Focus on the integrated development of digital intelligence technology and real industries, and build a new pattern for the digital economy. On the afternoon of October 14, the "Digital Convergence in Yongjiang, Cloud Intelligence Integration — Forum on Empowering High-Quality Industrial Development through Digital-Real Integration", one of the important forums of the 2023 World Digital Economy Conference and the 13th Smart City and Intelligent Economy Expo, was held in Ningbo.

This forum was jointly hosted by the Ningbo Municipal People's Government, China Telecom Group, and Ningbo IoT Association, aiming to follow the trend of digital integration, build consensus through dialogue, and achieve win-win through cooperation. 阿尔卑斯系统集成（大连）有限公司 (hereinafter referred to as "阿尔卑斯智能制造") made a strong appearance with the 慧湃APS supply chain resource planning platform and the industrial internet solution 劲智精益工厂云平台, fully demonstrating its innovative practices and case results in digital lean management of smart factories.

As one of the first batch of pilot cities for digital transformation of SMEs, Ningbo is currently deeply implementing the "No. 1 Development Project" for innovation and quality improvement of the digital economy. To further promote the implementation of intelligent transformation and digital upgrade for small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises, this forum focused on "digital-real integration", deeply concentrating on the application and value of digital technology in manufacturing, and invited many government representatives, academic experts, and industry peers to discuss and share the specific connotation, methods, paths, and exploration practices of digital lean management concepts. Dr. 张晓缋, Director of 阿尔卑斯系统集成, was invited to deliver a keynote speech titled "数字化精益: 激活传统制造业", which combined the group's own factory digital lean transformation experience to elaborate on the key elements and technical paths of how to quickly build a "一目了然" manufacturing site in the era of "机器换人" — digital lean.

To understand digital lean, two core keys cannot be avoided. Dr. 张晓缋 pointed out that to achieve digital management, enterprises must proceed on lean management and processes. It is necessary not only to dynamically examine whether the enterprise's digitalization process deviates from the strategic direction, but also to continuously identify "浪费" that does not generate any customer value in the digitalization process, and then optimize and improve it, finally solidify the new operation mode through the system, form a mechanism, and ensure sustainability.

From a data perspective, compared with the cost-saving potential of 15% from implementing lean or digitalization alone, implementing lean and digitalization in parallel is expected to bring about 40% improvement potential. Digital lean provides a good technical, tool, and management foundation for intelligent manufacturing, and is becoming a necessary means for the transformation and upgrading of China's manufacturing industry.

Focusing on the practical path of digital lean, Dr. 张晓缋 highlighted three aspects:

1、无感数采，不给现场员工增加负担。 The fundamental reason why manufacturing enterprises spend high prices on systems but cannot actually use them is that data collection is not done well. Either it relies entirely on manual entry, or the data is incomplete and not timely. In this regard, 阿尔卑斯智能制造 has developed its own IoT edge devices to meet data collection for 99+ industrial equipment; at the same time, for old equipment without interfaces or protocols, it has created external collection technology that is plug-and-play, easily connecting to the network.

2、消除浪费，尤其是数据层面的浪费。 The core of digital lean is to eliminate waste, among which data waste is the most deadly. The data platform of 阿尔卑斯智能制造's data collection system has excellent data cleaning and distribution capabilities. On the one hand, data is cleaned and transformed in real time, automatically filtering out a large amount of useless data, reducing decision interference; on the other hand, it supports multi-system interconnection, accurately distributing data on demand, making the system effective.

3、深耕现场，更懂制造业数字化转型。 How can you design a good digital system without understanding production? The 劲智精益工厂云平台 of 阿尔卑斯智能制造 is a lean production management software that has been developed by a well-established manufacturing enterprise with 30 years of focus on manufacturing, and is used by its seven domestic factories. It is based on precise data collection of "人/机/料/法/环/测" on the manufacturing site, and is a full-chain closed-loop solution focusing on timely intervention for production anomalies, remote monitoring of equipment status, preventive maintenance of equipment, and smart energy saving and consumption reduction, aiming to minimize equipment downtime losses and improve equipment capacity.