Digital Transport Shows Its Ability Anhui New Intelligent Manufacturing Traditional Textile Industry Takes Off Again

The past 2023 marks the fifth anniversary of the Yangtze River Delta's integrated development becoming a national strategy. Over the past five years, "three provinces and one city" has been closely linked to integration and high quality, constantly promoting the "blueprint plan" to become a "reality picture", and the textile industry has become a beneficiary of this strategy.

Recently, Manbang released the textile freight data report, which shows that the Yangtze River Delta region occupies three seats in the list of "Top Tonnage Shipped by the Departing Province", with Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui ranking first, second and fifth respectively. At the same time, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces also took the "No. 1" position of "the province with the largest month on month increase in the tonnage of textile shipments" and "the city with the largest month on month increase in the tonnage of textile receipts" respectively. Among them, Jinhua, Wuxi, Nanjing, Changzhou and Suzhou ranked the top five cities with the largest month on month increase in the tonnage of textile receipts, which respectively belong to Zhejiang Province, Jiangsu Province and Anhui Province. Three ranking lists of fine products show the prosperity of the textile industry in the Yangtze River Delta.

"Through digital means, we can not only monitor the daily startup and production data of the equipment in the production workshop in real time, but also order and deliver vehicles through mobile APP, saving a lot of time and economic costs." Liu Quluan, chairman of Anhui Xinhong Textile, talked about the changes brought by the development of digital intelligence to his factory.

In the middle of January, the breeze in Sixian County, Anhui Province was slightly cold, but the workshop of Anhui Xinhong Textile Co., Ltd. was very hot. Not only the workers are busy, but also more busy figures from "robots".

Anhui Xinhong Textile Co., Ltd. is a leading textile enterprise with an annual output value of more than 100 million yuan in Suzhou. Behind this, continuous technological innovation plays an indispensable role.

"The second generation of textile industry" continues to seek innovation

In the 1980s, Liu Quluan, the "family member" of Xinhong Textile, was still a young man in his early 20s. With his unyielding drive, he devoted himself to the hot textile industry for 40 years. In 2012, Liu Quluan and his daughter Liu Pingli registered Anhui Xinhong Textile Co., Ltd. with their rich experience accumulated over the years and their judgment on the development of the textile industry.

Unlike her father who devoted herself to the textile industry 30 years ago, Liu Pingli, the second generation of textile workers, began to use digital technology to make "new clothes" for enterprises.

Liu Pingli was deeply shocked by the great changes brought by digital intelligence to the entire traditional manufacturing industry. In 2016, Liu Pingli discussed with her father Liu Quluan and began to take the lead in promoting the upgrading and transformation of production equipment. Now, eight years later, machines that used to need manual control have fully realized intelligent automation.

"Take the spinning workshop as an example. In the past, one person could only block four cars, but now it can block 6-8 cars, which doubled the efficiency." Liu Quluan praised that, in addition, the intelligent manufacturing system can accurately produce multi-dimensional reports such as quality analysis, order progress, inventory status, wages, and quantify production activities and output, compared with the previous manual statistics, The efficiency and accuracy are greatly improved.

Fine management, positioning differentiation and extending the industrial chain are the main directions of Xinhong Textile's digital transformation. Compared with just producing cotton and cotton yarn at the beginning, father and daughter decided to go deep into the whole industrial chain and produce a variety of subdivided products such as socks, towels, home textiles, etc., while enriching the product categories, they improved the competitiveness of enterprises and thus comprehensively increased the output value of enterprises.

"Overtaking" on digital freight curve

Business is getting bigger and bigger, and the speed of products going to the market should also be increased.

According to acquaintances, in 2020, Liu Pingli was exposed to the fact that the digital freight platform was fully loaded and the efficiency of using vehicles was greatly improved, which enabled Xinhong Textiles to be equipped with the "hot wheel" of digital intelligence.

"In the past, companies used to find cars through intermediaries, and they needed to pay intermediary fees, or contact drivers who were familiar with them. Sometimes many people can move a car out. Now I send the car information to the platform, and the driver can contact us directly. Without intermediaries, the efficiency has improved and the cost is controllable," said Wu Maoqiang, the office director in charge of logistics, "One year's logistics management costs can save more than 100000 yuan."

Different from Liu Quluan's Xinhong Textile, Nanjing Jiuxin Textile Technology Co., Ltd. is a "new recruit" in the textile industry. It has just been founded for one year and is mainly engaged in the processing and sales of composite fabrics such as suede, but Liu Jun, the general manager of the company, is an old man in this industry.

For her, transportation is a focal point. "As dealers, we are the middle reaches of the textile industry and the link between production, operation and sales of goods. Most of the time, goods are on the road, and transportation is crucial to our operation." Liu Jun said that although the company is new, it is skilled in business and has a wide range of sales locations, so transportation has become the focus. Therefore, the digital freight platform has become her best choice.

It is understood that the company generally delivers large quantities of goods at the end of the year and the beginning of the year. It needs to deliver three or four vehicles of goods a day, and the destinations are mainly Anhui, Jiangsu, Ningxia and Gansu. "More than half of the orders will be sent on the full platform, because it is faster to find a car, the success rate is 100%, and there is almost no time to fail." Liu Jun said, more importantly, textiles need to do a good job of moisture-proof during transportation. Although she would tell the driver to cover the tarpaulin every time, sometimes the careless driver would lose money. After choosing the freight platform, if you encounter problems, you can find the platform to solve them through negotiation, and no longer need to "worry about people who travel thousands of miles".

"New Vision" of Industrial Organization

With more industrial chains in Xinhong, Huang Fei's income will be "stable".

"It's a good trip to transport the goods to Yancheng Weaving Factory." Huang Fei calculated the mileage and freight, and was the first to receive the car order from Xinhong Textile on the Yunman platform. Huang Fei, who was born in 1988, is a truck driver. He often runs the lines of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the supply of goods basically comes from the Yunman platform. As soon as the car stopped, he would brush his mobile phone to find goods. "When we saw that the price of the goods was appropriate on the full shipment, we accepted the order.". Huang Fei said that orders with good freight rates can often be found on the APP, and they run more than 20 times a month. After all kinds of losses, the net income is more than 10000 yuan. "In fact, I especially like to receive transportation orders for textiles. Generally, such orders are sent to Anhui, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the price is high. If the goods are found at full capacity, the freight will be slightly higher, and the settlement is also guaranteed," said Huang Fei.

From a line to an industrial belt, digital intelligence is making the traditional textile industry more intelligent and more valuable.

In 2022, there will be 1446 textile enterprises above designated size in Anhui, with operating revenue of 123.1 billion yuan, ranking 7th in the country. According to the freight data of Manbang Group, which is affiliated to Yunmanman Platform, Anhui textile shipments in 2023 ranked fifth in the country, up 4.5% year on year. Digital intelligence enabled the textile industry to "strengthen the muscles and bones".

With the help of digital intelligence, Anhui textile industry insists on transformation and upgrading, and is constantly climbing a new height of "people have my essence", getting rid of the stereotype of "traditional industry", and accelerating to advance towards advanced manufacturing and high value-added industries.

As a member of Anhui Textile Association, Liu Pingli is both a participant and witness of industrial changes. Looking forward to the future, Liu Pingli said, "In the process of continuously promoting equipment updating, process upgrading and management innovation, she hopes to use the continuous empowerment of scientific and technological platforms such as Yunman Platform to sell products of Anhui textile enterprises farther and better, so that consumers in more regions across the country can experience new products and services under Anhui's intelligence."