Status Quo, Demand And Development Of Internet Of Things In Textile Industry

　　 Internet of things Prospects for development

　　 stay global economy Under the trend of integration, in the context of the wide application of Internet objects, it is urgent to combine the Internet with other technologies to form more effective technical means, and the concept of Internet of things emerges as the times require. The Internet of things (Internet of Things) is based on the Internet, using radio frequency identification (RFID), wireless communication technology, infrared sensor, global positioning system, laser scanner and other technologies to extend the function of the Internet, and connect many articles directly, forming a wider and more efficient network. Its essence is to use these new technologies to realize intelligent identification, location, tracking, monitoring and management of global goods, so as to achieve real-time information sharing.

　　 The Clinton administration of the United States put forward the strategy of "information superhighway" in the last century, vigorously developed the Internet, promoted the revolution of the global information industry, and the American economy also benefited from this strategy. While proposing the strategy of revitalizing new energy, the Obama administration highly appraised the development of "smart earth" based on the Internet of things, hoping to become a revitalizing strategic measure to stimulate economic recovery, which has attracted a lot of attention. In any case, as a new round of IT technological revolution, the impact of the Internet of things on economic and social development will be compared with the Internet.

Some experts say that every time Economic crisis It will give birth to some new technologies. The birth of these new technologies has become a huge driving force for the economy, especially industry, to get out of the crisis. The Internet of things is such a new technology that makes the new generation of IT technology more fully applied in all walks of life. Most importantly, its advent has broken the traditional concept of Separating Infrastructure from IT facilities in the past, integrating buildings, roads, railways, websites, networks and data centers into one. In spite of the saying that the "Internet of things is blurred", it is too early to say what earthshaking changes it will bring to people's daily life. However, it is obvious that the great role and influence in upgrading and upgrading traditional industries, developing modern service industries and spawning new economic growth points are obvious.

The significance of Internet of things to the development of textile industry

China's textile industry has entered the best period of development in the new century, facing great opportunities for development in the post quota era, and also facing fierce competition from globalization. Especially the global financial crisis has seriously affected the textile industry. The state promptly promulgated the "textile industry readjustment and revitalization plan", while alleviating the current outstanding difficulties, we should vigorously promote industrial restructuring, change the mode of growth and promote industrial upgrading. This is the need to further consolidate and give full play to the competitive edge of China's textile industry and maintain the sustained and healthy development of the textile industry. At present, the textile industry has passed the most difficult period. The first half of this year has been running well, showing a situation of rapid recovery of exports, strong domestic demand market, steady operation quality and rapid profit growth. However, we must see that because of the complexity of the international economic environment, the export market is hard to expand further. Because of the uncertainties of domestic economy and the rising price of all kinds of resource elements, the traditional competitive advantage of textile industry will be more and more serious. The profit margins of enterprises will not be squeezed. Therefore, structural adjustment and industrial upgrading are the primary tasks facing the textile industry. Strengthening information technology is an important way to achieve this goal.

Textile informatization has been advancing for many years, and has made great progress in the fields of enterprise management informationization and product design digitalization. However, the field of manufacturing and logistics management automation has just started, and is facing a series of application bottlenecks and technical problems. With the emergence of the concept of Internet of things and the application of a series of related technologies, the Internet based information system has been expanded and extended to enhance the ability of on-line real-time data acquisition and processing. On this basis, it is possible to manage production and logistics in a more detailed and dynamic way, which is bound to facilitate the popularization and application of manufacturing execution system (MES), supply chain management system (SCM) and electronic commerce system, improve the efficiency of information system such as ERP, expand the coverage of information system, improve the utilization ratio of resources, and enhance the overall level of information in the industry.

Textile and garment production needs the support of MES to achieve complete and precise execution process. This requires a precise comparison of plans and implementation. It is required that every link in the production process be recorded in a timely and accurate manner. This is where RFID technology and other sensing technologies are available in the Internet of things. Its application in every link of the production line can achieve real-time information management, flexible production scheduling, accurate tracking, and achieve effective support for MES, thereby avoiding delays and losses caused by human errors, greatly improving product quality and passing rate, improving production automation level and management efficiency of workshop.

