The new industrial revolution is gradually taking shape. Do you think the industrial Internet will be the future of digital development in the manufacturing industry?
The answer can be seen from the industrial Internet development policies and measures in recent years——
As early as nearly three years ago,The Industrial Internet Innovation and Development Action Plan (2021-2023) proposed 11 items in five aspects Key actions and 10 key projects will focus on solving the deep-seated difficulties and pain points in the development of the industrial Internet, promote industrial digitalization, and drive digital industrialization.
AndIndustrial Internet platform is the core of the development of Industrial Internet. As early as 2018, "developing industrial Internet platforms" was included in the government work report for the first time. In the same year, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology began to select national-level cross-industry and cross-field ("dual-cross") industrial Internet platforms. A total of 10 platforms were selected in the first batch and announced in 2019. So far, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has released a list of "dual-span" platforms for five consecutive years.
Cross-industry and cross-field means that this platform not only has"model rooms"to empower the main business, but also a> targets thousands of industries. This means that an industrial Internet platform has reached a higher level and gained market recognition. Stepping out of the "comfort zone", many industrial Internet platforms are actively grabbing the market and accepting market tests. “Commercial housing”
A platform precise empowerment
Overcome the problem of “digital transformation” and help enterprises improve quality and efficiency
What is an industrial Internet platform and what does it do? Let’s first look for the answer in the “model room”.
In an intelligent manufacturing industrial park, numbers are beating on the large screen in the central control hall, and "every move" of the mass customization production line can be seen here at a glance.
As we approach the production line, automated guided vehicles (AGVs) shuttle past our feet, and the transported materials are grabbed by industrial robots not far away. The two work together like old partners. Machines connected to the industrial Internet communicate smoothly and operate efficiently. They can realize real-time issuance of orders, automatic transmission of materials, and seamless connection of processes, improving output efficiency per person.
According to the industry scope understanding of the Academy of Information and Communications Technology, the industrial Internet can be divided into a narrow sense and a broad sense——
From thenarrow scope, the core industries of the Industrial Internet only include those brought about by convergence innovations such as Industrial Internet platforms, new networks, and edge computing. A new industrial field.
From abroad scope, the core industries of the Industrial Internet are basically equivalent to the related industries of industrial digitalization, which are rooted in the traditional manufacturing support system. It also integrates data sensing, interconnection, advanced computing, intelligent analysis and other capabilities, bringing about the upgrading of traditional industries and the birth of new industrial links.
The core industrial system of the Industrial Internet includes two new industrial sub-fields formed by the integration, namely the edge computing sub-field formed by the extension of industrial automation and industrial networks to edge computing, and the industrial Internet platform formed by gathering industrial data, mechanism models and innovative applications. Software subfield. It also includes the intelligent upgrade parts of traditional industries such as industrial software, industrial automation, industrial networks, industrial equipment, and industrial security.
Not only is it the connection between machines, the industrial Internet platform can also closely connect factories with suppliers and customers to achieve collaborative management of the supply chain.
"Through JDY, Risen Energy has enabled employees to switch from Excel to online standardized operations, opening up the data silos within the company. Our evaluation of JDY should be our A-level. We believe that both in terms of product design and The services are beyond industry standards." - President of Risheng New Energy Co., Ltd.
Risen Energy uses the JDY zero-code application development platform. The average delivery cycle of each application system is around30 days. Each application Reduce IT software and hardware procurement and operation and maintenance costs by at least 50,000 yuan or more, and reduce software developer recruitment and management costs by at least < for each application a i=5>100,000 yuan or more, saving software outsourcing custom development costs of at least 100,000 yuan, and the average annual overall cost savings is estimated at 10 million About yuan; at the same time, it improves the timeliness of employee approval processing, which can be accelerated by about 2 hours per day, with an average of for each project It can be reduced by nearly 4 hours/each time.
"Baide Technology uses JDY to realize the interconnection of equipment and intelligent hardware, and the integration of multi-system and multi-device systems. Through data collection and process monitoring of early demand, suppliers, procurement, delivery reconciliation and payment, the equipment is strengthened Automatically collect multi-dimensional and complete data on equipment operation, maintenance, personnel, output and quality during use." - Black & Decker (Suzhou) Technology Co., Ltd.
