Thanks to the intelligent production workshop invested in 2015 that has gradually reached production, it has brought the company a substantial increase in production capacity and also saved the company a lot of labor costs. The most obvious is the copper clad laminate and copper foil since last year. Instead, the company`s supply chain channel advantages have been fully demonstrated.
Opinion collision:
Reporter: As a forerunner of a PCB smart factory--what is Shenghong's current actions on the smart factory project, and what are the effects? Can you introduce it?
Mr. Zhou: The pressure of global market competition is increasing, the life cycle of electronic products is getting shorter and shorter, and the market has higher and higher requirements for PCB board manufacturers. In order to conform to the trend of the development of the times, Shenghong currently invests 1.12 billion Yuan Renminbi, committed to building a smart factory based on Industry 4.0 standards, fully realizing "production automation, unmanned logistics, intelligent scheduling, and digital management". Through the comprehensive innovation and intelligent transformation of the production process, the output value of 1 billion can be completed by only 350 people, and the delivery time has been shortened from 5-7 days in the same industry to 36 hours.
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Reporter: Do you think that a high automation starting point can produce high production benefits? Victory "Machine substitution" is at the forefront of the industry, with an output value of 1 billion that can be completed by only 350 people. Is the per capita output value a measure of the success of automation? The key factors to control? (For example, how people, machines, and information interaction work together perfectly in a modern manufacturing environment is the essence of automation)
Mr. Zhou: A high automation starting point does not necessarily produce high benefits. High benefits come from system engineering. We start with IE for overall planning, and use automation and information methods to achieve the lowest overall cost, the shortest delivery time, the highest production capacity, and the best quality. !
The per capita output value is one of the important indicators to measure the success of automation, but the more critical factor we believe is the return on investment. If the investment in automation can bring "cost reduction, shorter delivery time, and quality improvement", then the project is a success!
Reporter: Some experts said, "China's automation level is lagging behind, but we should not underestimate ourselves, because China has the world's most complete manufacturing ecology." How do you understand Shenghong's smart factory route along the way and what pressures are encountered ? How is it solved? Can you cite some practical cases?
Mr. Zhou: China does have the most complete manufacturing ecology in the world. In the process of Shenghong's construction of the entire smart factory, within the two-hour economic circle of the Pearl River Delta, we can find 80% of the equipment vendors that our project needs, and they are very Willing to work with us to upgrade and innovate the equipment is an important foundation for the success of our project. We have been advancing the smart factory all the way, and the biggest pressure we have encountered is standardization. In the past, automation mainly focused on partial automation. Now we are focusing on the entire factory. If we do not realize the standardization of the tools and tools of the front and rear processes, the automation of logistics cannot be realized. It is impossible to achieve perfect informatization without realizing the standardization of the communication protocols of equipment from different manufacturers. Therefore, the issue of standardization has always been a barrier to the advancement of smart factories. Based on the principle of "collaborative innovation", we will discuss together with equipment manufacturers and jointly formulate standards. For example, we have solved the problem of loading and unloading vehicles in different stages of the production process; we have also solved the problem of standardization of communication protocols of different equipment manufacturers. Cooperation, joint innovation, and open interconnection must be the only way for future intelligent manufacturing.
Reporter: From the external environment, Chinese local manufacturers still encounter some disadvantages in the automation of factory system management. How did Shenghong solve it? For system manufacturers, what are the good suggestions and opinions?
Mr. Zhou: Indeed, some of our core process production equipment is currently partially dependent on foreign manufacturers, and it is more difficult for foreign manufacturers to communicate in terms of cooperation and coordination. For these factors, we have clearly included the requirements for intelligence in the equipment procurement link. As a user, our biggest suggestion to system manufacturers is to "group development and win the future", targeting the PCB industry and automation manufacturers in different links. It is necessary to form an alliance to jointly participate in the overall R&D and innovation of the smart factory.
Reporter: Professor Tang Min, Counselor of the State Council, once said: "In the future, it is unstoppable for China to move labor-intensive industries that win with mass production and low cost to Southeast Asia. The only thing China can leave is small-batch, customized flexible manufacturing capacity. "For some manufacturers, the pure pursuit of "machine substitution" oriented by automated equipment, mass production, and reduction of manufacturing costs may have traps. Because how to use industrial robots, use advanced automated management platforms, and use information technology to help companies achieve flexible production and agile manufacturing, this is the key. "Machine replacement" is to achieve software flexibility, agile programming, or automatic programming, just like "quick mold change" in TPS (transaction processing system). What do you think of these points of view, and what is Shenghong's current progress?
Reporter: As the leader of the new wave of the new industrial revolution, does Shenghong have anything to say about the entire industry chain? Do you hope that various suppliers will join the smart factory express in what mode?
Mr. Zhou: For the entire industry chain, "openness, interconnection, and collaboration" are what I want to say. As a PCB manufacturer, we hope to cooperate with our upstream and downstream. The future competition must be the competition of the industry chain, so between each other It is necessary to work closely together to establish an industry sharing platform. The future of manufacturing is the era of network collaborative manufacturing. Manufacturing entities need to further transform into manufacturing platform enterprises and build Alibaba in the PCB manufacturing industry. Various needs and production resources become the platform One node realizes the optimal allocation and coordination of the resources of the whole society.
Mr. Zhou: After reading the relevant introduction of the WHELEN factory, we are mixed. What is happy is that the wave of global manufacturing upgrades is unstoppable. Large-scale implementation of intelligence "Shenghong should be the first in the world. We hope that through its attempts in smart factories, we will share our experience with our peers and drive the development of China's PCB industry. The worry is that we are facing global industry competition, and we are also facing challenges from our American counterparts. Only by continuous learning and pioneering innovation can we keep up with the pace of the times.
Reporter: As a pioneer on the road to a PCB smart factory, Shenghong is bound to shoulder a major mission and responsibility. Thank you very much Mr. Zhou for your wonderful and unique analysis. I believe that the road of China's intelligent PCB factory will definitely become more and more spacious!
Mr. Zhou: Thanks!