"Decision-making staff" supply chain plan, "industrial brain" PLC, "smart manufacturing" technology solutions... On June 28, at the 2023 Global Smart Logistics Summit, a batch of new products and new solutions developed by Cainiao were officially exposed. The report card of Cainiao Logistics Technology's deep cultivation of the manufacturing industry was also announced during the summit, and a number of leading auto companies such as BMW Brilliance have launched co-creation cooperation with it.
The reporter learned from the summit that Cainiao's digital supply chain products have been applied in multiple industries such as fast-moving retail, industrial manufacturing, and automobiles. The role of the "supply chain planning" product launched this time is similar to the intelligent staff who assist decision-making in supply chain management. By combining logistics with AI and big data, it can automatically output demand plans based on sales forecasts, inventory plans based on global optimization, Replenishment planning based on intelligent distribution, production planning and scheduling based on logistics optimization allow enterprises to realize the transformation from "whether there is a plan" to "whether the plan is good" when conducting supply chain management.
Cainiao Digital Supply Chain Product Matrix
It is worth noting that the PLC (Programmable Logic Controller, Programmable Logic Controller), known as the "industrial brain", has also achieved new breakthroughs in localization. As a digital computing operation electronic system specially designed for application in industrial environments, PLC can control various types of mechanical equipment or production processes. For a long time, in the field of industrial control core PLC, Europe, America and Japan have occupied a dominant position.
Cainiao’s self-developed PLC series product information released at the summit shows that the core chip of the product has been 100% localized, effectively avoiding the “stuck neck” problem. It is equipped with the Linux PREEMPT_RT real-time system, which can ensure the stability of the product at aerospace level. At present, Cainiao's self-developed PLC has obtained the EU CE certification and is running stably in more than 200 automation projects. Next, Cainiao will launch a variety of PLC products such as standard slaves, distributed IO modules, communication gateways, high-performance masters, and economical slaves.
Cainiao self-developed PLC series products
The reporter noticed that Cainiao Logistics Technology has continued to make efforts in the manufacturing industry recently. Its smart manufacturing technology solutions were also unveiled during the summit. The plan shows that Cainiao can help enterprises build smart factories through technological products covering procurement logistics, production logistics, and sales logistics. Ding Hongwei, vice president of Cainiao Group and general manager of the logistics technology division, revealed in his speech that relying on the accumulation of digital supply chain, Internet of Things, automation, etc., Cainiao has provided digital intelligence services for industries such as industrial manufacturing, automobiles, FMCG, and logistics. Technology Products. Among them, in the automotive industry, Cainiao Logistics Technology has launched co-creation cooperation with nearly ten OEMs and parts manufacturers such as BMW Brilliance, Changan Automobile, BYD, SAIC-GM-Wuling, Inovance United Power, and Greater Group.