Background Introduction
With the rapid development of technology and the proposal of new production forces, digital transformation has become an inevitable trend. Digital technologies can optimize traditional stock business, improve the scale of production and transaction levels, and achieve efficiency improvement, cost reduction, and quality enhancement. For example, the manufacturing industry can achieve automation and intelligent production processes by introducing technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT), big data, and artificial intelligence (AI), significantly improving production efficiency. Data shows that some traditional industries, through implementing pilot intelligent manufacturing projects, have seen production efficiency increase by an average of 37.6%, energy utilization rise by 16.1%, and operating costs decrease by 21.2%.
Traditional manufacturing enterprises face various challenges in technology, cognition, and strategy during the digital transformation process. Technological challenges include equipment upgrades, system integration, and data security. Enterprises must define goals and strategic plans and choose appropriate construction solutions to quickly and effectively achieve automation, intelligence, and digital management, enhancing efficiency, reducing costs, improving product quality, and forming effective business models and competitive advantages.
Therefore, for most traditional enterprises, the implementation of digital transformation needs to consider the following directions:
- Data Collection First
Data collection is the foundation of digitalization. With data, production processes can be monitored, resources can be optimized, and efficiency and product quality can be improved. - Control Costs
Digital transformation requires long-term investment. A "small, fast, light, accurate" product solution can alleviate the financial pressure on small and medium-sized enterprises. - Reduce Resistance
Select solutions compatible with the existing management model to reduce transformation resistance and achieve fast deployment. - Focus on Production Lines
In the early stages of digitalization, focus on upgrading production equipment and optimizing processes to ensure business and production stability. - Start Small, Expand Gradually
Begin with simple projects to quickly achieve results and gradually promote full digitalization. - Sustainable Development
After transformation, professional talent and knowledge support are required. Enterprises should strengthen employee training, introduce talent, and establish and maintain knowledge management systems.
"Small-Fast-Light-Accurate" Lightweight Digital Transformation Solutions
With over a decade of experience in serving manufacturing enterprise clients, APQ deeply understands the significant challenges companies face during digital transformation. Therefore, the APQ team focuses on the operational execution layer of digital factories and proposes a lightweight digital transformation solution tailored for manufacturing enterprises, based on the core philosophy of "small, fast, light, accurate." This solution has been successfully deployed for multiple leading clients in over 200 cities and regions, serving millions of users daily, and has received high customer recognition and long-term cooperation.
This solution addresses key challenges in digital transformation, including data collection, equipment stability, data security, convenient operations and maintenance, employee training, and knowledge retention, through a comprehensive offering of "industrial computers, IPC+ toolchains, digital workstations, Dr.Q Qi Doctor," which covers both hardware support and software services.
Lightweight Digital Transformation Solution
- Industrial Computers
Following a modular core concept, APQ provides a full range of IPC products, including 4U industrial PCs, embedded industrial PCs, and all-in-one industrial PCs, to provide stable and reliable hardware support for data collection, data processing, and equipment operation on production lines.
- Recommended models:
- Industry Controller: AK5097A2 (N97/8G/512G/2LAN/6USB 2.0/2COM/18-28V)
- Industry Controller: AK6155A2-2LAN (i5-1155G7/8G/512G/2LAN/4USB 3.0/2USB 2.0/2COM/12-28V)
- Industrial All-in-One: PL156CQ-E5S (15.6" Capacitive Touchscreen/J6412/8G/128G/4COM/2LAN/6USB)
- Industrial All-in-One: PL156CQ-E6 (15.6" Capacitive Touchscreen/I3 8145U/8G/128G/4COM/2LAN/6USB)
- IPC+ Toolchain
The IPC+ toolchain provides integrated monitoring and management solutions centered on industrial computers, enabling visibility into the status of IPCs, monitoring of anomalies, early fault warnings, and traceability of issues, making operations and maintenance more convenient. It is applicable to various industrial scenarios, such as robotics, production lines, and unmanned equipment, enhancing equipment perception and maintainability, reducing unplanned downtime, and lowering system operation and maintenance costs.
- Digital Workstations
Through key applications such as production execution, process execution, quality execution, anomaly detection, E-SOP, and AI interaction, digital workstations allow for task dispatching, production data collection, and real-time monitoring, solving problems promptly. Data is displayed through dashboards and reports. The system is lightweight, easy to learn, and integrates both software and hardware to reduce collaboration difficulties, enhance production efficiency, and improve production response speed.
- Dr.Q Qi Doctor
Based on large models, Dr.Q facilitates knowledge retention and application, including knowledge management, Q&A, pre-sale and post-sale support, and employee services. It builds a knowledge "flywheel" within the enterprise, turning everyone into an expert. This supports technical and talent training as well as convenient services for enterprises.
Real-World Application Cases
- Case 1: Automotive Manufacturing
For a well-known domestic automotive parts processing company, APQ provided MES line empowerment using the PL-E5/E6 series industrial all-in-one PCs. The solution enabled intelligent management of equipment efficiency, analyzing production time data for equipment, products, and personnel to monitor overall equipment utilization on the production line.
Case 2: Electronics Manufacturing
For a renowned domestic electronics manufacturer facing issues with thousands of devices lacking real-time status sensing, inefficient maintenance tools, and poor management of maintenance data, APQ deployed embedded industrial PCs like the E7-Q670 to provide reliable industrial-grade hardware and IPC+ toolchain solutions for remote equipment management, significantly improving maintenance efficiency and reducing personnel costs.
With the introduction of new production forces, manufacturing enterprises' accelerated digital transformation has become an inevitable trend. According to relevant data, by the end of 2023, China had cultivated 421 national-level demonstration factories and over 10,000 provincial-level digital workshops and intelligent factories. Digital transformation has become the key path to the upgrade and competitiveness of traditional manufacturing enterprises. Moving forward, APQ will continue to play a significant role in more sectors, providing reliable digital transformation solutions to empower the transformation and upgrading of traditional manufacturing industries and promote the deepening of industrial intelligence.
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Post time: Dec-20-2024