Research on Intelligent Manufacturing Transformation and Upgrading of Small and Medium-sized Garment Enterprises
Country: China
Abstract:
Intelligent manufacturing is not only the inevitable trend of manufacturing transformation and upgrading, but also the core of a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial revolution. Currently, the intelligent transformation and upgrading of China’s garment manufacturing industry are facing the dilemma of insufficient market, incomplete industrial chain, and immature system. This paper introduces the basic characteristics and development of intelligent manufacturing in garment industry, and summarizes a set of transformation and upgrading schemes of intelligent manufacturing for small and medium-sized garment enterprises based on the case of intelligent transformation of S company and the comparison of the actual situation before and after the transformation.
Case Study: Intelligent Manufacturing
The quality production line of Ningbo Youngor suit is located in Youngor Apparel City, and has been actively exploring the transformation from traditional clothing industry into smart factory for a year and a half since early 2017. From measuring, order, preparation to production, sales, and service, the production efficiency has increased by 20%-30% with the help of intelligent transformation, and tailoringhas been shortened from 15 working days to 5 working days, and the fastest single-piece customization has been shortened to 2 days. The large-scale production of customized suits has increased from 10% to 100%. Through co-developed digital management platform and MES workshop execution system, flexible mixed-flow production has turned from theory into reality, realizing large-scale production of customized suits and personalized mass production.
