Industrial software is very different from IT software

1326AS-B460F-21 If IT is simply software, many people think that software belongs to the IT category. The most terrible thing is that not only many business leaders think so, but also government leaders think so, and senior decision-makers think so! Once upon a time, when IT was said to deepen the importance of industrial software and study the problems of industrial software, the relevant leaders would find a large number of IT people to discuss a bunch of IT-related issues together.

I wish I could say it again and again in a thunderous voice:

Software is software, industrial software is industrial software!

1326AS-B460F-21 The first attribute of industrial software is not IT! Industrial software “last name worker”!

The author must emphasize: industrial software is a typical high-end industrial products, it is first composed of industrial technology! The development of industrial software is a professional knowledge that integrates industrial knowledge and “Know-how”. No industrial knowledge, no manufacturing experience, only learned computer software engineers, is not the design of advanced industrial software!

1326AS-B460F-21 Lu Zhongji, a senior expert in the domestic software industry, once said, “Without distinctive core technology, it is difficult to reflect the value.” For industrial software, it is not only necessary to have a familiar industry background, but also to have a variety of practical experience and a lot of tacit knowledge and judgment. This investment is huge, the world’s largest CAE manufacturer ANSYS annual research and development investment in about 300 million US dollars, that is, an annual investment of 2 billion yuan. The cycle continues every year.”

1326AS-B460F-21 If we can dissect software like a human body, when we open the “body” of software, the first thing we see is industrial technology.

In the Handbook on Licensing for Developing Countries, the World Intellectual Property Organization states: “Technology is systematic knowledge of the manufacture of a product, a process employed or a service rendered, whether or not this knowledge is reflected in an invention, a design, a utility model or a new variety of plants, or in technical information or skill, Or it may be reflected in the services or assistance rendered by an expert in the design, installation, operation or maintenance of a plant or in the management of a commercial or industrial enterprise or its activities.”

1326AS-B460F-21 Industrial technology is the sum of industrial knowledge and technology accumulated in hundreds of years of industrial development, and is one of the important signs of the completion of industrialization. The domain knowledge, industry knowledge, professional knowledge, personal knowledge and work experience, technical Know-How (know-how), including standards, norms, etc., belong to the category of industrial knowledge.

The software contains countless technical inventions and experience accumulation by tens of millions of people, and has been proved effective by practice. Moreover, after repeated research and development and optimization by tens of millions of people, the function is constantly iterated and evolved, and the knowledge of any individual or small group can not compete with it. More importantly, this evolutionary process takes time to accumulate gradually, not overnight.

1326AS-B460F-21 At present, a consensus in the industry is that the stages of development of human society can be crossed (such as Tibet directly from serf society to socialist society), but the development process of industrialization, especially the stage of technology accumulation, is insurmountable!

It can be seen that without the complete industrialization process, there is no profound accumulation of industrial technology; Without industrial technology accumulation and heavy research and development investment, it is impossible to develop excellent industrial software, and without excellent industrial software, it is impossible to develop excellent industrial products. This is the real industrial logic, but also the basic interpretation of industrial software “surname worker”.