Optimize the MRO spare parts management process through the interconnection of SRM and smart cabinet software and hardware, and decentralize nearby storage to make full use of the production workshop space and save centralized storage space480 square meters ; Self-service facial recognition and "1 minute quick access" realize unmanned management of MRO spare parts and save relevant personnel 6 name. Utilize big data analysis methods such as analysis, cleaning, integration, and clustering to achieve the timely and accurate rate of equipment repair reporting100%, and improve the maintenance response speed< /span>, KPI performance management of suppliers and personnel is effectively implemented. 26%, and process and output efficiency increased by 18%, equipment failure rate decreased by 30% or more, reduce equipment purchase and maintenance costs20%
As a new generation of digital industrial operating system, JDY zero-code platform can provide enterprises with core solutions such as smart factories, big data and artificial intelligence applications, green energy saving, safety and environmental protection, and smart parks, helping enterprises improve quality, increase efficiency, and reduce costs. Better carry out digital transformation.
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B Enterprises compete with multiple parties
There are many participants, but the market structure is fragmented
Under the wave of integration of new generation information technology and manufacturing, the industrial Internet has become an important support for accelerating the digital transformation of my country's manufacturing industry and high-quality economic development. The "Industrial Internet Innovation and Development Report (2023)" shows that the Industrial Internet has been fully integrated into 45 major categories of the national economy, covering more than 85% of the major industrial categories. Nearly 8,000 digital workshops and smart factories have been built across the country, and the industry scale has exceeded 1.2 Trillion yuan.
Behind the numbers, thousands of industries are joining the tide of digitalization and intelligence, from agriculture to manufacturing, from energy to mining, from construction to services, and there is no exception. In this magnificent upgrade, industrial Internet services, which help major industries complete digital transformation, are entering a new stage of large-scale development. From manufacturing giants and Internet leaders to traditional software service companies and emerging entrepreneurial unicorns, many companies are already deepening their layout.
Leading enterprises in traditional industrial fields are the main force in developing industrial Internet platforms. For example, Haier Group, the leader in home appliances, launched the industrial Internet platform COSMOPlat in 2017; Sany Heavy Industry established the industrial Internet enterprise Tree Root Internet in 2016; XCMG Hanyun, an industrial Internet platform incubated by XCMG Machinery, is receiving listing guidance .
This track also attractsInternet giants to rush into it. Internet companies such as Alibaba, Tencent, Baidu, and JD.com have launched their own industrial Internet platforms. Among them, JD Industrial, incubated by JD.com, has entered the Hong Kong IPO stage; the Tencent WeMake industrial Internet platform launched by Tencent has served 610,000 industrial companies, covering 22 industrial sub-sectors, opened more than 3,000 industrial APPs, and accumulated the number of industrial models. Up to 5,300, and the number of connected industrial equipment reaches 1.2 million.
Emerging unicorn companies are also emerging. Among the 50 Internet industrial platform companies selected for the "Double-Span" list of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Aerospace Cloud Network, Humi Network, Lanzhuo Digital, China Electronics Internet, Guangyu Mingdao, Moore Yuan and other companies have successively received financing. In addition, traditional software service providers such as Kingdee International, UFIDA, and Inspur Information are also deeply involved in the industrial Internet.
Despite the large number of participants, the market structure is still relatively fragmented. According to IDC statistics, in 2021, the top five manufacturers in terms of market share of industrial Internet platforms and solutions in my country are Huawei, Alibaba, Baidu, UFIDA, and Shugen Internet, and the top five manufacturers in terms of business scale The proportion of names is 24.4%. According to many interviewed experts, industrial Internet platforms and application solutions have large room for growth and strong growth certainty, and the gradual increase in market concentration will bring opportunities to manufacturers in the industry.
C. Various places are competing for layout
Seize the development opportunities of industrial Internet
While companies are scrambling to deploy, various localities are also actively promoting it. In recent years, many provinces across the country have included the industrial Internet as an important development direction for local industrial transformation and have determined a series of quantitative goals -
- Taking into account the advantages of the local digital economy, Beijing proposes to strengthen the integrated application of industrial Internet and enhance the level of international big data exchanges;
- Shanghai has focused on the fields of industrial software and data transactions, proposing to accelerate breakthroughs in industrial software, implement smart factory pilot actions, and cultivate a number of demonstration benchmarks for the digital transformation of the manufacturing industry;
- Guangdong Province deepens the construction of the National Digital Economy Innovation and Development Pilot Zone and the National Industrial Internet Demonstration Zone, and promotes the digital transformation of 5,000 industrial enterprises above designated size;
- Sichuan has deeply implemented the industrial Internet innovation and development strategy and has issued a series of policies to create a national industrial Internet innovation and development highland.
