Zhang Ruimin: Haier's next move will target the Internet of Things industry

On December 6, the “World Smart Manufacturing Conference” co-sponsored by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Jiangsu Provincial Government was held at the Nanjing International Expo Center in Jiangsu Province. During the period, Zhang Ruimin, Chairman and CEO of Haier Group, accepted an exclusive interview with People's Daily's full media platform (Central Kitchen), sharing Haier's unique understanding of intelligent manufacturing and Haier Group's future vision.

Zhang Ruimin: Haier's next move will target the Internet of Things industry

Zhang Ruimin: Haier's next move will target the Internet of Things industry

"We used to chase people in the past. Can we overtake now? There is a word called overtaking in a corner. I don't think it is suitable. Now I should call a lane change to overtake. It is to change the Internet to catch up with the world manufacturing industry." Zhang Ruimin It is said that smart manufacturing has become the development trend of global manufacturing industry. As a big manufacturing country in China, the key now is whether it can be turned into intelligent manufacturing.

As a positive practitioner of smart manufacturing, Haier has been at the forefront of the industry in the construction of smart connected factories. In Zhang Ruimin's view, "unmanned factories" belong to the category of Industry 3.0, which is the scope of automation, and Haier's interconnection factory emphasizes connecting users together.

Zhang Ruimin said that some companies now believe that as long as the degree of automation is high, this view is biased. "If you don't know who to produce the product, you would have produced 1,000 units, and now you can produce 5,000 units. How much can it be? It is piled up in the warehouse." In his view, automation can only solve high-efficiency problems. Mass production speeds are getting faster, but the problem to be solved now is not high efficiency, but high precision. "If you can't accurately target all users, this high efficiency is actually useless.

Zhang Ruimin said that Haier's interconnection factory emphasizes that users must be connected in. At the same time, all suppliers are connected together. "It is completely different from the factory of the past physical concept. It has become a personalized requirement for users." Ecology, so I think smart manufacturing is a system, not a smart device or product."

Haier's layout of interconnected factories is not a simple "machine substitution", but a profound understanding of Haier's intelligent manufacturing.

"For example, if you have a very advanced aircraft, but you don't have an airport and there is no corresponding intelligent command system, this aircraft will not fly. The unmanned factory is also a concept." Zhang Ruimin believes that the construction of an unmanned factory It does not mean that the factory can be connected with the market. After the unmanned factory, what is needed is to connect the users. "Machine substitution is a necessary condition for intelligent manufacturing, but not sufficient conditions."

"Our goal is the Internet of Things." In Zhang Ruimin's view, the desktop Internet solves the problem of information asymmetry. The mobile Internet solves the problem of speed, and the Internet of Things provides products and services in a timely manner according to the needs of users. Zhang Ruimin said that the concept of the Internet of Things has been in existence for 17 years since its introduction, but this concept has not been detonated. Haier hopes to be the first to detonate this concept among the global home appliance companies.

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