The
seminar named “Smart Manufacturing to explore the opportunity in GBA (智能製造拓展大灣區新機遇)” was organized by Hong Kong Federation of
Innovative Technologies and Manufacturing Industries (FITMI) and EPICOR on 7th
Sep 2018. Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao
Greater Bay Area (GBA) is one of major economic development policies in Hong
Kong and Industry 4.0 (i4.0) is the mega trend in the world. This seminar aimed to share the view of
practical i4.0 and overview the risk and opportunity of GBA for smart
manufacturing. In the beginning, Mr. Lai
(Chairman of FITMI) gave welcome speech and he said smart manufacturing could
enhance the accuracy and efficiency.
Then Mr. William Yam (Committee member of FITMI) gave opening speech and he said GBA was the economic engine of South China.
The
first speaker was Ms. Gina Au (Senior Solutions Manager) and her topic named “Integration
of production and executive monitoring for automatization”
Firstly,
Ms. Au briefed some survey data of top management thinking for our overview as
follows:
i)
86% - improved manufacturing responsiveness
ii)
75% - Faster and better decision making
iii)
81% - Improved capacity utilization
iv)
74% - Understanding true manufacturing costs
v)
71% - Improved manufacturing quality
Then
she integrated EPICOR Solution into the i4.0 drive type under enterprise
strategy.After that she demonstrated some interface of their system for manufacturing such as customer portal, visualize shop floor scheduling, work order traceability, web-based monitoring, etc. Their solution had demonstrated in HKPC i4.0 Smart Factory Showcase.
The
second speaker was Mr. Robert Yan (Committee member of FITMI; Owner of Rocket
Data Technology) and his topic named “How to implement ERP, MES, APS, TPM, WMS
and Mobile to manage factory effectively and competitively”. His solution was integrated all systems into
one.
Firstly,
Mr. Yan introduced business objective of plastic factory included equipment up
time, core staff, material and quality.
He
told us the first step was paperless. He
said their factory implemented LEAN for 5 years. It was effective in the first two years but
he observed the data collect expense was higher than the benefit it generated. Therefore, electronic production should be
employed.
Then
Mr. Yan showed how their staff input the data of process and material taken through
mobile that showed the real time data.
So that he could monitor the scrap, material taken, returned material
and stock records, etc. Staff working
hour record also employed mobile for start and end of working hour.
Finally,
Mr. Robert Yan showed how to integrate all systems including TPM, APS, OPC and
PLC together for digitalization (i4.0).
The video named “工業4.0 / 中國製造視頻介紹”
was demonstrated to introduce their solution at http://youtu.be/0XIq0GfpMFM .
The
third speaker was Prof. KB Chan and his topic entitled “Greater Bay Area (GBA)
Expectation and Reality! Opportunity or Challenge to Hong Kong?” Prof. Chan
briefed worlds’ 4 Bay Area included GBA, Tokyo Bay, San Francisco and New
York.
In
China’s planning [135] and Belt & Road national strategy, GBA to be number
1 among the 4 bay areas by 2030. The following table summarized their
information and prediction of GPD in 2030.
Then
Prof. Chan asked the following questions:
i)
Are the expectations achievable?
ii)
If yes, how and with what economic elements?
iii)
What does it translate into real terms?
iv)
What are the opportunities? Challenges and Risks?
v)
How will it benefit Hong Kong?
vi)
Implication for Hong Kong manufacturing industry.
vii)
What will be the strategy?
And
then Prof. Chan showed the GDP Growth forecast of 9 cities in GBA and found
that Hong Kong would be marginalized.
After
that Prof. Chan briefed the implication for GBA. He said Guangdong’s success in the past 40
years was based on “Manufacturing & Export”, “HK Investment”, “Low Cost in
labor & land”, “Low Tech Consumer Products”, “OEM model”, “Government Incentives”,
“Minimal Respect for IP” and “Stable Social Environment”. On the other hand, he mentioned new
expectation in GBA in coming 20 years such as GDP grow 3 times, population increase
up to 140M+, new, high value and technology industry, etc.
Prof.
Chan analyzed the 8 national strategic technology developments and based on President
Xi speech in Jul 2017 and highlighted 5 of 8 were more important (red color)
i)
Super computer
ii)
Moon exploration
iii)
@Beido satellite system
iv)
@High speed train
v)
Manned space flight
vi)
Quantum communication
vii)
Deep sea exploration
viii)
Aero plan
5
out of 8 are related to aero space! @ means likely to be introduced to GBA.
Prof.
Chan also discussed latest global geo-political development included US-China
trade war/conflict, containment policy, Belt & Road and US political
interference, etc. The world becomes
VUCA!
Finally,
Prof. Chan shared his view on Hong Kong expectation in GBA participation.
Lastly,
he pointed out six strategies for Hong Kong manufacturers reference.
i)
Be serious and go deep into China market – domestic
sales
ii)
Adjust culture, re-engineering the whole
organization
iii)
Speed, cost effectiveness, quality and reliability
iv)
New business model – game changer, platform
v)
Joining the dots – increase competitiveness and technology
contents more urgent than innovation and R&D
vi)
Form alliance with leading & sizable China
companies
He
added all product / service should included IoT, 5G, Cloud computing, Big Data,
Analytics, AI, i4.0 and Robotics.
At
the end, Prof. Chan demonstrated AI education robot which he invested in
Shenzhen company.
The
last speaker was Mr. Thomas Hung (Regional Director, Epicor Software Limited)
and his presentation named “New Generation of ERP can help Digital
Transformation for Manufacturers”.
Then
Mr. Hung discussed four dimension of digital transformation based on Technology
Change, Internal Demand, Customer Demand and Market Demand.
He
mentioned profit rate in manufacturing of Apple and found that China had only
3.6%. It was because lack of sale
channels.
He
concluded that manufacturers could sale their products directly after
digitalization and through multi-channel selling.
Reference:
FITMI
- https://www.fitmi.org.hk/
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