Shulou(Shulou.com)11/24 Report--

On October 11, the World Economic Forum (WEF,World Economic Forum) announced that 11 new factories have joined its global lighthouse network, including Ningde era (Yibin, China), Haier (Qingdao, China), Midea (Shunde, China), Sany heavy Industry (Changsha, China) and Western Digital (Shanghai, China).

It is understood that Lighthouse Factory (Lighthouse) is a concept jointly developed by the World Economic Forum and McKinsey in recent years. It is regarded as the leader of the fourth industrial revolution and the representative of digital manufacturing and industry 4.0. to a certain extent, it can be seen as having a world-class manufacturing capacity.

So far, there are 114 lighthouse factories in the world, of which 42 are in China, accounting for more than 1 / 3 of the total. The shortlist of lighthouse factories needs to be considered from multiple dimensions. With regard to the new factories selected this year, Ennold Boer, McKinsey's global managing partner and global head of digital manufacturing, said it should be measured in terms of clear strategy, employee competence and governance.

The enterprise that obtains the name of the lighthouse factory not only develops well by itself, but also is good at using the "replication" mode to export successful cases horizontally to other factories. For example, based on the application of Caos COSMOPlat digital technology and mass customization model, Haier already has six lighthouse factories, Qingdao Haier Central Air conditioning Interconnection Factory, Shenyang Haier refrigerator Interconnection Factory, Tianjin Haier washing Machine Interconnection Factory, Zhengzhou Haier Water heater Interconnection Factory, Qingdao Haier refrigerator Interconnection Factory and the cross-industry Tsing Tao Beer factory. On the other hand, Midea has five lighthouse factories with Midea's air conditioner Nansha factory, Midea's microwave oven Shunde factory, Hefei Mei washing machine factory, Midea's refrigerator Jingzhou factory and the newly selected Midea's Shunde factory.

Under the background of the reconstruction of the global industrial chain and the intensification of competition, intellectual transformation has become a "must-answer" for the survival of the manufacturing industry, and a number of advanced enterprises are creatively using emerging technologies to promote the fourth industrial revolution. become the pioneer and demonstration of large-scale digitization of the industry. A number of Chinese companies have been shortlisted for the global lighthouse factory list, which also represents the resilience and momentum made in China in the post-epidemic era.

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