The digital economy empowers industry transformation to solve more than just technical problems
At Shandong Dianlide Power Technology Co., Ltd., industrial robots are producing lithium batteries.
Since the beginning of this year, Taierzhuang District, Zaozhuang City, Shandong Province has explored the implementation of "digital" empowerment and "chain-length system" in key industries, helping the industrial economy to transform and upgrade in the direction of high-end, green and intelligent.
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Pay attention to the digital economy④
The industrial transformation under the digital economy follows the law from shallow to deep.
That is, firstly digitize equipment; then, digitize production lines, workshops, factories, and even the entire enterprise; expand further, digitize the entire industrial chain; finally, form the digital ecology of the entire society.
Nowadays, the digital economy has penetrated into all aspects of production and life today, and a number of new business formats and new models continue to emerge.
The "White Paper on China's Digital Economy Development (2021)" shows that in 2020, my country's digital economy will maintain a high growth rate of 9.7%, which is more than 3.2 times the nominal GDP growth rate during the same period, and has become one of the key drivers of stable economic growth in my country.
With the blessing of digital technology, the mirror becomes a "doctor", this is not a dream.
When you take a photo in front of a mirror, part of the information about the health of the human body is detected.
With more instructions, the mirror can also communicate with people how to better manage health.
A scene that appeared at the China International Digital Economy Expo was impressive.
The technician explained, "With the help of digital technology, combined with the big data of traditional Chinese medicine diagnosis and modern medical detection methods, the mirror has been given the function of'seeing, hearing, and asking'."
Taierzhuang District, Zaozhuang City, Shandong Province, this year began to explore the implementation of "digital" empowerment and "chain-length system" in key industries, helping the industrial economy to transform and upgrade in the direction of high-end, green and intelligent.
From January to April this year, 10 intelligent technological transformation projects and 2 digital workshops were launched. Industrial enterprises above designated size achieved a cumulative output value of 3.23 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 28.6%.
“Embracing digitalization cannot be far-reaching, but must be pragmatic; digital transformation is the transformation of the entire chain from R&D, production to consumption under the support of digital technology. It is far from enough to talk about technology. The core is the transformation and upgrading of enterprises and the improvement of capabilities, including customer experience, The five new capabilities of organizational response, product innovation, ecological coordination, and smart operation." On September 1, Wang Xingshan, an expert in the field of advanced manufacturing technology from the Ministry of Science and Technology, a management accounting consultant from the Ministry of Finance, and CEO of Inspur Group, said in an interview with reporters.
Going to the cloud is not just a fashionable "net celebrity"
The prevention and control of the epidemic has given birth to many new business formats, and "shangyun" is undoubtedly the hottest word among them.
The just-concluded 2021 World 5G Conference attracted more than 1,500 experts, scholars, and entrepreneurs from 20 countries to participate online and offline.
Online participation, that is, "cloud participation" was once the mainstream action in major conferences around the world.
“The epidemic has accelerated the pace of digital transformation. Cloud migration has become the norm in various regions and industries. Cloud meetings, cloud signings, cloud interviews, etc. emerge endlessly.” Wang Xingshan said, cloud migration is a basic move for enterprises to embrace digitalization.
Going to the cloud is not only a "net celebrity" vocabulary, but also a national strategy.
In April of last year, the National Development and Reform Commission and the Central Cyberspace Administration of China launched the "cloud use data to empower intelligence" action, and "vigorously fostering new forms of digital economy" is the highlight.
Subsequently, the 17 departments jointly launched the "Digital Transformation Partnership Action", why did it turn?
How to turn, where to turn?
These three questions have guiding answers...
Stimulated by the New Deal, a series of new scenarios continue to emerge in all walks of life.
Shandong is a major energy province, but its utilization methods are combustion power generation and industrial heating, with low overall efficiency, high pollution and high potential safety hazards.
How to empower it?
The modern "5G+smart mine" project is to effectively integrate various networks in the mining scene through 5G, to achieve 5G coverage, and to use "5G+cloud+edge" comprehensive one-stop solution to finally realize unmanned mines化工作。 Chemical operations.
As a senior expert in the field of digital economy, Wang Xingshan has seen many similar cases.
He told the reporter of Science and Technology Daily that the industrial transformation under the digital economy follows the law from shallow to deep.
That is, firstly digitize equipment; then, digitize production lines, workshops, factories, and even the entire enterprise; expand further, digitize the entire industrial chain; finally, form the digital ecology of the entire society.
Different companies have their own unique digital paths at different stages, but "all roads lead to Rome", aiming to build their ability to deal with uncertainties and adapt to rapid market changes.
