In 2020, affected by the new coronavirus epidemic, the manufacturing industry has experienced a severe test. In this big exam, the application advantages of emerging industries, such as life sciences, robotics and intelligent manufacturing industries, have been highlighted, and the social acceptance and market popularity are deepening. Many manufacturing enterprises that have experienced production shutdowns in the epidemic are taking a more proactive attitude to promote enterprise transformation and upgrading plans and improve their ability to resist risks. Under the influence of the epidemic, the manufacturing industry has accelerated changes, and a change to transform the traditional production model and explore new business forms is underway.

As a professional platform to promote exchanges and cooperation in the industrial field, Tianjin CIIF has always kept in touch with industry participants, and the exhibition postponed due to the epidemic will also be held on June 19-22, 2020. In the process of communicating with enterprises, Tianjin Fair found that many enterprises showed a keen sense of industry changes, and actively sought in-depth dialogue with industry partners while taking measures to make internal adjustments. Manufacturing industry in crisis, quiet reflection, struggling to break through.

Adjust the industry thinking, upgrade the production plan

The outbreak occurred during the Spring Festival, and the labor force was unable to return to work in time, which directly affected enterprises that relied on a large number of manual operations. Production cannot proceed, and the market demand for related products cannot be met.

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“Because the supply chain was affected, I couldn’t get what I wanted from my customers.” The person in charge of Tianjin Lang En said, “The brand of automation, mainly the upstream supply chain out of stock, the impact will be relatively long-term.” Longen Tianjin is Danfoss Tianjin area professional agent, distribution of automation inverter.

The production shutdown of manufacturing enterprises indicates that in the face of public health emergencies, the production organization of traditional manufacturing enterprises lacks the ability to resist risks. The industry generally believes that after this incident, the concepts of automation, intelligence, digitalization, and flexible production will be further penetrated in the manufacturing industry chain.

The person in charge of Tianjin Paiwei believes that: “Unmanned production solutions directly save labor, as a user, save costs, and solve the recruitment difficulties during the epidemic; In terms of long-term operating costs, automation equipment saves more than people; From a safety point of view, machine replacement has more advantages.”

Tianjin Pikeway is committed to developing unmanned logistics and transportation solutions, and after the outbreak of the epidemic, Pikeway found that the demand for unmanned production solutions in the manufacturing industry increased significantly. The person in charge of Pikwei said: “After the outbreak of the epidemic, Pikwei has received orders from Danfoss, Shougang Group and other enterprises, and can receive 3-5 cycle programs in a normal month, and now it has multiplied.”