Digital and intelligent factories
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Many factories are currently working to enhance their digital capabilities and build smarter factories. Could anyone share any relevant examples of how this can be achieved?
Personally, I think it’s just a gimmick – relying entirely on DCS control, or adding advanced control systems and ERP management software as well. There’s also the so-called black-screen operation; I asked a few factories that are said to have good results in promoting this approach, and well… ! ! !
Currently, there are two sets of systems that use advanced control technologies; ERP systems offer only slightly better office automation capabilities. There’s still a delay before the screens become functional, and it might be better in more mature industrial applications. It’s not easy to integrate these technologies together
It might be easier with artificial intelligence
Complete automation still has a long way to go
Such intelligence must be tailored to specific needs; even with the same process, different devices can result in significant differences.
There is no best, only the most suitable
Achieve digitalization first, and then move on to autonomy. The road is long; I’ve studied it carefully recently, and there’s still much room for improvement in automation. I’ll keep working hard
It mainly depends on where different companies are situated; some of them have not yet achieved their automation goals, let alone digitalization； Moreover, there are still significant differences among people regarding the definition of digitization at present. It is necessary, yet difficult to reach a unified understanding.
Looking at domestic factories today, to what extent have the automatic functions of automation systems been realized, how many of them are actually in use, and what is management’s view on these automatic functions? These are all prerequisites for what is known as intelligence.