On December 28, 2021, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and seven other departments issued the "14th Five-Year Plan for Smart Manufacturing Development" (hereinafter referred to as the Plan). The Plan points out, "Support enterprises with good basic conditions to carry out intelligent upgrades around the entire manufacturing process such as design, production, management, and service, and build a batch of smart factories." For manufacturing enterprises, smart factories are the embodiment of the deep integration of new-generation information technology and advanced manufacturing technology. However, according to relevant experts, the intelligentization of manufacturing equipment is still in its infancy, and there is still a large gap between meeting the high-level systematic requirements of smart factories.
The purpose of smart factories is to improve the efficiency, production quality, and core competitiveness of manufacturing enterprises. The introduction of the Plan provides strong policy support for the manufacturing industry to promote digital transformation and intelligent upgrading, and to promote its own high-quality development.
So, with such policy support, how can manufacturing enterprises build their own smart factories?

Alps System Integration (Dalian) Co., Ltd. utilizes technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT) and intelligent automation to launch IoT solutions for the manufacturing industry, covering smart factory production equipment intelligent management, industrial energy consumption intelligent management, mold full life cycle management, equipment maintenance management, manufacturing site informatization management, and other aspects. It explores the data potential of manufacturing plants and provides excellent products and services for manufacturing enterprises to build smart factories.
Taking smart factory equipment maintenance as an example, Alps System Integration (Dalian) Co., Ltd. has created the ALSI Smart Maintenance System, which approaches from dimensions such as equipment repair management, equipment preventive maintenance management, equipment spare parts management, and maintenance personnel assessment management, helping manufacturing enterprises build an integrated maintenance management system.
Equipment Management: In the ALSI Smart Maintenance System, each piece of equipment has its own file, and through detailed records of equipment repairs, maintenance, spare parts consumption, and other information, the full life cycle management of equipment maintenance is completed.
Repair Management: Each piece of equipment is equipped with a QR code. Scanning the code allows online filling of repair work orders, and the system intelligently assigns work orders. According to reliable data, relying on the rapid response of the ALSI Smart Maintenance System, the equipment failure duration can be shortened by 20%, improving equipment repair efficiency.
Spare Parts Management: The ALSI Smart Maintenance System tracks and traces the use of spare parts throughout the process, avoiding unreasonable use of spare parts. At the same time, through AI-based intelligent management, it forms spare parts inbound and outbound analysis and forecasting, optimizes spare parts procurement plans, and avoids overstocking.
Maintenance Management: The ALSI Smart Maintenance System uses its own proprietary intelligent algorithm to analyze repair records and data of production equipment, predict the trend of equipment failures, form an intelligent maintenance plan, and reduce the occurrence of sudden machine breakdowns.
Performance Management: The ALSI Smart Maintenance System can conduct performance appraisals of maintenance personnel based on maintenance records, with dimensions such as maintenance efficiency and personnel response speed. It intelligently quantifies maintenance actions to avoid behaviors such as missed inspections or insufficient inspections by employees.
Although smart maintenance is only one part of a smart factory, it can be seen from the above that doing a good job in equipment maintenance is not simple. Only a comprehensive, advanced-technology equipment maintenance system can meet the full life cycle management needs of equipment. Alps System Integration (Dalian) Co., Ltd. has more than 30 years of technical accumulation from its parent company and goes deep into the manufacturing production site. In addition to smart maintenance, it has also created diverse IoT solutions such as equipment monitoring and energy management, providing high-quality products and services for manufacturing enterprises to build smart factories in all aspects. In the future, Alps System Integration (Dalian) Co., Ltd. will continue to innovate and create in its development, and with the responsibility of "I contribute to a strong country", it will help manufacturing enterprises build smart factories and accelerate the high-quality development of intelligent manufacturing.