At present, digitalization and green low-carbon “double transformation” continue to accelerate, and the manufacturing industry is also facing urgent pressure from large-scale to fine, high-end, green and other new models of transformation and upgrading. today Schneider Electric, an expert in digital transformation in the field of global energy management and automation, jointly with the International Economic and Technological Cooperation Center of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, officially released the “Digital Empowerment to build Green Smart Factory – Digital empowerment Green Intelligent Manufacturing Executive Insight 2023” (referred to as the “Report”) at the sixth China International Import Expo (hereinafter referred to as “CIIE”). Based on the in-depth research of 120 enterprise executives, the core of manufacturing transformation, the development trend of green smart factory and the key issues in construction and operation are analyzed.

“Digital empowerment to build green smart factory is the right time – Digital empowerment of green intelligent manufacturing executives insight 2023″

Xiong Yi, Senior Vice President of Schneider Electric, head of Strategy and Business Development in China, President of Business Value Research Institute; Gu Yue, Vice President of Schneider Electric, head of Marketing Department of China and East Asia, co-president of Business Value Research Institute; Qu Xianming, member of Strategic Advisory Committee of National Manufacturing Power Construction and Director of Manufacturing Research Office of Strategic Consulting Center of Chinese Academy of Engineering; Li Yuan, director of the Institute of Informatization of the International Economic and Technological Cooperation Center of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and other guests participated in the report conference.

Schneider Electric Business Value Institute jointly released the insight report with the International Economic and Technological Cooperation Center of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology

Opportunities and challenges coexist, and the construction of green smart factories as a whole presents three major trends

The report of the 20th National Congress of the Party proposed to “promote the high-end, intelligent and green development of the manufacturing industry”, which pointed out the direction for accelerating the high-quality development of the manufacturing industry. Qu Xianming said: “The core of the competition in the manufacturing industry is the competition in manufacturing capacity, and the competition in manufacturing capacity is mainly reflected in the manufacturing plant. The mainstream direction of future factory construction is the integration of green intelligence, that is, green smart factory, intelligence is the means, green is the purpose and core.”

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Qu Xianming, member of the National Manufacturing power construction Strategy Advisory Committee and director of the Manufacturing Research Office of the Strategic Consulting Center of the Chinese Academy of Engineering

The report found that the construction of green smart factories as a whole presents three major trends. First of all, green smart factory has become an important feature of leading enterprises, 100% of the leading enterprises participating in the survey were rated smart factory and green factory, far more than 6% and 20% of the catch-up enterprises, it can be seen that the trend of digital and green integration is becoming more obvious, will lead the development direction of future factories.

Secondly, among all the value demands for the construction of green smart factories, “cost reduction” and “carbon reduction” ranked first and second, respectively, by 66% and 46% of the surveyed enterprises. This means that the growth mode of enterprises has gradually shifted from high energy consumption and extensive to fine, intelligent and high-quality growth mode, and paid more attention to endogenous growth.

Finally, the future-oriented green smart factory includes six key features: lean operation, green environmental protection, comprehensive perception, intelligent management and control, people-oriented, and industrial collaboration. Among them, the “people-oriented” that fully respects the experience and creativity of employees, and the “industrial collaboration” enabled by digitalization have received more and more attention from enterprises.

However, enterprises still face four major challenges in the construction process of green smart factories: First, strategic challenges, 56% of enterprises believe that the overall planning and design of factory construction is insufficient, and the transformation path is not clear; The second is the operational challenge, it is difficult to determine the appropriate scenario and entry point, as well as the high investment in early construction and long payback period; The third is the technical challenge, how to leverage technology in the case of rapid technology iteration in the industry, and the integration of business and technology is not strong; The fourth is the talent challenge, how to cultivate the compound talents needed for factory construction and development through a series of measures such as building corporate culture, and solve the problem of insufficient willingness and ability of employees.