud. CVTE Health is a health management service brand under CVTE, providing high-end medical examination, outpatient clinic, private doctor and other services.
When more and more Jiandao cloud applications were delivered to business users, a "chemical reaction" quickly occurred within this innovative organization with an average age of 29.
Based on the inspiration of ITBP, HR colleagues independently built a manpower budget management system with Jiandaoyun .
In addition to the IT department, many business colleagues from different ports participated in this wave of "development for all". These business developers have used Jiandaoyun to build applications such as dealership and management, after-sales satisfaction survey, property inspection, and restaurant reservation management.
At present, more than half of the more than 160 applications of CVTE come from business personnel, and the usage scenarios basically cover all product lines and business lines of the company.
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The zero-code-enabled ITBP has expanded the IT service boundary to a greater extent, directly solved a large number of "department-level" digital needs, and realized the most scenarios at the lowest cost and the fastest speed, so that everyone can clearly feel the business update and financial improvement.
The case of CVTE has given us some inspiration for the informatization and digital transformation of the manufacturing industry:
(1) Do a good job in cloud computing and big data analysis
Digital manufacturing uses cloud computing technology to store a large amount of data generated during the manufacturing process in the cloud platform , and process and mine it through big data analysis technology. Cloud computing provides powerful computing and storage capabilities , which can support the processing and analysis of massive data.
Through the analysis of manufacturing process data, potential problems and optimization opportunities can be found to improve production efficiency and quality.
(2) Zero code helps informatization of manufacturing process
It can be found that the digital transformation of CVTE is very successful because of the use of the Jiandao Cloud zero-code application building platform. The development of all employees through zero code has enhanced the vitality of the overall innovation within the enterprise, cultivated key digital talents, and laid the foundation for the vigorous development of the manufacturing industry.
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(3) Real-time monitoring and collaborative work
Real-time monitoring and collaborative work can realize information sharing and collaborative management of the manufacturing process.
The real-time monitoring system monitors and controls the production process in real time, helping to find and solve problems in time . Through the collaborative work platform, different departments and personnel can share information in real time and work together to improve the coordination and flexibility of the production process.
(4) Continuous improvement and iteration
With the rapid development of technology today, the result must be that through continuous collection, analysis and utilization of data in the manufacturing process, companies can discover problems, optimize processes, and make continuous improvements.
In the digital manufacturing process, relevant tools are needed to provide real-time data feedback and analysis to help enterprises quickly identify potential improvement opportunities . The enterprise itself must also take timely actions, continuous improvement and iteration to continuously optimize the manufacturing process , and then it is possible to achieve more efficient and reliable production.
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