Six Trends of China's Smart Manufacturing Development in 2016

Six Trends of China's Smart Manufacturing Development in 2016

The year of 2016 is the first year of China's “Thirteenth Five-Year Plan”, and it is also the first year for China’s system to promote the development of intelligent manufacturing. Smart manufacturing will become an important starting point for the implementation of "Made in China 2025", and it will surely play a key role in accelerating China's economic development, maintaining high speed, and moving the industry toward the mid-to-high end.

1. The new industrial revolution centering on intelligent manufacturing has caused a high degree of heated discussion in the international community. In recent years, the international community has been discussing the new industrial revolution from many angles. Intelligent manufacturing, which focuses on the integration of information technology and manufacturing, has become a major trend in the global manufacturing industry. It has three basic conditions: First, it is technically feasible, and the progress of information and communication technology (ICT) makes computing, storage, and communications The capability has been greatly improved, and the level of automation and digital integration of production management systems has continued to increase. Second, the demand is urgent. The growing demand for personalized users requires companies to rapidly develop new products. The increasingly fierce market competition requires the improvement of energy resource efficiency. The price of smart hardware and software continues to decrease, including sensors, miniature batteries, and network interfaces, wireless connectivity, and rapid software development tools.

In 2016, the new industrial revolution centered on smart manufacturing has again become the focus of attention of the international community. On January 19th, the 46th World Economic Forum was held in Davos. The theme of the conference was "The Fourth Industrial Revolution." At the conference, UBS released the white paper “Extreme Automation and Connectivity: The Impact of the Fourth Industrial Revolution on Global, Regional and Investment Fields”, pointing out that extreme automation and connectivity lead to the fourth focus on smart manufacturing. Sub-industrial revolution. It is reported that at the G20 summit held in Hangzhou, China in September this year, the "new industrial revolution" will become an important part of the agenda, aiming at "promoting a new industrial revolution, giving full play to new technologies, new elements, and new industrial organization models. The role of domestic production and job creation."

2. Accelerated application of intelligent manufacturing technology Acceleration of breakthroughs from multiple points of innovation to system integration applications Smart manufacturing is the technology formed through the cross-convergence of information and communication technologies, electrical and electronic and micro-system technologies, production technologies, and mechanical engineering automation, management, and logistics technologies. system. In recent years, a new generation of information technologies represented by the Internet of Things, mobile Internet, big data, and cloud computing, new manufacturing technologies represented by 3D printing, robotics, and human-machine collaboration, and new energy, new materials, and biotechnology have emerged. Breakthroughs, cross-convergence, and new breakthroughs in smart manufacturing technology innovation.

In 2016, innovative applications of smart manufacturing technology will accelerate the progress toward system integration applications. The deep integration of the “Internet” represented by the Internet of Things and the manufacturing industry will accelerate the birth of the intelligent manufacturing system platform. Focusing on the construction of the intelligent manufacturing system platform, strategic deployments have been made by manufacturing powers such as the United States and Germany in recent years. The United States has strengthened the development of the Information Physics System (CPS) software and the construction of the industrial Internet platform through the implementation of the "Advanced Manufacturing Partner Program." "Industry 4.0" strategy to build a smart manufacturing system architecture with CPS as the core. Under this background, China will combine the implementation of “Made in China 2025” to explore and establish a smart manufacturing innovation center, and guide scientific research institutions, manufacturing companies and information and communication companies to strengthen in-depth cooperation and jointly build an intelligent manufacturing system that meets the actual development of China’s manufacturing industry. platform. 3. Intelligent Manufacturing Continues to Become the Focus of the World's Major Manufacturing Powers In recent years, major developed countries and regions have focused on smart manufacturing, formulated medium and long-term development strategies for manufacturing, and sought to seize the commanding heights of advanced manufacturing. The U.S. “Trinity” promotes the development of smart manufacturing. The government, industry organizations, and corporate alliances are strategically placed on key common technologies, smart manufacturing system platforms, and industrial internet. The European “Digital Agenda” regards smart manufacturing as a key R&D and promotion direction; "Industry 4.0" strategy. However, whether smart manufacturing can effectively advance on a global scale depends, to a certain extent, on the cooperation among various countries in the world in terms of manufacturing equipment, smart hardware and software, and information network infrastructure in terms of standardization and information security. If we want to build a platform for smart manufacturing systems covering a global scope, we need a wide range of industrial cooperation. We can not open up all machines and systems without a single country or several companies.

