“Through Inspur Yunzhou Enabling, our production efficiency has increased by 27%, the first-pass rate of products has increased by 17%, and the comprehensive operating cost of the workshop has decreased by 17%.” Xue Junjie, director of the company’s manufacturing center, said that last year, the company invested more than 20 million yuan in digital transformation, that year’s comprehensive benefit increased by 5.33 million yuan, this year’s self-production output is double the target of last year, to 380 million yuan.
In the first quarter of this year, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released 218 industrial Internet pilot and demonstration projects, including 5G factories, industrial Internet parks and public service platforms, to create a number of application practice models and accelerate the digital transformation of factories and industrial parks. At present, the scale of the core industrial Internet industry has exceeded 1.2 trillion yuan, increasing by 15.5% in the same period.
“5G is the key technology to drive the development of the industrial Internet, which is also the main front of the large-scale application of 5G. The deep integration of the two will further release the application value of the technology.” Liu Lihong, chairman of China Unicom, said the company has built more than 8,500 “5G+ industrial Internet” projects and built more than 2,000 5G plant projects, covering 20 application scenarios. In Guangdong, China Unicom and Midea cooperated to build 5G smart factory, and 5G sub-meter integrated positioning smart warehouse was put into commercial operation, reducing logistics inventory by 30%. In Chongqing, 5G LAN (local area network), cloud PLC (programmable logic controller) and other technologies are applied in Changan Automobile’s 5G workshop to achieve flexible production and save 30% of maintenance costs.
“The development of industrial Internet has stepped into the fast lane, but to achieve large-scale application must further sink into the industrial site, into the core production links.” Liang Baojun, deputy general manager of China Unicom, said industrial Internet security should also be strengthened. Risks such as exposure of industrial control systems and equipment are gradually expanding. In view of the current construction situation such as the difficulty in updating and upgrading old equipment, the market urgently needs safety service providers and product providers who understand industrial manufacturing.
Xu Xiaolan, vice minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, also believes that the key to stimulate the vitality of the integration of industrial Internet is to take the demand as the driver. It is necessary to guide the traditional industries to do a good job in the digital transformation, and use the industrial Internet to carry out all-round and whole-chain digital transformation. We will give high priority to enabling smes to make digital transformation, give full play to the leading role of large enterprises, promote the chain transformation of upstream and downstream enterprises in the industrial chain, and promote the upgrading of the industrial Internet from “useful” to “effective”. At the same time, we should strengthen policy guidance and coordinate the development of network, platform, data, security and standard systems. We will accelerate technological breakthroughs in key areas such as advanced computing, industrial networks, industrial chips, industrial intelligence, industrial models, and cybersecurity. Improve the industrial supply level of terminal, network, edge, cloud and use, and accelerate the integration and innovation of industrial Internet generic technology and individual technology.
“The construction and promotion of industrial Internet platform is a systematic project, which requires the concerted efforts of all parties. “Only by pooling talent, technology, data and other factor resources with capital as the link, through marketization and diversified social financing, can we promote factor collaboration among enterprises and support platform enterprises to continuously expand their scale and unleash their vitality.” Lu Chuncong said that deepening the integrated development of IT (information technology) and OT (operation technology) is the main direction of digital transformation. Industrial digital transformation still has a long way to go, and we need to be ready to fight group battles, tough battles and protracted battles.