Extending the Internet of things to the warehousing and logistics system outside the production line can greatly improve the efficiency of ERP, help enterprises reduce short goods, shorten delivery time, achieve differentiated production, accurately track logistics information, so as to achieve the goal of reducing costs and improving efficiency, and improving the management level of enterprises as a whole. The comprehensive application of RFID has fundamentally changed the management mode of enterprises.

Further expansion and application to upstream and downstream enterprises can build a timely and accurate information chain on the industrial chain, so as to accurately track and trace product information, such as product safety, product quality and intellectual property protection. It can strengthen contacts with customers and speed up service response; information sharing among suppliers, manufacturers, distributors and service providers on the industrial chain will help to improve the ability of resource integration in industrial chain.

From a wider application area, the implementation and promotion of the state Internet of things will be a powerful impetus to the informatization of the textile industry, and it will be more far-reaching.

Application status of Internet of things in textile industry

application area

The application of the Internet of things in textile industry is a pointer to the characteristics of the industry, and applies related technologies of the Internet of things to enterprise design, production, management, distribution, marketing, service and other links, including information management, manufacturing execution, quality control, traceability, inventory management, supply chain management and so on. It involves many subdivision industries such as textile, printing and dyeing, clothing, and even the whole industrial chain.

1. Information management

In the enterprise ERP system, only after the production is finished can the information be counted. It is not only timely but also easy to make mistakes. After on-line automatic monitoring technology, all kinds of information can be collected in real time and processed in time, which will fundamentally change this situation.

2, manufacturing execution

MES can provide real-time production monitoring data, speed up the responsiveness of the system, greatly reduce production line downtime phenomenon, improve production efficiency, and ensure the correct use of labor, equipment and tools. When WIP is passed the production line, it can monitor effectively and find problems in production in time.

3. Quality control

The RFID tag can provide additional quality information, which is added by different processes on the production line to make the product display its quality in time at the end of production, and greatly improve the efficiency of the quality management system.

4. Tracing and tracing

Due to the continuous improvement of the quality and safety requirements of the textile and garment market, it is required to accurately track and trace the historical information of the product. Combined with CRM, SCM and other systems, RFID can comprehensively record a lot of information, greatly improve the service of enterprises, and also play the role of trademark protection and brand protection.

5. Inventory management

RFID can greatly improve the automatic management level of finished products, raw materials, accessories and other warehouses, and reduce the cost of manual outgoing and warehousing and error rate. According to various search conditions, you can quickly identify the items you need from a wide variety of inventory items.

6, supply chain management

The application of the concept of Internet of things to the entire supply chain can provide more effective management of inter enterprise logistics. It will play a wider role in inventory optimization management, product information tracing, transportation process monitoring, etc., shortening the delivery cycle, speeding up the flow of information in the supply chain, and enhancing communication between upstream and downstream enterprises.

key technology

The RFID mentioned in the above application is the abbreviation of Radio Frequency Identification, for the purpose of "RFID". Although the name is strange, the mention of the second generation of resident identity cards is widely known. It is one of the key technologies of the Internet of things.

RFID technology is a non-contact automatic identification technology. In the IC chip, information is stored to form an electronic label. Each tag has unique identification code. When the reader sends out radio radio frequency signals, it can identify the target objects in the range of several centimeters to tens of meters, automatically acquire relevant information, and then send them to the computer for processing.

In recent years, with the rapid development of large-scale integrated circuits, network communications, information security and other technologies, RFID technology has entered the commercialization stage and has been widely applied. In China, RFID has been applied to public security, finance, industry, agriculture, medical and health, transportation, property management, tourism and other industries. The identity cards, bus cards, bank cards, access control cards and refueling cards used in our daily life belong to this category. The technology has shown great potential for development and market space, and is regarded as one of the most promising information technologies in twenty-first Century.

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There are the following differences between RFID and barcode application.

First of all, RFID is a non-contact technology. It has far more distance to read information. It can read and process multiple tags at the same time, do not scan one by one, and also track and locate tagged objects.

Secondly, RFID tags store many information, and can be modified dynamically. The time of writing is very short. Information access can be password protected and security is better.

The label has long service life and can work in harsh environment.

