Beijing, China, December 24, 2018 - Schneider Electric, a global leader in digital transformation in energy efficiency management and automation, recently announced that Schneider (Beijing) Medium and Low Voltage Appliances Co., LTD.
Beijing, China, December 24, 2018 - Schneider Electric, a global leader in digital transformation in energy efficiency management and automation, recently announced that Schneider (Beijing) Medium and Low Voltage Appliances Co., LTD. SBMLV has officially become one of the model factories in Schneider Electric's global "Smart Factory" project, and is also Schneider Electric's second smart factory in China. Based on EcoStruxure™ for the industrial market, SBMLV has digitally upgraded production, operational processes and energy efficiency, thereby increasing production capacity by 8%-10% per year and improving energy efficiency by 5%-8%, and will provide a reference for manufacturing enterprises in China and other countries and regions to explore the implementation path of "smart factory".
At present, the continuous evolution of the digital wave in the global scope has made many industrial users pay more attention to how to use digital means to transform the complete value chain of production and manufacturing, so as to build intelligent factories to further enhance their market competitiveness and achieve the following goals:
Mass customization production: In the face of the huge challenges of production efficiency, profitability and individual needs, efficient, flexible and large-scale customized production will become an effective way for traditional manufacturing enterprises to meet the diverse needs of different types of customers.
Quality improvement: The core of the manufacturing industry is to provide customers with high-quality products, therefore, a high level of quality is the core competitiveness of the manufacturing industry.
Lower energy costs: Considering total energy demand up to 2040, electricity demand will grow twice as fast. Digitization will be an effective means to effectively reduce the total energy and operating costs of the plant, and reduce carbon emissions.
Operational excellence: 80% of failures are still unpredictable, leading to unplanned downtime. As a result, traditional factories need to apply digital tools and solutions to enable preventive maintenance by identifying deviations in asset operating parameters to predict failures before they occur.
Change the way of thinking: The application of digital means will strengthen the man-machine collaboration mechanism, thereby changing the traditional consciousness to enhance the ability of individuals, which is also an important basis for the successful realization of digital transformation.
As a leader in digital transformation, Schneider Electric will actively share its expertise and practical experience with the industry to better address customer pain points. Currently, Schneider Electric is actively promoting the "Smart Factory" project, based on the implementation of EcoStruxure for the industrial market, which will show customers the value of Schneider Electric's smart factory implementation and best practices for digital transformation. Schneider Electric's smart factory deploits solutions based on the EcoStruxure architecture and platform, as well as energy management hardware and software products covering the three levels of connectivity, edge control, application, analytics and services.
By the end of 2018, Schneider Electric will open eight visitable "smart factories" based on the EcoStruxure architecture for the industrial market (including two factories in China). Today, Schneider Electric has deployed EcoStruxure solutions to optimize manufacturing processes and energy consumption in some 38 factories worldwide, including eight in China, while using visual management tools to further improve the performance of their daily work.