Wang Xingshan explained to reporters: Traditional companies have introduced digital technologies such as cloud computing, Internet of Things, big data, 5G, and artificial intelligence into the entire industry chain of R&D, production, operation, sales, and service, and formed new business formats and new models, but each company The paths are not consistent.
Some companies start from research and development, some from finance, and some from workshops and factories...
He emphasized that "the best is the best."
Digital transformation must not be too ambitious, and must pursue value
What should be paid attention to in the development of digital economy?
Researcher Li Guojie, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, once put forward in "Several Issues Worth Thinking about the Development of the Digital Economy": We must enthusiastically embrace the new technologies that drive the digital economy. Intelligence is integrated into the real economy to inject new momentum into economic development.
Wang Xingshan emphasized to reporters that digital transformation cannot be carried forward. It must be a valuable transformation and a pragmatic transformation.
What's the solution?
"Many companies believe that digital transformation can be achieved only by investing in technology, and the higher the technology, the more successful the transformation is. This is not the case." He believes that "digital technology is just an empowering tool. The pain point is the starting point; digital transformation requires the digitization of the entire industry chain, and technology is only one of the important links."
Academician Li Guojie also believes that the digital transformation pursued now is an all-round transformation of production mode, operation mode, and decision-making mode.
He mentioned the example of Mobike.
The latter has transformed the traditional bicycle industry by adopting GPS positioning and 4G communication technology.
This is a typical case of digital transformation.
When conducting research in various parts of Shandong, Wang Xingshan will emphasize one point of view to entrepreneurs: Embracing digitalization must consider input and output.
He believes that "digital transformation without making money is unsustainable."
"Machine substitution" belongs to the typical category of digital economy.
In imagination, it can carry dirty, tiring, and dangerous work; do standardized and repetitive work; humans turn experience into industrial mechanisms and algorithms, input them into robots, and use them to check quality and check defects.
However, experts believe that whether the "machine substitution" boom can continue depends on the cost of robots and labor costs.
With higher labor costs and cheaper robots, this digital transformation will be sustainable.
At present, the forerunners of digitalization are bound to be the first beneficiaries of new technologies.
In Shandong, Haier's central air-conditioning interconnection factory, which was included in the world's first batch of advanced "lighthouse factories" by the World Economic Forum, has a full ecological interconnection system based on modularity, automation, digitization, and intelligence.
Here, the "user-centered mass customization model" shifts the center of industrial transformation from satisfying enterprises to satisfying users for the first time. With the help of Internet technology, users can directly talk to the factory production line to quickly meet the individual needs of users.
Under the "No. 1" project, the digital economy is entering the fast lane
This is the best time to develop the digital economy.
With the promotion of national strategy, the continuous emergence of technologies, the efforts of industry enterprises and the strong market demand, it can be summed up in one sentence: when the direction is set, how do we grasp the key points and forge core capabilities?
In August last year, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission issued the "Notice on Accelerating the Digital Transformation of State-owned Enterprises" to promote state-owned enterprises to use digital transformation as an important means to transform and upgrade traditional kinetic energy and cultivate new kinetic energy for development.
It is worth noting that the notice requires the “implementation of a digital transformation'first-in-command' responsibility system”.
At present, the chairman of no less than 30 state-owned enterprises and the chairman of more than 20 local state-owned enterprises are talking about digital transformation.
Under the tide, the digital economy has accelerated into the fast lane.
What are the key points for the “top leader” to focus on digital transformation?
Take the manufacturing industry as an example.
What is the connection between smart manufacturing and digital manufacturing, Industry 4.0, and the Industrial Internet?
How will Made in China take the road of smart upgrade?
The Chinese Academy of Engineering has organized more than 100 academicians and experts to conduct in-depth research and published a special report on "New Generation Intelligent Manufacturing".
In the interview, Wang Xingshan mentioned this report, "Intelligent manufacturing is a large system with intelligent production, intelligent products, and intelligent services."
After clearing the above chain, the focus of intelligent manufacturing is highlighted.
Next, how to accelerate?
Wang Xingshan believes that 5G and Industrial Internet are a pair, which can empower major industries including smart manufacturing.
In May of this year, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released five key industries and ten typical application scenarios of "5G + Industrial Internet". Among them, 5G and Industrial Internet play an important role.
Of course, this is especially important for Shandong, which is seeking high-quality development.
Under the wave of digital economy, "platform + ecology" enterprises are the general direction.
Wang Xingshan said that large companies build platforms, and small and medium-sized enterprises can use the cloud and platform. Small and medium-sized enterprises can find more business through the platform of large enterprises, and everyone can share and develop together.