The factory requires an Andon system for on-site production planning, reducing labor costs in field management while promoting production automation, improving management efficiency, and ensuring management quality.

The Andon system offers a diverse range of functionalities, including workstation operation management, equipment performance management, information visualization management, material request management, equipment request management, maintenance request management, and quality issue request management.

The transformation of a smart factory typically involves three essential steps: first, achieving online connectivity; second, datafication; and third, intelligentization. All three are indispensable.

While smart factories have yet to achieve widespread adoption, the transition toward them is an urgent imperative for manufacturing enterprises. This urgency stems from the advent of the Industry 4.0 era, where the tangible benefits of digitalization are increasingly evident.

ALSI leverages 30 years of practical experience from the group's eight major factories, focusing on full life-cycle equipment management by integrating IoT and AI technologies to accelerate the digital transformation of manufacturing enterprises.

Assist smart factories in mitigating operational risks and enhancing the overall efficiency of equipment; help factories reduce equipment failure rates and minimize downtime due to malfunctions, thereby boosting production efficiency for enterprises.

The challenges for small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises in transitioning to smart factories are manifold, including prohibitive transformation costs, insufficient digitalization of their own factories, and overly conservative management mindsets.

For small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises seeking to transition toward smart factories, establishing a connected factory environment must be the foremost priority. The transformation into a smart factory is fundamentally built upon an internet-based infrastructure.

ALSI's smart factory solutions are dedicated to continuously uncovering customers' latent needs, while also evolving and innovating to deliver solutions that create sustained value for clients.

The functionalities of the Smart Factory Management System are categorized as follows: Equipment Management, Production Planning Management, Material Management, Quality Management, Data Analysis, Personnel Management, and Notification & Alerts.