Jinan No.2 Machine Tool Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Jinan No.2 Machine Tool Co., Ltd.”) is a national high-tech enterprise and has comprehensive strengths in technology research and development, manufacturing and manufacturing in the fields of metal forming, metal cutting, casting and cutting equipment, etc. It is a discrete type, single piece. Small batch large-scale machinery manufacturing enterprises.

In terms of scale, Jinan No. 2 Machine Tool Co., Ltd. is the largest heavy forging equipment manufacturing base in China and has two leading products: CNC punching machine tools and CNC gold-cutting machine tools. The development of product technology keeps pace with international standards. It has been sold to more than 50 countries and regions, and has been hailed as "one of the world's three largest stamping equipment manufacturers" by its foreign counterparts.

What kind of management tools and management methods does the king of such manufacturing have in information construction?

Improve manufacturing capacity to break the bottleneck

Manufacturing capacity often becomes a bottleneck for machine tool manufacturers.

The product structure of the machine tool is complex, which is reflected in the application of information is the BOM structure is relatively deep, leading to technical innovation is relatively difficult. This characteristic determines that most enterprises in the machine tool industry are discrete-type enterprises, single-piece small-batch production organization methods, relatively many product production links, a relatively long production cycle, and complex business logic. Moreover, machine tool companies are labor-intensive companies, and their costs are relatively high. Customizing the development and production of products according to user requirements also has the characteristics of small quantities.

To enhance the manufacturing capabilities of enterprises, in addition to adding equipment, it is necessary to fully tap the potential of existing equipment, and to upgrade the existing equipment to improve the level of numerical control of equipment to achieve the integration of equipment control systems with ERP systems, PLM systems, etc. , Improve the data transmission efficiency, equipment utilization, and then enhance the company's manufacturing capabilities.

Jinan No. 2 Machine Tool has the same level of information construction as it has in the machine tool industry. It also has world-class management tools and management methods. It has established integrated applications such as OA, ERP, PLM, CRM, and SCM. Management platform, computers have been fully applied in all areas of the enterprise.

According to the characteristics of Jinan No. 2 machine tool informationization, Qu Yanfeng, director of the Jinan No. 2 Machine Tool Information Center, introduced to “China Information”, “There are many informatization applications based on the entire production cycle of products, and an efficient and integrated application must be established. The information-based applications that are based on the entire product life cycle will be relatively difficult to implement and will have large investment. However, the application efficiency will be fully enhanced and will play an important role in the development of the company; and Jinan No. 2 Machine Tool is an order-based production enterprise. Large changes in orders, strong production organization dynamics, to meet the needs of production, must be achieved through the ERP system on time production.

Among them, “the construction of a company’s technological R&D platform is the driving force for enterprise innovation. The integration of CAD/CAE/CAPP/CAM based on the PLM system is the main goal of enterprise informatization. Through the construction of the platform, the company will realize the design. , process, and processing integrated application, improve enterprise innovation ability and technology development efficiency."

Two fusions

In recent years, Jinan No. 2 Machine Tool has attached great importance to the application of the two fusion technologies, implemented the network transformation of CNC cutting machine tools, established a workshop network system, and docked with the upstream technology development network system to realize design information and process information. The rapid transfer and integrated integration of processing program information, production planning information, etc. improves the efficiency of blanking.

The data acquisition, control and reporting system was developed and implemented on the production line, which achieved the functions of automatic collection of production line station quality information, automatic alarms, automatic reports, etc. The CNC machine was reconstructed and the equipment management system was independently developed and implemented. Dynamic networked monitoring and management of company equipment.

At the same time, it integrates and upgrades existing information systems such as PLM, ERP, CAPP, quality management, and product safety information management systems, and gradually realizes integrated applications of various systems, and expands information flow through network technologies, integration technologies, and fusion technologies. Workshop site, users adjust the scene, to achieve intelligent information, automated collection and delivery.

Qu Xiaofeng specifically stated that “through the application of the PLM system, control the number of parts used at the source of design, increase the product standardization, the degree of generalization and standardization of parts and components, and timely discover and control the backlog of materials such as inventory parts and components. Save costs; and through the application of ERP system, the dynamic calculation and rapid release of order planning are realized, and the production process information is fed back in real time, the manufacturing bottleneck formed by the increase of enterprise orders is solved, the time-to-manufacture of manufacturing is realized, and the satisfaction of users is improved; The comprehensive application of the web office system realizes a paperless office and improves office efficiency. The application of the CAE system analyzes and validates the product organization, accuracy, weight, and vibration characteristics, and improves product design. Finally, the CNC machine tool is used. Informatization transformation, automatic collection and feedback of key equipment information, establishment of integrated application with PLM system and ERP system, and improvement of equipment's numerical control rate, processing efficiency, and information transfer efficiency.

Global management

At present, "globalized operation is the development needs of Jinan No. 2 Machine Tool Co., Ltd. The establishment of an external business system that satisfies the global management of the company, and the realization of the integrated and coordinated application of the internal information system and the external information system is an important task of information construction." The peak is highlighted.

So far, Jinan No.2 Machine Tool has established a complete internal and external network infrastructure, and successfully implemented the company's intranet office system, enterprise ERP system, PLM system, enterprise supply chain information management system, enterprise marketing information management system, and enterprise projects. Information management systems such as information management systems, internal and external website information management systems, quality information management systems, and human resources information management systems; 2D design applications, 3D design applications, simulation analysis applications, CAPP applications with PLM as the management core CAM application integration, secure technology development and application platform system; construction of a manufacturing management platform system with ERP as the core, including planning management, cost management, financial management, equipment management, shop floor management, inventory management, and procurement management; The company's intranet integrated information management platform system, marketing information management system, and supply chain information management system with office system as the core; built the external network website system as the core set of bidding, procurement, marketing, service, publicity, foreign technology Cooperation in an integrated enterprise electronics Business application platform system.

In general, “the level of enterprise informatization application, enterprise technology development capabilities, manufacturing capabilities, and business work efficiency have been greatly improved. At the same time, companies have also gradually used information technology to enhance numerical control products and lineup products in the development of new products. The application of information technology.” Qu Fengfeng clearly describes the road.

Comprehensive electronic application

In the future, Jinan No. 2 Machine Tool Co., Ltd. will continue to improve the level of digital, automation, networking, and intelligence of CNC punching and CNC cutting products to reach the technical level of similar international products.

Through technological transformation of enterprises, improve the level of enterprise manufacturing equipment numerical control, establish a close integration with information management system; establish a complete e-commerce platform system, technology development platform system, manufacturing management platform that conforms to international operation, integrated application integration System, decision support platform system, to achieve a comprehensive electronic application of business marketing services, technology development, manufacturing, procurement and supply, security services, external cooperation and other services.

At the same time, through the implementation of the “Jinan Second Machine Tool Supply Chain Information Service Platform System R&D and Construction” project, the integrated application of information systems inside and outside the supply chain system will be implemented to enhance the operational efficiency of the enterprise supply chain system.