July 29 2016, Tianjin—Chinese Digital Enterprise Portal announced the successful conclusion of 2016 Chinese Equipment Industry Intelligent Manufacturing Forum. More than 200 equipment industry experts, manufacturing CIOs, and home and abroad mainstream vendors attended the forum. Tianjin Mechanical Engineering Society and BENEFO co-organized the forum.

Dr. Pei Huang, e-works CEO delivered a keynote speech about smart manufacturing and servitization in manufacturing industry. He analyzed that Smart Manufacturing is the next promotion step of integration of industrialization and informationization. It can be divided into smart product, smart service, smart equipment, smart production line, smart workshop, smart factory, smart R&D, smart management, smart logistic and supply chain, and smart decision.

Dr. Pei Huang, e-works CEO

Followed Dr. Huang, manufacturing CIOs shared their experiences in applying IT systems in equipment manufacturing industry. They are Mr. Zhensheng Wang, Intelligent Manufacturing Business Consulting Director of Beijing Shenzhou Aerospace Software, Mr. Zhifeng Zhu, SIE Consulting Senior Director, Mrs. Jie Xu, CIO of China SINOMACH Heavy Industry, Mrs. Man Wang, Xiaoshouyi Senor Customer Manager, Mr. Xiaohui Li, Kingdee Equipment Manufacturing Business Vice General Manager, and Dr. Hai Ji, Tianjin Hoist Equipment Technical Adviser.

Upper: Mr. Zhensheng Wang, Intelligent Manufacturing Business Consulting Director of Beijing Shenzhou Aerospace Software, Mr. Zhifeng Zhu, SIE Consulting Senior Director;
Middle: Mrs. Jie Xu, CIO of China SINOMACH Heavy Industry, Mrs. Man Wang, Xiaoshouyi Senor Customer Manager;
Lower: Mr. Xiaohui Li, Kingdee Equipment Manufacturing Business Vice General Manager, Dr. Hai Ji, Tianjin Hoist Equipment Technical Adviser.

In the round table discussion session, six guests discussed around the topic implementation strategy of intelligent manufacturing applications in equipment manufacturing industry.

Round table discussion

In the afternoon session, e-works Consulting Business Presales and Senior Consultant Mr. Lei Zhang analyzed current situations of building smart factories in China and gave some suggestions.

Mr. Lei Zhang, e-works Consulting Business Presales and Senior Consultant

Later, some solution vendors and manufacturing enterprises share their knowledge and experience on intelligent manufacturing applications. They are Mr. Wei Wang, Epicor Solution Manager, Mr. Junqing Wang, Hikvision Enterprise Solution Manager, Mr. Shuai Wang, Tianjin Saixiang Technology Information Department Manager, Mr. Zhibin Pan, Weaver Senor Consultant, Mr. Xinwei Ma, DELL Enterprise Solution Presales System Consultant, and Mr. Rui Liu, BENEFO Supply Chain CEO.

Upper: Mr. Wei Wang, Epicor Solution Manager, Mr. Junqing Wang, Hikvision Enterprise Solution Manager;
Middle: Mr. Shuai Wang, Tianjin Saixiang Technology Information Department Manager, Mr. Zhibin Pan, Weaver Senor Consultant;
Lower: Mr. Xinwei Ma, DELL Enterprise Solution Presales System Consultant, Mr. Rui Liu, BENEFO Supply Chain CEO.

Manufacturing is the engine of industry development. Equipment manufacturing shows a country’s hard power. The State Council has issued Made in China 2025 planning outline in May 2015, which pointed out the core is intelligent manufacturing. The forum has provided a platform for learning knowledge and exchanging experience around equipment manufacturing.