Jin Jiang, general manager of Meiyun Intelligent Digital, said that only when the industrial Internet platform continues to evolve to a deeper level, the cost of sensors can be greatly reduced, and key technologies such as artificial intelligence algorithms and models continue to improve, can the industrial Internet platform blossom and bear fruit in more industries.
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On March 4, the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee held a meeting, which pointed out the need to "accelerate the construction of new infrastructure such as 5G networks and data centers". The essence of "new infrastructure" is the infrastructure of information digitization, and the industrial Internet is one of the seven major areas of "new infrastructure", and it is also the focus of national policy guidance and development in recent years.
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On March 13, Jin Jiang, general manager of Guangdong Meiyun Zhishu Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Meiyun Zhishu), a subsidiary of Midea Group, accepted an exclusive interview with a reporter from the "Daily Economic News", in which he described in detail the development status and future trend of the domestic industrial Internet. It is understood that Meiyun Zhishu is the external output carrier of Midea's industrial Internet.
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In Jinjiang's view, the relationship between "new infrastructure" and the industrial Internet is mutually reinforcing. On the one hand, the development of the industrial Internet requires new infrastructure such as 5G and artificial intelligence as the technical foundation, and on the other hand, the development of the industrial Internet will in turn promote the development of "new infrastructure". Jin Jiang told reporters that from the perspective of the development of various industrial Internet platforms, it is still dominated by single-point intelligent applications. "It is difficult for the industrial Internet to have the 'outbreak' that everyone hopes for like the consumer Internet, and if there will be a local small-scale outbreak, it is expected to appear in the new manufacturing field first."
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Jin Jiang, general manager of Meiyun Intelligent Data Image source: Courtesy of the company
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The industrial Internet has a very great prospect on the B-side
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The new crown pneumonia epidemic has promoted the acceleration of "new infrastructure", and also made the manufacturing industry more aware of the importance of the industrial Internet.
The reporter learned that with the help of network collaboration, remote service, supply and demand docking and other advantages, the industrial Internet has played an important role in epidemic prevention and control and resumption of work and production. Many industrial Internet platforms or enterprises have participated in the front line of Wuhan.
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On March 13, Jin Jiang said in an interview with the reporter of "Daily Economic News" that in the process of resuming work against the epidemic, he deeply felt the great prospect of the industrial Internet on the B side. "By connecting and transparency, we are very aware of the urgency of our orders, raw materials, workers, molds, etc., and the factory can intelligently schedule production according to these conditions, and upstream suppliers can also arrange their resumption of work and production according to the information provided by Midea. This is very helpful for our suppliers, especially small and medium-sized enterprises with weak digital capabilities. ”
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The industrial Internet has always been regarded as the key to the transformation and upgrading of the manufacturing industry and the support of industrial intelligence. From the national level, the "industrial Internet" was first proposed in 2012 and was written into the "Government Work Report" in 2019. Entering 2020, the acceleration of "new infrastructure" has made the industrial Internet catch up with the "fast train" again.
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Jin Jiang told reporters that the "new infrastructure" under the broad definition mainly includes a new round of network construction (such as 5G, IPv6, Beidou, etc.), data and information-related services (such as big data centers, cloud computing centers, etc.), as well as information and network security. "New infrastructure" brings great opportunities to the industrial Internet. The development of "new infrastructure" will bring market demand in related industries such as communications, computers and electronics, and these new infrastructure equipment is the key to the transformation and upgrading of the manufacturing industry. Accelerating the construction of these facilities will help promote the development of the industrial Internet.
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Jin Jiang said that after several years of practice, the industrial Internet is now entering a new stage. As the demand for industrial Internet grows, the development of new infrastructure will also be promoted.
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On February 25 this year, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released the list of industrial Internet pilot demonstration projects in 2019, and 81 projects were on the list. Among them, the intranet transformation of Midea's laundry factory appeared on the list as a pilot demonstration project of "5G + Industrial Internet".
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The reporter learned that Midea Group began to build the industrial Internet in 2017, and in October 2018, Midea officially released a new industrial Internet platform, Midea M.IoT. At present, Midea Group has not only penetrated and applied the industrial Internet to more than 30 of its factories and bases, but also exported Midea's industrial Internet experience to the outside world through Meiyun Intelligent Data to empower the digital transformation of large and medium-sized enterprises.
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It is understood that Midea's industrial Internet platform is based on the construction of the whole value chain that connects the R&D end, production equipment end, supply chain end, business end, logistics end and user end. Since its operation in 2017, Meiyun Intelligent Data has served more than 200 large and medium-sized enterprises, covering more than 40 fields such as automobiles, home appliances, and electronic equipment. In September last year, Meiyun Zhishu also cooperated with several enterprises to jointly establish Guangdong Yueyun Industrial Internet Innovation Technology Co., Ltd. to undertake the construction of Guangdong Industrial Internet Pilot Demonstration Base and promote small and medium-sized enterprises to go to the cloud platform.
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Or a small-scale outbreak in the field of new manufacturing first
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"We have also formulated a series of promotion plans for the industrial Internet platform, based on different factory scenarios for the penetration of the industrial Internet, at present, all factories have basically been fully covered, and the specific links have different depths of landing applications, and have achieved good results, taste the sweetness." Jin Jiang said.
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Since 2019, the industrial Internet has entered the landing stage. Jin Jiang said that from the current development of various industrial Internet platforms, the application of the platform is still in its infancy. "It is still based on the simple scenario optimization and single-point intelligent application of 'device IoT + analysis' or 'business system interconnection + analysis'."
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He explained that the foundation of informatization and automation of Chinese enterprises is still very weak as a whole, and the level of informatization is uneven, and multiple stages of development coexist. In the face of such a complex situation, the industrial Internet still has a long way to go before it can be fully implemented and play a role. "For most enterprises, the current focus is still on the application and pull through of industrial software."
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In Jinjiang's view, the industrial Internet emphasizes more personalization, and at the same time, large enterprises often have complex internal and external systems and complex industrial scenarios, talents, connection efficiency, security and other issues, which hinder their application of the industrial Internet. Small and medium-sized enterprises may be discouraged from the industrial Internet because of the cost of "going to the cloud" and the investment in equipment and talents. "It is difficult for the industrial Internet to have the 'explosion' that everyone hopes for like the consumer Internet. If there will be a local small-scale outbreak of China's industrial Internet, it is expected that it should first appear in the new manufacturing field, that is, the manufacturing field that faces new user needs, uses new organizational models, produces new goods, and forms new business models. ”
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Jin Jiang told reporters that only when the industrial Internet platform continues to evolve to a deeper level, the cost of sensors can be greatly reduced, and key technologies such as artificial intelligence algorithms and models continue to improve, can the industrial Internet platform blossom and bear fruit in more industries.
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Reference source: National Business Daily https://m.nbd.com.cn/articles/2020-03-16/1417207.html