In 2015, China and Germany have signed the Memorandum of Understanding to Promote Sino-German Enterprises to Carry out Networking Cooperation in the Intelligent Manufacturing and Production Process, and held the first working group meeting. The regular working mechanism for the promotion of smart manufacturing cooperation between the two countries has been formalized. set up. In 2016, the smart manufacturing cooperation between China and Germany will be further advanced, and the project cooperation and pilot demonstration between the two countries at the enterprise level will be further expanded. It is expected that the pragmatic cooperation between China and France, South Korea and other countries in smart manufacturing will also continue.

4. China's smart manufacturing system is officially kicked off With the rapid rise in the cost of labor, land, and other factors, the low-cost competitive advantage of China's manufacturing industry continues to weaken. The development of smart manufacturing has become an important means to reshape the competitive advantages of China's manufacturing industry. In 2015, China released “Made in China 2025”, which identified intelligent manufacturing as the main direction of attack and the “Proposal for the CPC Central Committee on Formulating the Thirteenth Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development” from the core technological breakthroughs, the development of emerging industries, and Three aspects of the transformation of production methods have given strategic positioning.

In 2016, the top-level design of smart manufacturing in China will be further improved. The “Intelligent Manufacturing Development Plan (2016-2020)” will be published and the “Intelligent Manufacturing Engineering” will be released. China's smart manufacturing system will be officially launched, and 60 smart manufacturing pilot demonstration projects will continue to be carried out. It is expected that the smart manufacturing specialization will continue to apply the new model of smart manufacturing and comprehensive standardized test verification as the key support direction.

5. The local government will strengthen the development of intelligent manufacturing planning and policy support. In 2015, following the issuance of national documents such as “Made in China 2025” and “Guidelines for Actively Promoting “Internet Plus” Action”, many development plans have been issued in various parts of the country. Smart manufacturing has become one of the main concerns for the promotion of industrial upgrading in various regions. Some provinces and cities have also issued smart manufacturing development plans, such as the "Guangdong Province Smart Manufacturing Development Plan (2015-2025)" issued by Guangdong, and "Implementation Opinions on Shanghai's Accelerating the Development of a Smart Manufacturing Boosting Global Technology Innovation Center" in Shanghai, etc. .

In 2016, along with the formulation of the national “Intelligent Manufacturing Development Plan (2016-2020)”, more places around the country will formulate development plans around smart manufacturing, and will increase policy support for the promotion of regional smart manufacturing and promote The manufacturing industry improves quality and efficiency.

6. Enterprises push smart manufacturing development into a rational and pragmatic phase In recent years, the advanced industrialized countries in the West, especially Germany, have promoted the implementation of the “Industry 4.0” strategy, and their advanced development concepts have attracted close attention and sought after from many manufacturing companies in China, and have visited foreign countries. Activities such as corporate leadership training continued to be carried out. However, given the basis and reality of the development of China's manufacturing industry, how to effectively carry out smart manufacturing has also caused confusion for many companies. With the introduction of relevant national planning documents and the deepening of enterprise exploration and research, enterprises' understanding of intelligent manufacturing has gradually become rational and pragmatic.

In 2016, China's manufacturing enterprises will step by step to pragmatically promote the development of smart manufacturing. For the majority of small and medium-sized enterprises, the integration of production automation and technology to automate the enterprise, reduce labor costs, improve product quality and economic benefits will become the focus of development. For some large-scale enterprises with a good production automation base and a high level of management information, they will explore the establishment of digital/smart factories to improve their ability to flexibly manufacture and quickly respond to their individualized needs.