Walking into the exhibition hall of Yungong Industrial Technology (Shenzhen) **hereinafter referred to as "Yungong Technology"), the production and manufacturing process of the parts manufacturing platform is being demonstrated on the electronic screen. "The platform mainly provides first-class processing and manufacturing services for users in consumer electronics, energy and environmental protection, equipment manufacturing, automobile manufacturing and other industries. Li Qin, founder and CEO of Yungong Technology, told reporters.
Founded in 2015, Yungong Technology is a technology-based enterprise that provides parts manufacturing services. "Based on the innovation of the industrial Internet model, we independently developed the first-class manufacturing platform 'cloud factory' for parts, which effectively broke the information barriers existing at both ends of supply and demand in the traditional manufacturing industry, and solved the problems of rapid proofing of products in the manufacturing industry and the difficulty of small batch production and mass production of non-standard products. Li Qin said that as of now, the "cloud factory" has been linked to 1More than 30,000 co-manufacturers.
Self-developed platform.
The processing of mechanical parts is the basis of industrial manufacturing. With the rapid development of the digital economy, multi-variety, small-batch customized production has gradually become the development trend of the manufacturing industry.
The traditional manufacturing delivery method is that the customer finds the corresponding manufacturing plant according to the demand, and the factory schedules the customer's order according to the existing capacity. This process is not only long and inefficient, but also prone to problems such as information mismatch between the factory and the client. Li Qin said that in order to improve the speed of the chain reaction and meet the manufacturing needs of customers, they decided to develop a platform that integrates the resources of the first chain to make "manufacturing" as convenient as shopping.
The road to cloud factory development has not been smooth. Li Qin recalled that they had found two companies to cooperate to build a first-class parts manufacturing platform, but the user experience of the developed platform was not satisfactory and the effect was not satisfactory. For example, in terms of platform information synchronization, the page response speed is very slow because the app is not compatible with mobile phones.
How to break through the development bottleneck?"We have learned from our failures. If you want to develop a good product, you need to plan it reasonably. We have set up our own technical team to go to the manufacturing plants in the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta to investigate in order to better understand the market and consumer needs. Ruan Qijun, chief operating officer of Yungong Technology, said.
Platform development is a long process, full of hardships and challenges. The R&D team of Yungong Technology continued to try and experienced many failures before finally determining the platform development plan and passing the demonstration.
Thanks to sufficient preparation and strong innovation capabilities, Yungong Technology finally developed a cloud factory and received a good response. At present, the cloud factory platform gathers high-quality business resources such as 3D printing, machining, sheet metal stamping, injection molding, etc., which can help factories go to the cloud and production to the cloud, break through the information barriers of upstream and downstream businessmen, partners and customers, integrate needs and conduct in-depth information mining and analysis.
On the cloud factory platform, buyers can place orders, follow orders, view production progress, quality inspection, warehousing, delivery, etc.;Manufacturers can receive orders, link equipment to the cloud, upload production data and progress, etc., to achieve visual management of the whole process.
After the customer places an order on the platform, it can quickly match the best merchants with idle capacity within 1 hour at the earliest, which greatly shortens the product delivery cycle and improves the efficiency of the entire manufacturing process. Ruan Qijun said that through the industrial software cloud, the upstream and downstream collaborative innovation of the industrial chain will be supported, and idle productivity will be further activated and digital productivity will be accelerated.
String together both ends of supply and demand.
In the traditional parts chain, from time to time, problems such as opaque factory processing process, lack of quality inspection standards, and imperfect management process will be encountered, resulting in delays in the delivery cycle of goods and affecting customer satisfaction.
In the future, manufacturing services must be highly advanced, intelligent and automated. Li Qin said that the positioning of Yungong Technology is to be a "first-class manufacturing service provider", in the early stage, due to the limited scale of resources, and the pain points of small batch processing customers are more intense, so it cuts in the direction of small batches. In the future, the company will strive to cover various magnitudes and types of processing and manufacturing needs.