More and more keen companies are also extending their tentacles to the industrial Internet——
- Langjiu undertook the construction of the country's first industrial Internet logo analysis liquor industry node;
- Changhong has created Sichuan’s first national-level cross-industry and cross-field “double-span” platform;
- The "Deen Cloud Manufacturing" industrial Internet platform created by Deen Precision has been connected to the country's top nodes and is included in the information infrastructure construction project library of small and medium-sized cities of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
D Opportunities and challenges coexist
There is an urgent need to increase talent training in the field of industrial Internet
With a good industrial foundation and the background of the integrated development of new generation information technology and manufacturing, the development of the industrial Internet has high hopes. "The Industrial Internet is the key foundation for the deep integration of the digital economy and the real economy, and is a strategic infrastructure for new industrialization." The relevant person in charge of the Sichuan Provincial Department of Economy and Information Technology said that to promote the digital transformation of the manufacturing industry, the Industrial Internet platform is indispensable. All localities are working hard to improve the industrial Internet platform system, support cross-industry and cross-field platforms to become bigger, stronger and more effective, and comprehensively build distinctive and professional platforms that deeply engage in industries. Plans are to focus on building a number of provincial-level industrial Internet platforms.
"To further promote the innovative development of the industrial Internet, we should focus on the following aspects." Wang Peng, associate researcher at the Beijing Academy of Social Sciences, said:
- First, strengthen the research and development of key core technologies and enhance independent innovation capabilities;
- The second is to accelerate the construction of industrial Internet infrastructure and improve network coverage and connectivity;
- The third is to deepen the application of industrial Internet in various industries and fields and form a number of typical cases that can be replicated and promoted;
- The fourth is to strengthen the construction of the industrial Internet security system to ensure that the industrial Internet is safe and controllable;
- The fifth is to build an open and shared industrial Internet development ecosystem and promote the formation of a good pattern of global coordinated development.
Enterprises generally report that the biggest challenge of the industrial Internet is not technology or capital, but talent. "The Industrial Internet requires multi-dimensional and multi-level compound talents who understand both industrial operation needs and network information technology, and have strong innovation and operational capabilities; they have knowledge in professional fields and understand big data and artificial intelligence." Intelligent new algorithms, etc." Some insiders pointed out that investment in talent training in the field of industrial Internet can be increased, relevant professional and training institutions can be built, comprehensive talent training and technical training services can be provided, and the quality and capabilities of the talent team can be improved.
E Practical case sharing
Industrial Internet: the final form of manufacturing informatization
"There are certainly many difficulties encountered in promoting this enterprise interconnection, but as long as we focus on five or ten years later, when its value begins to appear, everything will be worth it. It is like building a road. The process of building it is certainly It will bring a lot of troubles to life, but the day the road is built, life will bring about earth-shaking changes."
Henan Weiteng Vibration Equipment Co., Ltd. Founded in 1954, it is an earlier professional manufacturer of screening and sorting equipment in China. The products and equipmentare sold well at home and abroad, and the number ofcooperatedsuppliersmanufacturersThousands.
1. Multi-party collaboration management is confusing and difficult, and informatization is hindered
As an equipment provider and service provider, WITTMANN's daily operations willinvolve a large number of multi-party collaboration businesses.
At first, WITTMANN did not conduct information management for external collaboration. However, as the company continued to develop and its business deepened, many problems gradually emerged and became a stubborn stone on the road to further development of the company.
2. Difficulty in managing business-related collaborators
The organizations that connect Wittmann with external parties include suppliers, outsourcing processors, transporters, installation teams, customers, etc. The internal departments responsible for docking are also different, resulting in internal and external problems within the company Collaboration management is very confusing.
It is quite difficult for various functional departments to quickly coordinate multiple parties to handle various matters.
3. A series of problems caused by opaque information
- The circulation of information related to the company and the outside world often needs to be communicated through relevant personnel, which is cumbersome and difficult to accurately reach the information.
- As cross-department communication increases, so does efficiency.
- Unable to graspoutsourced manufacturersmaterial production progress, when the information is not processed in time, record search difficulty.
4. Data analysis is difficult
Information data is intangible, and we don’t know what kind of picture it will ultimately draw. I believe this is reflected in many companies that have not implemented digital upgrades.
Because there is no information system, all problems encountered are solved based on personal experience,lack of data support. In terms of statistical analysis, manual repeated statistics will also consume a lot of valuable time.
Take the road to interconnection and collaboration with external organizations and informatization
After JDY’s enterprise interconnection function was launched in 2021, WITTMANN quickly realized that it would be able to effectively solve the problem of interconnection and interoperability with third parties. From a fragmented approach to an integrated platform , the external collaboration problem that has troubled WITTMANN for a long time has finally come to light.
WITTMANN's information department immediately organized internal learning. After members of the information department understood each function, they preached the value of enterprise interconnection to all employees in the company.