It can be embedded in objects, not necessarily on barcode like objects.

Because of the advantages of RFID technology, its application is not only a replacement of labels, but also a fundamental change to the management of textile enterprises.

The main problem is that the price is much higher than the barcode label. It is difficult to replace it at present. It is estimated that the application of the two kinds of labels must coexist for quite a long time.

It must be pointed out that RFID is only one of the many technologies of the Internet of things. In addition, it is applied to the sensing technology of the textile industry. It also includes other wired and wireless sensing technologies, such as infrared sensing, laser scanning, image ingestion, and a large number of special sensors and other information sensing devices.

Application level

Although the Internet of things is a new concept, many related technologies have been applied in the textile industry, forming a certain foundation. For example, textile production monitoring and management system, on-line monitoring and monitoring system of printing and dyeing plant, production logistics system of garment factory workshop are typical applications. It must be pointed out that, unlike most other government driven projects in other industries, the technological application of manufacturing enterprises depends on the needs of enterprises, which is a gradual process. In addition, compared with other industries, the scale, capital and profit of textile and garment enterprises are relatively limited, affecting the application of some new technologies.

It has improved the efficiency; the cotton textile enterprises such as Wuxi cotton, Luoyang Baima and Tien group have implemented on-line data acquisition system for spinning and weaving equipment, and improved the real-time monitoring ability of the production process; the printing and dyeing enterprises such as Hua Fang share, Mei Xinda, Hangzhou and so on have applied the online inspection system of production process, and established a real-time monitoring network for dyeing production and energy system, which has played an important role in energy saving and emission reduction. Fujian rink company has adopted RFID technology in its finished warehouse and store, real-time data collection through electronic tags, and timely information sharing and communication with headquarters to solve long-term problems in warehouse management and supply chain management. YOUNGOR, nine Mu Wang and other garment enterprises also have applications in this field. Guangdong Yida company adopts RFID technology, picking, processing and packaging inspection of cotton, and it has spread all over the country's production enterprises and raw material bases in various provinces and cities.

Progress has been made in the development and industrialization of many related technologies in China. The e system of Jingwei Textile machinery is the cotton spinning monitoring and management system and equipment matching; Xiamen soft Tong and Wuxi Huaming are developing cotton textile equipment monitoring system; Jiangsu Ding Feng has more users in the knitting enterprise; Hangzhou open source, Changzhou's printing and dyeing online detection and management system technology is becoming more sophisticated; Hangzhou Ike will digitally integrate the design and manufacturing management of garment enterprises; Beijing copper cattle will extend the logistics management technology of the workshop to clothing enterprises; Tian Ze Ying Feng applies RFID, and develops a garment production data online collection and management system, which is well promoted. In addition, universities such as Xi'an Polytechnic University, Tianjin University of Technology and Wuhan Textile University are also working with enterprises to devotes themselves to the research and application of Internet of things technology.

New trends in demand

Changes in the economic situation brought about by the international economic crisis will inevitably reflect the demand for enterprise informatization. The development of enterprise informatization has enabled users to have considerable information base and deepened the understanding of informatization. The deepening of demand is an inevitable trend. The change of economic situation has greatly accelerated the process. The demand related to the Internet of things is mainly manifested in the following three aspects:

Safety quality management is becoming more stringent.

With the shrinking demand in the international market, the requirements for the safety and quality of export products are becoming stricter. After the Sanlu milk powder incident, the voice of domestic consumers is increasing. Enterprises are paying more and more attention to product quality management. We must use real-time monitoring technology to monitor the whole production process of the product, and use RFID technology to track every link of product warehousing, warehousing, distribution and even sales.

Staff performance management requirements

Since 2007, the labor wage level of textile enterprises has increased rapidly, reaching about 15%, and many enterprises even appeared "recruitment difficulties" phenomenon. The new labor contract law was implemented in 2008, which greatly raised the requirements for enterprise management. Enterprises have adopted information technology to strengthen labor site management and staff performance appraisal, and to reduce labor cost and management cost by improving management efficiency. MES's performance management and other functions have received great attention.

