The prospect of the future fabric industry and the realization of fabric industry 4.0 in 2025

On the afternoon of January 21st (Saturday), the theme of the fifth salon event of the WeChat community textile and apparel ecosystem "Where is the transformation and upgrading of Chinese manufacturing?" was held at POKA CAFE, Digital Fashion Industrial Park, No. 569, Shilong Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai. held within.

The following text is organized according to the live recording, there are slight discrepancies in the text or rhetoric, please understand.

First, the difference between industrial automation and industry 4.0: The simple difference between automation and industry 4.0 is the role played by front-line employees in this environment.

Automation next-line employees undertake simple operations that cannot be automated or that will be costly to automate. In the 4.0 enterprise, they are the configurators of the company's resources (the person who hears the sound of the cannons directs the mobilization of the company's resources) and is able to communicate and interact with the outside world.

Second, there must be doubts about Industry 4.0: in a country with such extensive management and ERP systems that can be used well, the professionalism of personnel is so poor, and the level of industrial automation is still very low, it is fashionable to talk about Industry 4.0 Early, and now developed countries, such as the United States and Germany, are only a concept proposed, and this concept is only at the stage of discussion and small-scale practice, and there is no successful model that can be used for reference and can be seen. Let us imitate and study.

Third, why fabric industry 4.0

Everyone may have their own views on this. I think that first, to improve the efficiency of the industry is to solve the needs of 10 billion people in the future with the resources that can solve the fabrics used by 7 billion people now. You may ask the integration of the supply chain of Toyota from the Ford assembly line 100 years ago. The production efficiency of products has been very high, how can it be greatly improved? Second: to meet the personalized needs, this is easy to understand, and now personalized products meet There is also a huge cost, because in order to achieve high production efficiency, it is necessary to reduce the flexibility of production and reduce the fluctuation of the production chain. Satisfying individuality and efficiency in the past was contradictory because the past definition of efficiency was narrow and authoritarian.

Fourth, why can we now realize the Industry 4.0 of the fabric industry

Because of the Internet, Internet of Things and cloud computing, and interactive social media, it should be easy to see that all of Jack Ma's strategic acquisitions are to prepare for Ali to adapt to the future Industry 4.0 environment. And active layout increases Ali's stickiness and influence on the B side,

how to achieve

Use the above technologies to restructure and optimize the organizational structure

At least the following contents should be considered in the future organizational structure, new talents, automated equipment, environment (time and space), information (including internal information and external instructions), software, RFID (wireless tags). This organization must be open and parallel, and all members can communicate and interact with the outside world within the scope of their authority. In the Internet era, the product is the medium, and the final realization of any business model is socialization and communication. Jobs' new product launch is an important part of the product.

Fifth, there are two modes in the fabric industry, one is spot and the other is futures. Spot is to first predict what will sell well in the future based on one's previous experience, and then do it first. If it is a traditional product, that is, a classic product, this risk is small but the profit is small. This requires integrating the industry chain, which is what many people are willing to do, but Encountered by the economic crisis, many such enterprises can not bear. There is also a new product, then it is a bet, such a spot price is very high, because there are too many products that cannot be sold, this is the production-sales ratio, there are many bosses in Keqiao, and it is very fast, 2, As long as you bet on a good product in 3 years, it will disappear quickly. The bet is wrong. Millions of new products are released every year, and there are hundreds of new products, but there are very few products that can really be sold, and the risk of gambling is very high. Then the rest is futures. The production cycle of futures is long, the quality is unstable, and there is still the risk of doing bad. The end result is high costs. Only by increasing the production speed, compressing the production cycle, improving the forecasting efficiency and improving the spot production-to-sales ratio can the cost be further reduced.

Sixth, to develop new fabrics for next year, we will first plan. The planning is generally to understand the concept of popular and fashionable clothing people, combine the current development of new fibers and production technology, and the prediction of big data, to formulate a plan, (such a big There is so much information that it is difficult to operate without the Internet), and then start the design and trial production, all of which must be completed on the computer, and made into virtual simulation products including popular colors. At the same time, interact and communicate through social media, collect data and iteratively improve. If there is no Internet and computer, this is very slow. After optimization, the sample will be displayed at the same time as clothing design and virtual clothing will be displayed and get designers or companies that need this sample fabric. After coming out, make corrections according to clothing requirements, and then start preparing samples for delivery to customer service. After receiving the samples and in-depth communication, we get some orders and suggestions for improvement, and start to organize production. The entire production process is open, that is, customers know the progress of the product at any time, and some modification requirements. You can also ask questions and get answers from those on the front line. It's not like the whole black box is now. Of course, if there is no problem, you can also ignore the whole process. The current corporate communication efficiency is very low and there are few external interfaces, and it is a multi-level single-line series. The control of production organization, equipment, space, personnel, and raw materials is probably artificial. What will happen to the future logistics and express delivery industry using RFID? With the development of chip energy storage and battery technology, the cost of RFID will be close to zero.

Seven, because the textile industry, including the fabric industry, has been easy to make money in the past 10 years, and another reason is the real estate, the professionalism of the entire industry has declined, good people are not coming, and the people inside are also very impetuous. The popularity of fabric industry 4.0 has not yet been carried out, and the financial government is not an industry supported by the textile fabric industry. The management level of the entire industry is really not enough. Large factories are the enlargement of family workshops, large companies are the enlargement of self-employed individuals, and the entire industry is still There is no integrated platform for the entire industry chain technology. These are all problems that we need to solve now. The investment and improvement of fabric CAD technology to achieve simulation, and the in-depth cooperation of management processes and management software are all things that can be done now.

Eight, I am very optimistic about China's future. I even think that Industry 4.0 will be the first in China to be realized. All industries in developed economies and all enterprises in the industry chain are well managed, with high efficiency and good service. Realization, the threshold for a new model to survive is very high. At the same time, their software, automation level, and process management have all been digitized and informatized. Mutual access has become one of the obstacles. China's Industry 4.0 and industrial automation are realized together and carried out simultaneously. Now the fabric industry is really a good opportunity. The entire industry is now in China. There is no way to do big data and 4.0 without a certain industrial base. I really hope that the country can focus on breaking through Industry 4.0 in the textile industry, which is very promising.

Nine, from the perspective of Industry 4.0, the customization of the clothing industry will definitely become the mainstream in the future. The government should not go to the fictitious things of the fashion industry. Clothing will be supported and customized. As a breakthrough point for the entire industry, fabrics will be 4.0. This is also very broad. Training, software, automation equipment, management consulting, product development, socialization media, etc.

10. Efficiency. In the era of authoritarianism, efficiency is a model derived from the integration of the supply chain within a certain time and space and through logical calculation under the current cognitive conditions of human beings. In the age of the Internet, it is illogical to admit that the universe is illogical, everything proceeds according to evolution and disorder, and ultimately, natural selection determines which is the most efficient. It is a more advanced evolutionary model than logical calculation, and it is less related to resources.

There are two main types of companies in the future, one is a platform type at all levels, such as Ali, LeTV, Xiaomi and other secondary platforms, as well as large and small platforms at all levels. to the top ten companies.