Industry is an important pillar of human civilization and an important driving force for economic and social development. With the advancement of science and technology and changes in the market, the industrial field is facing unprecedented opportunities and challenges. On the one hand, new technologies such as digitalization, intelligence, and networking are constantly emerging, providing new possibilities and development potential for the industrial industry. On the other hand, global issues such as climate change, energy crisis, and environmental pollution have become increasingly prominent, placing new demands and responsibilities on industrial enterprises.
In this context, how to achieve high-quality and sustainable industrial development has become the focus of attention of industrial enterprises and all sectors of society.
As a global digital transformation expert in the field of energy management and automation, Schneider Electric is committed to empowering various industries to maximize the use of energy and resources and promote human progress and sustainable development. Based on its profound digital technology accumulation and rich industry practical experience, as well as its open and win-win cooperation concept, Schneider Electric will appear at the 2023 China International Industry Expo ("Industrial Industry") with the theme of "Accelerating Digitalization, Towards a More Sustainable Future Industry" Expo"), innovatively proposed the concept of "future industry", emphasizing the four characteristics of openness, efficiency and resilience, sustainability, and people-oriented.
According to Pang Xingjian, senior vice president of Schneider Electric and head of the industrial automation business in China, the future industry is not only a technological change, but also a change in thinking. It is a transformation of the industrial value chain, ecosystem, business model, and social responsibility. Comprehensive reshaping of aspects.
As the digitalization process in the industrial field accelerates, underlying technologies such as artificial intelligence and the industrial Internet are comprehensively reshaping the industrial production system and promoting the establishment of new production factors, R&D paradigms and business models.
Shen Hongfeng, Director of Strategy and Business Development of Schneider Electric Industrial Automation China, said that from the concept of green intelligent manufacturing to today's future industrial vision, it demonstrates Schneider Electric's latest insights and thinking on the changes of the times and customer needs. Shen Hongfeng used several keywords to explain the four major characteristics of future industry: openness, efficiency and resilience, sustainability, and people-oriented.
Shen Hongfeng believes that if an enterprise wants to develop, it must first embrace an open system with an open mind, keep pace with the times, and actively integrate with the outside world to achieve progress and development. How companies improve efficiency and ensure resilience when facing challenges and market uncertainty is related to their own survival. Shen Hongfeng added that it is unsustainable to achieve development at the expense of the environment and resources. To achieve sustainable industrial development, industrial software, automation systems and energy management are indispensable. Focusing on people-oriented, he believes that enterprises should empower people with technology, so that people can get rid of repetitive operations and engage in safer, more efficient and more valuable work, establish a more dynamic and forward-looking operating model, and make it easier and more efficient. Achieve business goals with greater value.
In addition, the new supply chain supported by green and digitalization is also an indispensable link for enterprises to lead to the future industry. As a leader in first-class supply chain construction and a forerunner in supply chain management, Schneider Electric also actively assumes the role of enabler, in-depth understanding of the pain points and challenges faced by supply chain transformation, providing enterprises with supply chain consulting solutions, and helping enterprises cope with transformation challenges. , to build a first-class supply chain for future industries.
Openness is one of the important features of future industry. In the digital era, openness means more collaboration, innovation and win-win; in the field of automation, openness means more interoperability, portability and standardization.
Traditional automation systems are often closed, proprietary, and incompatible, which brings many problems to enterprises, such as difficulty in upgrading, high maintenance costs, and many data islands. Schneider Electric spares no effort to advocate open automation, which is to break down these barriers and enable seamless connection and data flow between different manufacturers, different equipment, and different platforms, so that enterprises can flexibly choose solutions that better suit their needs to achieve better results. Best production operations.
In order to promote the development of open automation, Schneider Electric created the EcoStruxure open automation platform based on the international standard IEC 61499. At this year's CIIF, Schneider Electric brought the latest EcoStruxure open automation platform V23.0. The new platform after iteration integrates discrete, hybrid and process industry operations, is deeply integrated with the AVEVA system platform, is compatible with Windows and Linux operating systems, and is equipped with high-availability control for industries and application scenarios that require high availability. Through a unified platform and unified Asset data from various sources helps different industrial fields achieve full-process digital continuity from design to operation and maintenance.
Pang Xingjian revealed that Schneider Electric's EcoStruxure open automation platform has made very good progress in China's business and achieved rapid growth, and its business share is currently the highest in the world. Schneider Electric is constantly exploring the open automation platform Combined with edge computing, edge management, 5G technology, etc., it improves the integration capabilities of IT and OT.
Traveling alone is fast, traveling together is far. The road to the future industry cannot be accomplished by one company or industry alone, but requires the joint participation, collaboration and innovation of many parties. Schneider Electric is committed to creating a new industrial ecosystem of win-win cooperation and symbiosis, and continues to strengthen collaboration and co-creation with partners to continuously inject surging power into the future industry.
Schneider Electric has always believed that the core competitiveness of an enterprise lies in its ability to combine various ecosystems, which is particularly specific in the depth of the industry, such as scenario-based applications, solution implementation, etc., which can ultimately bring tangible benefits to customers. income.
To this end, Schneider Electric has established a win-win ecosystem by launching a green smart manufacturing win-win plan, cooperating with all parties in the market to conduct joint innovations for industries and scenarios. Shen Hongfeng revealed that after four years of continuous development and accumulation, more than 150 companies have now joined the ecosystem, including a large number of technology start-ups and innovative companies.
In terms of open automation, in order to better and faster promote the development process of open automation, Schneider Electric joined forces with equipment manufacturers, system integrators, end users, software developers and other forces to jointly establish the open automation organization UAO (UniversalAutomation.org) , aiming to establish an open ecosystem of technology and partners to jointly promote positive and lasting changes in the industry.
