Manufacturing factories aiming for efficient development cannot do without the smart factory Andon system. Xin Guobin, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, stated at a press conference held by the State Council Information Office on the theme "Authoritative Departments Talk about New Developments" that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the scale of smart factories has been greatly improved. An effective analysis of over 200 enterprises before and after intelligent transformation showed that after the transformation, product R&D cycles were shortened by 20.7%, production efficiency increased by 34.8%, the defective product rate decreased by 27.4%, and carbon emissions were reduced by 21.2%. It can be seen that the construction of smart factories has a significant impact on enterprise development.

Currently, the drawbacks of traditional manufacturing factory production models have become very apparent. For example, when equipment failure or material shortage is detected at a workstation, workers must inform the team leader, who then notifies the manager. From problem discovery to resolution, the mere transmission of information wastes a lot of time, and problems cannot be solved in the first place. Each process in the factory is interconnected; a problem in one link creates a chain reaction, severely impacting production line efficiency and even causing huge losses to the enterprise if not resolved in time.

The Andon system developed by Alps System Integration (Dalian) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "ALSI") can solve the problem of delayed information transmission in traditional manufacturing factories. When an abnormality occurs on the production line, the Andon system in the smart factory automatically triggers an alarm through the TS series device status data collector. If the responsible person cannot arrive in time, the abnormal information will be sent level by level to the relevant personnel in the workshop, ensuring a rapid closed-loop handling of production abnormalities.

In addition, the Andon system in the smart factory can also establish abnormal alarm and supervision mechanisms, optimize the production abnormality feedback process, and effectively assess personnel work quality and efficiency. The Andon system enables manufacturing factory workshops to carry out production/work in an orderly and sustained manner, reduce equipment/workstation downtime and line stop costs, thereby improving the production efficiency of smart factories.

It is worth mentioning that the Andon system developed by ALSI has lower cost and better implementability, allowing manufacturing enterprises to easily achieve transparent management of smart factories. The system is easy to install/dismantle, requires no experience, is reusable, and can upgrade the smart factory production line at zero cost. ALSI's smart factory Andon system has been applied in thousands of factory workshops, helping enterprises quickly transform into smart factories and achieve intelligent management.