With the continuous improvement of innovation capabilities, the cooperation between Yungong Technology and some enterprises has been further deepened. In October 2022, a company encountered a problem in the process of manufacturing the metal shell of the equipment: during the proofing process, due to the thin thickness of the metal shell product and the hollowing out of the middle part, the product was prone to deformation after riveting. The company urgently turned to the cloud platform for help.
After a detailed understanding of the situation, the cloud factory mobilized its own rich processing and manufacturer resources to quickly match the best business that can solve this manufacturing problem for processing and production. "On the premise of not affecting the function and performance of the product, the first company quickly adjusted the manufacturing process and fixtures, which not only reduced the processing difficulty, simplified the production process, achieved rapid mass production, but also saved about 25% of the production cost for customers. Zuo Jinrui, chief information officer of Yungong Technology, said that in the process of product production, the senior professional and technical personnel of the cloud factory tracked, tested, and controlled the order throughout the process, and finally completed the proofing in 5 days, and the construction period was shortened from 40 days to 19 days, and the first payment was realized.
How to ensure the processing quality of the cooperative factory?Li Qin told reporters that the engineer team of Yungong Technology will conduct a strict inspection of the level, performance, management, equipment and other aspects of the processing plant, and will only be included in the cooperation list after passing. After the product is processed by the cooperative factory, it needs to be sent to the cloud factory for quality inspection, and it will be sent to the customer after passing the test.
At present, Yungong Technology has set up physical factories and R&D centers in Shenzhen, Qingdao and Changchun, and has set up independent operation centers in many overseas placesWith more than 200 professional engineers such as appearance designers, structural designers, reverse engineers, prototype engineers, mold engineers, etc., we can help hardware start-ups from product development, design, prototype to mass production.
Build a delivery system.
We're like e-commerce in the industrial sector. Li Qin said that on the one hand, Yungong technology is widely linked to both ends of supply and demand in the manufacturing industry;On the other hand, through self-built production capacity, self-built warehousing, and strict quality supervision of goods, to ensure that products are delivered to customers efficiently and with high quality.
With the expansion of self-operated factories and cooperative factories, Yungong Technology began to undertake large-scale processing business. At present, the cloud factory has served more than 250,000 high-quality customers around the world, and has delivered more than 22 million parts.
In 2023, Yungong Technology will successively build 5 capacity delivery centers, including Shenzhen Songgang Sheet Metal Delivery Center, Shenzhen Fuyong Machining Delivery Center, Dongguan Chang'an 3D Printing Delivery Center, etc. The center has set up a number of quality control links to provide customers with customized, efficient and high-quality manufacturing and delivery services. "Before the product is shipped, a number of professional testing engineers conduct 'manual + equipment' double quality inspection on the appearance, size and material of the product to ensure that the quality of the delivered product meets customer requirements. Li Qin said.
While ensuring product quality, it is also necessary to improve work efficiency in order to seize market opportunities. With strong delivery capabilities, Cloud Factory has reached a cooperative relationship with a scientific research institute and delivered 80% of the parts for the project led by it. "We are able to provide the optimal solution for the molding and manufacturing of scientific products. Li Qin said that during the implementation of the project, the cloud factory has built a series of key manufacturing service systems including auxiliary engineering design, proofing verification, parts manufacturing and parts post-processing, and all parts are paid at one time within 40 days, and no part needs to be reworked and repaired.
Behind the high level of delivery, the real-time tracking of the cloud factory digital order management system plays a crucial role. The digital collaborative management system of the cloud factory can realize the digital, intelligent and visual management of the whole production process, grasp the capacity utilization in real time, control the interconnection of equipment and personnel in the factory, and realize flexible production control.
In the new year, we will continue to focus on the field of parts and components, increase R&D capabilities in industrial software, industrial artificial intelligence and automation equipment, improve the connectivity and operational efficiency of various business scenarios, and use digitalization to deeply empower the industrial chain and help the industry upgrade. Li Qin said. (Economic ** reporter Yang Yangteng).