Obvious benefits of energy saving and emission reduction

With the acceleration of the process of building a resource-saving and environment-friendly society in the country, the promotion and supervision of energy conservation and emission reduction is increasing. On the other hand, the cost of raw materials and energy has greatly increased, which has greatly enhanced the internal driving force for enterprises to carry out energy conservation and emission reduction. Therefore, automatic monitoring and automatic control of production equipment and processes, energy systems and air conditioning systems are undoubtedly the most direct means, especially in the printing and dyeing, chemical fiber and other industries.

Deepening of enterprise management

The wide application of ERP is still the key demand of textile enterprises. As the main application group of ERP, dominant enterprises are not only satisfied with financial management, purchase and sale management, but also require meticulous management of the manufacturing process to solve the bottleneck problem of enterprise management. Therefore, real-time data exchange with MES and production process is needed.

"12th Five-Year" development measures

During the "12th Five-Year" period, the textile industry was faced with the historical mission of structural adjustment and industrial upgrading. It is an important way to comprehensively improve the industry's ability of independent innovation, speed up the transformation of traditional industries by high and new technologies, and apply the Internet of things technology and promote the integration of the two technologies. In the upcoming textile industry "12th Five-Year" outline of scientific and technological progress, the application of Internet of things technology will be included as the key development direction in the next few years. With the change of economic environment, the expansion of textile enterprises' demand and the development of new technologies, the Internet of things technology will have a good application and market prospect in the textile industry. Recently, the state has included the Internet of things industry in the strategic emerging industry, which is the key development in 12th Five-Year, creating a favorable environment and conditions for the application of the industry.

To implement the application of the Internet of things, we must solve three problems.

Key technology development

We should make overall plans and rational layout, mobilize the resources of industry, University and research within and outside the industry, and break through a number of key technologies. Due to the characteristics of the production process, textile and garment enterprises have more detection points and larger demand for electronic tags. And the economic bearing capacity of enterprises is limited, such as export knitted underwear each profit less than one yuan, cost problem is the primary problem. Therefore, the IT industry should increase the technological research and development efforts, greatly reduce the price of the electronic tags, from the current one yuan or so to the number of corners, or even the dime reading labels, further improve the reliability of the reading equipment, make it suitable for all kinds of workshop production environment, develop suitable solutions for the textile industry characteristics, and effectively integrate with MES, ERP, CRM, SCM and other systems.

Standard setting

Because the scope of application of the Internet of things is not limited to an enterprise, nor is it limited to the textile industry, its information coding standards and technical standards are particularly important. From the perspective of industry, we should start with the relevant standards promulgated or promulgated by the state, and immediately proceed with the research on the information coding standard specification of the Internet of things, and establish relevant codes, implementation standards and industry norms. Standardization is a work involving a wide range, heavy workload and high technical difficulty. It requires the state to give the task, the industry organizations to coordinate, and the organizations inside and outside the industry to take part in it.

Industry application promotion

The application of the Internet of things must form a certain coverage to produce obvious benefits. To put a lot of energy into the application and to formulate feasible industry promotion strategies and technology extension programs, we should also carefully analyze the existing problems in the application of the Internet of things and the experience of the textile and garment enterprises in developed countries, so as to reduce blindness from the actual needs of the industry and enterprises.

　　 At present, the application of the Internet of things is still in the initial stage for the textile industry. First of all, we need to publicize the relevant knowledge and promote the application of technology, so that enterprises can understand the significance of the technology to the textile industry and the prospects for development, and find out their potential application needs. Effective measures should be taken to put forward corresponding "12th Five-Year" planning objectives, and select key industries and typical enterprises as a pilot project. First, pilot projects in the production of high value-added products, such as suits and cashmere sweaters, should be applied in a pilot project, and technical research and application should be carried out extensively, and applied characteristic demonstration systems and demonstration enterprises should be developed. The key points should be highlighted, and a comprehensive solution with a driving force and radiation effect will be formed on the basis of pilot projects, and will be promoted in the same industry and industrial cluster areas. A software product suitable for industrial application with self owned intellectual property rights will be formed to promote the development of the related application software industry, technology consulting service industry and technical training. Finally, the application enterprise will gain obvious economic and social benefits and improve the informatization level of the whole industry. It can be divided into two levels: enterprise and industry.