Investigation And Observation: Technological Transformation Of Wuhan Textile And Garment Enterprises

At the beginning of the year, Wuhan Yudahua Textile and Garment Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Yudahua") made a good start: it won new orders and arranged to ship 80 tons of yarn and 100000 meters of cloth. The company's intelligent factory machines roared and operated at high speed. Bundles of cotton were gradually processed into cotton yarn after the whole process of industrial technological transformation. In such a large factory, there were only dense spinning equipment and few workers.

From a single fiber to the final garment, China has formed the most complete textile and garment industry chain in the world. Among the 26 industries in China's manufacturing industry, the textile industry is one of the five industries at the world's advanced level.

In Wuhan, a national demonstration city for the "three products" strategy in the consumer goods industry, the scene of the textile and clothing enterprises with thousands of yarns and thousands of people has long been history. Industrial technological transformation has not only become the "initiative" of industrial development, but also formed the "second phase effect" of technological transformation in the textile and clothing industry, and continued to promote the high-end, intelligent and green development of Wuhan's textile and clothing industry.

　　 With the rise of technological transformation, Wuhan textile and garment enterprises "heard the sound of machines", but no one was seen surging

The traditional garment production process usually takes about two weeks to produce finished products from proofing to plate making, cloth laying, cutting, sewing, inspection and packaging for mass production. In the smart factory of the fashion creative industrial park of Aidi Group, from design draft to assembly line production, quality inspection and production, the time for a garment from proofing to mass production is reduced from half a month to about 4 days.

With the help of 5G, industrial robots, big data, artificial intelligence and other new generation information technologies, Aidi gradually promotes digital intelligent manufacturing to the whole system and whole process of 3E (intelligent design, intelligent manufacturing, intelligent marketing) according to the plan. At present, Aidi Group has an annual production of 25 million pieces (sets) of knitted clothes, and its export products are exported to more than 50 countries (regions) in the world.

On the intelligent production line of Yudahua Company, the spindles rotate at high speed happily, and the processes of conveying, changing coils, jointing and testing are carried out automatically in an orderly manner. In 2018, Yudahua invested 330 million yuan in industrial technological transformation to build a 100% domestic full process intelligent spinning factory that meets the conditions of unattended at night. Yudahua, with a history of 100 years, took the lead in launching the first domestic full process intelligent spinning project with 100000 spindles, highly efficient integrated information systems and domestic equipment. After the revenue of the previous year exceeded 6 billion yuan for the first time, Last year, it rose against the trend and achieved a new breakthrough of 7 billion yuan.

In Wuhan Changrui Garment Co., Ltd., the garment export base of Wuhan Economic Development Zone, there is no flood of workers folding, binding and carrying. Through industrial technological transformation, this fast fashion track manufacturer with an annual production and processing capacity of more than 1.2 million pieces (sets) has become "fast". The intelligent hanging system introduced by the enterprise can send the cut pieces to the work station under intelligent control. The hanging intelligent storage system can intelligently screen and match different orders. After the same order and different materials enter the designated warehouse, the information flow is opened, The production efficiency will be raised from 80% to 90%.

In recent years, Wuhan's textile and clothing industry has focused on industrial technological transformation, actively developed digitalization, promoted production line change, equipment core change, and machine replacement, and formed a batch of new highlights in the industrial region, a batch of new market competitive advantages, a batch of new business formats that have ignited the development of e-commerce, and a batch of new characteristics of blocky economy. For example, Yu Dahua has been selected as a green factory of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Green factory in Hubei Province, one of the ten benchmark intelligent factories in Wuhan; Aidi was selected as a pilot demonstration enterprise of intelligent manufacturing by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology; The first batch of national textile and clothing creative design pilot parks have sprung up in Jianghan District, forming the largest clothing live broadcast supply chain in central China in Huangpi, and forming a cluster of nearly 100 textile and clothing enterprises; At the same time, from one factory production line to the whole industrial chain, industrial technological transformation and application of big data, artificial intelligence, blockchain and other digital technologies are building a provincial textile and clothing industry supply chain digital integrated service platform, forging new advantages in the new development pattern of double circulation.

　　 "Chain" reaction, textile and clothing industry presents "second phase effect" of technical reform

Robust Medical (Wuhan) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Robust Medical (Wuhan)"), which is engaged in research, development, production and sales of medical dressings and consumer goods with cotton as the main raw material, is building a full process intelligent nonwoven production plant, and after transformation, its overall technical level and product quality are internationally leading.

"For the production of all cotton spunlaced non-woven fabrics and their products, the process is decentralized and requires many workers. It is not difficult to achieve local automation, but it is necessary to turn a series of discrete processes into a smart 'brain' to control the whole process, and solve the industry pain points of large unit energy consumption, poor product consistency, high operating costs, etc. Once done, it is subversive", Deng Zhixiang, general manager of Robust Medical (Wuhan), introduced that through industrial technological transformation, intelligent machines, warehouse management, production equipment and various information in the production of cotton spunlaced non-woven fabrics have been connected, forming a whole process management system covering supply chain management, production management, etc., which has a pioneering role in setting a new model, compared with the industry average, Production plan layout, production scheduling automation and intelligent production efficiency have been greatly improved.

