"In Tianjin Port, the annual container throughput exceeds 20 million boxes, and AI and other technical means must be used to cope with complex operation plans. Now, using the resources on Huawei Cloud and the AI solver development environment, the development cycle of AI applications under the traditional method , from 3-6 months to 2-4 weeks", Hu Houkun, Huawei's rotating chairman, shared the story of Tianjin Port's digital transformation at the Huawei Global Analyst Conference (HAS 2022) on April 26.
Hu Houkun, Rotating Chairman of Huawei, delivered a keynote speech at HAS 2022
Cloud technology support, helping Tianjin Port to achieve global optimal decision-making in complex
scenarios It has reached a new level and is firmly among the top ten ports in the world. According to recent statistics, its growth rate is still rising.
Behind the busy port, it is necessary to carry out overall planning and full-link coordination for the port. The traditional method of overall planning relies on manual linkage between plans, lacks an effective way to comprehensively consider thousands of constraints and variables, and cannot achieve global coordination. Moreover, it takes 24 hours to complete the entire plan manually, and it is difficult to flexibly respond to temporary changes such as sudden changes in weather, equipment failure, and urgent operations.
According to industry experts, every extra hour of operation of a large ship will cause losses of tens of thousands of yuan; if a liner stays in port for one day, the loss will be as high as several million yuan. Under the superimposition of multiple factors, Tianjin Port's overall planning and optimization capabilities have been put to the test.
In order to actively explore the path of digital transformation, maximize the utilization of port resources, and improve port operation efficiency, Tianjin Port
has adopted Huawei Yuntianchou's AI solver, which has the ability to understand artificial intelligence.
The solver transforms the industrial problems faced by Tianjin Port Group into mathematical problems. At the same time, it uses distributed parallel acceleration technology to help Tianjin Port increase the speed of solving billion-scale problems by up to 100 times. In addition, based on HUAWEI CLOUD's artificial intelligence technology, Tianjin Port can automatically classify related problems and configure optimal parameters and strategies for problems in different scenarios.
The combination of AI and solver has greatly improved Tianjin Port's full-link coordination ability, mobilized all resources to the maximum extent, increased equipment utilization by 15%, and reduced yard overturning rate by 20%, greatly improving port operation efficiency and Operational efficiency, thereby shortening the time of ships in port.
Going to the cloud brings great value to the digital transformation of Tianjin Port.
Everything is a service, so that customers can make steady progress in the digitalization process
Going to the cloud is the only way for enterprises to undergo digital transformation. In the future, all devices, terminals, and sensors will be connected to the Internet, and all infrastructure and applications will be cloudified. Artificial intelligence and data will play an important role in business decision-making.
However, enterprises have more or less encountered some challenges in the process of embracing cloud computing, which can be summarized as "unwilling to use, unable to use, and not easy to use." Hu Houkun said that Huawei should do a good job in pre-integration and pre-verification of products in advance, leaving the trouble to itself and the convenience to customers and partners. Based on HUAWEI CLOUD, we adhere to the principle of "everything is a service", and make infrastructure, technology, and experience cloud-based and service-oriented, so that it is no longer difficult for customers from all walks of life to go to the cloud.
At present, in the wave of enterprise digital transformation, Huawei Cloud and other enterprises are depositing their own digital transformation paths, capabilities and channels, as well as the excellent practical results of customers and partners on the cloud, and opening them up to more enterprises in need, so that Qianxing Baiye's customers are making steady progress on the road of digital transformation. This is the road that companies such as Huawei Cloud have come out of, and it is also their value that is worth remembering.