"Industry 4.0" China Breakout: The dispute between pattern and technology

"Industry 4.0 represents the fourth industrial Revolution, the management level of the full value chain and lifecycle control products." "December 21, 2014, a high-end forum around the" German Industry 4.0 "in the so-called" the world's fastest growing city in the next decade, "China's Chengdu Grand Launch, the German Electronics and Information Technology Association chairman, International Robotics and Intelligent Equipment Industry Alliance vice President Bernhard Tiss said.

In Germany, the chief expert in SAP equipment manufacturing, Guo Zhilin, the German Industry 4.0 brings the personalized, high-end service and innovation of product intelligence manufacturing.

In the face of Germany's "intelligent manufacturing" of the bright future, the domestic is preparing or planning to dabble in industrial 4.0 of traditional enterprises are encouraged. However, how should Chinese enterprises greet industry 4.0? At the above meeting, respectively uphold the technical faction and the business model of the relevant enterprises into a fierce confrontation.

Technology faction believes that the Internet, cloud computing and other technologies can be shared globally, Chinese enterprises must firmly promote research and development, should be independent master of core technology, to avoid the same mistakes in the automotive sector. and the business model faction thinks, with the German manufacture of fine, Japanese manufacturing precision compared to domestic enterprises difficult to achieve, the focus should be in the "fast", such as rapid design, rapid manufacturing and so on.

Pattern Faction: Valuing the way of development

5 years ago, the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis spread around the world, has been known as the "World Factory" in China, especially in the coastal area for the first time suffered a "labor shortage." The government has put in place the stimulus policy, has played the economic backing effect. However, the "Industrial Upgrading" program is still affected by the crisis.

Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Sciences and engineering Dinghan directly raised the question, "before is not find people, now is not to use people, rising personnel costs, Chinese manufacturers how to seize the market?"

In the face of a new wave of industrial revolution, especially the traditional "manufacturing power" Germany's ambitious industrial 4.0 plan, China's policy makers also launched the Chinese version of the Industrial 4.0 program.

"Why is industry 4.0 so hot in China, because it's about things that Chinese companies need, like high-end equipment," Guo Zhilin said. As we all know, all the equipment in China is biased in the low-end, the low-end profit margin is certainly low, we are still mass production. ”

However, in the catch-up wave of industry 4.0, Chinese traditional companies still in development seem to have different views, one of which is that the business model is the core competitiveness, they believe that the world is flat, such as the use of capital, but the other one insist on mastering technology is the core competitiveness.

Tanzin, general manager of Shanghai Hi-tech Electric Technology Co., Ltd. believes that industry 4.0 needs to solve the key problem of landing in China. Chinese manufacturing is relatively weak compared with the precision of German-made refinement and Japanese manufacturing. Chinese enterprises should start from the 4 dimensions of cost, especially to consider the time cost which is often neglected.

Tanzin said that the focus of Chinese enterprises should be in the "fast" word, quickly adapt to the market, rapid manufacturing, but must pay attention to enterprise products to meet market demand, standardized modular design, intelligent information production, intelligent enterprise management and differentiated business model.

"Completely relying on their own 1.1 points to master the core technology, it is likely to lose the development of the robotics industry a major opportunity, technology must be done, but more crucial is the development of enterprises in the way to work." We can learn electricity business, China's electricity business in a few short years to the forefront of the world, mainly to learn the latest foreign models, leveraging global capital, talent is also introduced globally. Qutauqui, president of New Pine Robot Automation AG and deputy Director of robot National Engineering Center, said.

Qutauqui China's high-speed rail as an example, that China's high-speed rail can successfully go out, thanks to China's big market and its cultivated north-South car group. In his view, relying on international resource integration would be a key strategy in comparison with independent research and open platforms.

Technical faction: First of all, we should do the industrialization

Compared with the model faction, the technology faction appears to be calm and low-key. Ding Han said that in the field of robotics, formerly more of the handling, painting, welding, assembly, but in the aviation industry using large wing milling, grinding and polishing robot, some technology is not a short-term solution, training good internal skills to get the technology is urgent task.

"Germany 80% of the doctor graduated to the business community, the basic theory is very solid, strong technical breakthrough, and this is our short board, we need to do the basic theory of accumulation, the real business to bring competitiveness and benefits." Ding Han stressed.

Dalian Koyo Technology Group chairman, International Robotics and Intelligent Equipment Industry Alliance vice President Udehei to the daily economic news reporter said, "To achieve industrial 4.0, first of all, industrialization should be done." Industry 4.0 is in fact the ' dual ' integration of industrialization and information, industrialization is the physical basis of intelligent manufacturing, such as CNC machine tools, robots and their control, implementation and other key components, these are the prerequisite for industrialization. ”

Udehei further says, "We talk about the Internet, things networking, cloud computing and so on, these technologies can be shared around the world, but the technology of industrialization, such as high-end control technology, not to mention between countries, even between enterprises, is not to communicate, this is not to be crossed, there is no China can come out of a shortcut, The core technology is not paid for. We must calm down, do one step by step, plus the national top level design, each play synergy advantage. The