Information DepartmentBased on the functions of each department, focus on it and guide business personnel to think about usage scenarios . For example:
- Purchasing department, if we actively try to connect with suppliers, suppliers will be able to understand our company's material procurement needs in a more timely manner, and the work efficiency of the purchasing department will be greatly improved; a>
- Sales Department can better share product production information with customers and provide customers with better services;
- ……
After reaching a consensus with the business department, the Information Department organized everyone to learn how to operate and collect relevant scenario usage requirements for testing. Finally, a group of companies are selected that are willing to learn and explore together and jointly participate in the construction of interconnection.
Build an interconnected industrial Internet platform
As we all know, "Industrial Internet" is the final form of traditional manufacturing information management.
The industrial Internet platform that WITTMANN understands is ultimately to realize interconnection between enterprises and external organizations such as suppliers, customers, partners, etc., so that they can collaborate with each other and meet the information needs of all parties.< a i=1>Realize data-driven business.
WITTMANN's exploration of the industrial Internet and the idea of building an industrial Internet platform came about very early, but it has been suffering from the lack of a good solution. With the launch of JDY's enterprise interconnection function, the idea finally became a reality.
- The picture below shows the interface of WITTMANN Industrial Internet platform:
You can see that supplier management, outsourcing management, customer management, announcement release and after-sales application applications have been built so far. These five modules initially build an industrial Internet platform.
1. Supplier management
Supplier management currently has four sub-modules: supplier information, order information, payment status, and cargo information.
- Supplier information: You can update and modify your own information by yourself. There is also a key qualification expiration reminder. When notified, you can go to the platform to modify it. You no longer need to do it yourself. Record it separately to free up memory space for more important things.
- Order information: displays all the contract information signed by suppliers and us, which solves the previous pain points of paper storage being difficult to save. You can also further introducereport analysis and data visualization to facilitate leaders to carry out efficient Business Decisions,
- Payment information: It turned out that Wittmann's purchasers each looked at the terms of the contracts they signed, and then arranged payments to suppliers based on the company's payment plan. Now suppliers caninitiate the payment process independently and do not rely entirely on buyers. Buyers can focus on purchasing better quality materials for the company, and at the same time Arrange the use of funds more effectively and rationally.
- Goods information:Contains two columns:Shipping and Returns. Shipping needs to be initiated by the supplier, while returns are initiated by the purchasing side. As long as the supplier fills in the shipping information, the procurement demand department and the purchasing department can be informed at the first time, and the information is communicated in a timely manner, solving the long-standing problem information asymmetry problem.
2.Outsourcing management
WITTMANN's outsourcing mainly assists companies to complete the continued processing of semi-finished products. Outsourcing companies need to receive WITTMANN's materials and then further process them according to drawings. Outsourcing management can help WITTMANN Transparent material information and external production progress.
- Material information:Containspicking and shipping. Procurement notifies outsourced factories to pick materials, and each pick will be clearly recorded; after production is completed, a delivery form is filled in, so that the production department can understand the delivery status in real time.
- Progress management:External collaborative production process management. WITTMANN requires outsourced manufacturers to report production progress every day, which will help the production department to schedule some production work in conjunction with the production plan. . This is equivalent to a dynamic purchase, sale and inventory system formed in collaboration with the outside world.
3.Customer management
The customer management module containscustomer information and order information. It has the same design idea as supplier and outsourcing management, but in the cargo information This section shows the production progress and delivery information.
Customers have always been unable to visually see the production progress. However, through the construction of the industrial Internet, the production progress is connected to the production system. Customers can know the production progress of their equipment in real time, and the delivery status is connected to the logistics department information. Know the equipment delivery status in real time. What used to be static management can now achieveflexible and dynamic management.
At the same time, the customer management module introduces after-sales information, and customers can initiate after-sales feedback independently. WITTMANN will immediately arrange processing after receiving the information, reducing the loss of information layer by layer during the transmission process.
4. Logistics bidding management
The traditional logistics bidding process is very unstandardized. Most quotations are made through WeChat group chats or phone calls. In this process, information cannot be shared, and bid-rigging can easily occur. At the same time, the notification efficiency of each company is very low, and the quotation based on batches is not open and transparent enough, making it more prone to the risk of "operating under the table".
Logistics bidding management involves the transport party and is related to the rapid and safe delivery of the company's products to the customer site. Which solution is the best, has the lowest cost, and can provide customers with better services is crucial.
WITTMANN builds logistics bidding management, including three major parts, Tender release, bidding quotation and Notification of Winning Bid.
Unify the entrance to demand collection, initiate bidding notifications with one click, and allow suppliers to receive information in time and quote their own prices. After the announcement, the system automatically generates a data dashboard to achieve data Traceable and traceable.
The above, I hope it is helpful to you.