Today's investment in technological transformation is tomorrow's advanced production capacity. Deng Zhixiang, general manager of Robust Medical (Wuhan) Company, said that last year, the enterprise had just received the award and subsidy for Wuhan Industrial Intelligent Transformation Project. "This will encourage more manufacturing enterprises in traditional industries such as textile and clothing, so that enterprises will have more confidence to join the wave of technology upgrading". Soon, the enterprise will invest 1.5 billion yuan to promote the second phase of the construction project, and will build a nonwoven coil center, an operating room consumables (package) equipment center, etc. in Han.

What attracts enterprises like Robust Healthcare to "invest" and "invest" in intelligent transformation? Why are Wuhan enterprises enthusiastic about participating in industrial technological transformation? Thanks to on-site observation, expert guidance and financial support. In 2019, Wuhan pioneered the introduction of professional consulting institutions to diagnose enterprises above the designated size of the city, launched the "Friday Appointment", and constantly increased financial support to award and subsidize industrial technological transformation projects. The maximum subsidy for projects that implement transformation to meet the standard is 10 million yuan, and each transformation demonstration project is awarded 2 million yuan.

Wuhan Changrui Garment Co., Ltd., which was just rated as a demonstration project of intelligent transformation in Wuhan last year, also experienced the "sweetness" of technological transformation. Jin Li, the chairman of the enterprise, introduced that under the support and guidance of the municipal economic and information department, the factory realized the interconnection of the whole process of production activities from research and development, order receiving, planning, production, distribution, etc., and the output value doubled, and the turnover rate of raw material inventory and the achievement rate of monthly production plans were improved by means of system integration, lean management, intelligent online scheduling and other means. The enterprise intelligent transformation plan will last for five years, and strive to achieve an output value of more than 600 million yuan in 2025 by building an intelligent chemical plant.

　　 Weave a new scene, high-quality supply constantly leads and creates demand

In the offline store of Aidi, customers can "change clothes" in one second by standing in front of the "magic mirror". Customers can "try on" the products of Aidi's global designers without having to put on and take off clothes back and forth.

According to the management of Wuhan Aidi Knitting Industry Co., Ltd., through the digital transformation and upgrading, it is possible to tailor clothes to suit thousands of people. In the highly market-oriented industry of textile and clothing, the only way is fast, flexible production is realized through intelligent manufacturing, and the stock and capital consumption of customers and manufacturers are reduced by rapid response, while achieving multiple varieties Small batch production customization can meet the personalized needs of customers and bring continuous vitality through continuous circulation. At the end of last year, Aidi was successfully selected into the list of 100 key textile and clothing brands to be cultivated by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, which is also a consumer brand selected again in Hubei Province. In the future, enterprises will actively apply VR/AR, AI and other new generation information technologies into the process of clothing design, production and sales, so that information can drive industrial development and empower enterprise operation decisions.

Many enterprises said in the interview that the industrial technological transformation gives enterprises more confidence to promote the transformation and upgrading from traditional manufacturing to intelligent manufacturing, improve the response speed and production efficiency, and provide customers with professional, personalized and high-quality products.

The person in charge of Yudahua Company introduced that after five years of informatization and intelligent technological transformation, Yudahua Company has not only formed the intelligent application of the whole production cycle and link from receiving orders to product design, process, manufacturing, testing, logistics, but also cooperated with Wuhan Textile University to tackle the intelligent cotton blending system, according to yarn quality indicators, yarn variety requirements The raw cotton shall be reasonably selected due to the difference in process and equipment performance, and the "formula" shall be selected by intelligent means to upgrade the "new formula". The product upgrade cycle of Yudahua was shortened from 10 days before the smart change to 6 days after the smart change.

The relevant person in charge of Wuhan Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology introduced that the new economic engine is cast by industrial technological transformation. Next, in terms of enterprise and industrial cluster cultivation, we will also focus on the four echelons of future factories, and build the textile and clothing industry into a "digital production line - intelligent demonstration - benchmark factory - pilot enterprise" by classification and refinement; In terms of policy supply, it will gather three levels of support from national and provincial high-quality development projects and municipal industrial investment and technological transformation projects to help textile and clothing enterprises innovate technology, update equipment and innovate business types; In terms of service supply, it will also promote the demonstration application scheme of industrial technological transformation suitable for the textile industry, increase the application of personalized customization, digital design, refined management and smart supply chain in the textile industry, promote the upgrading of textile and clothing products, industry upgrading and consumption upgrading, and take this as a starting point to forge the tenacity of the textile industry chain and improve the quality brand, Drive the transformation and upgrading of Wuhan's textile and clothing industry, high-quality development, and comprehensively enhance the position and competitiveness of Wuhan's textile and clothing industry in the national and global industrial division of labor.

(Source: Changjiang Daily reporter He Liang, Li Jia, correspondent Wu Jingxuan, Cao Lijun, Liu Junfeng)