On October 12, 2023, at the 2023 (fifth) Global Industrial Internet Conference, the China Federation of Industrial Economics released the [2023 Industrial Digital Transformation Evaluation Comprehensive Index] (hereinafter referred to as the index), which aims to evaluate the status quo, characteristics and trends of China’s industrial digital transformation.

This index has formed a classification index around the three dimensions of enterprise, industry and region, and adopts a combination of qualitative and quantitative analysis to scientifically evaluate the effectiveness of industrial digital transformation with data and index.

According to the released data, the industrial digital transformation evaluation Composite Index has reached 62.7. It can be seen that most of China’s enterprises are in the stage of system integration and platform support, which indicates that the future development prospects are optimistic. Especially in terms of the readiness index of digital transformation, the index reached 66.1, which fully indicates that China’s industrial digital transformation has a solid foundation.

The index is the first comprehensive index of industrial digital transformation evaluation in China, and its purpose is to better analyze and solve the pain points of the industry and further promote the new industrialization. The release of the index marks the establishment of China’s digital transformation evaluation system. This information has important reference value for enterprises to formulate digital transformation strategy, improve digital management level, and promote industrial transformation and upgrading.

01 index is released, what should manufacturers do?

In recent years, the country has attached great importance to the digital transformation of the manufacturing industry. The “2023 Industrial Digital Transformation Evaluation Comprehensive Index” pointed out that production enterprises should closely follow the policy orientation, seize the opportunities of digital transformation, and accelerate the realization of intelligent manufacturing, green manufacturing and high-quality development. Therefore, manufacturing enterprises need to have clear strategic planning and specific action plans in the process of coping with industrial digital transformation.

First, increase investment in accelerating digital transformation from previously process-driven to data-driven transformation. Especially in the construction of intelligent factories, connecting the upstream and downstream of the supply chain, strengthening quality management and traceability, low-cost and high-quality delivery of personalized needs, through the introduction of advanced architecture and technology service platforms to help enterprises quickly improve the level of intelligent operations and performance.

Secondly, manufacturing enterprises should strengthen the construction of digital infrastructure, including networks, data centers, cloud computing, etc., to improve the support capacity of digital technology. At the same time, it is also necessary to pay attention to information security management to ensure enterprise information security and data security.

In addition, manufacturing enterprises should strengthen the training and introduction of digital talents. Improve the digital skills and quality of employees through internal training, school-enterprise cooperation, and external recruitment. At the same time, it is also necessary to introduce senior digital talents, including data scientists, industrial Internet architects, etc., to improve the ability and level of digital transformation of enterprises.

At the same time, manufacturing enterprises should actively participate in the construction of the digital ecosystem of the industry, and jointly build a digital ecosystem with suppliers, customers, and partners. Through data sharing, collaborative innovation and other means to achieve optimal allocation and efficient use of resources, and promote the digital transformation and development of the industry.

The digital transformation composite index of the electronic information industry, machinery manufacturing industry and textile and garment industry is 66.4, 61.8 and 60.5, respectively, and manufacturing enterprises in other industries can learn and draw on the successful experience of these industries to better carry out their own digital transformation.

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