Assessing the soft power of a factory is more about assessing its management and information technology level.
- Looking at the process oriented approach
The purpose of looking at the process is to see if the manufacturer has a lean layout and is creating uninterrupted operational processes to visualize problems.
For customized home production workshops, a lean layout process should be based on product planning, introducing flexible production lines, achieving flexible processing of personalized customized products, mixed batch production of different customer orders, and improving material utilization and capacity utilization.
- Looking at informatization and intelligence
In addition to equipping manufacturers with hardware facilities for intelligent production lines, the construction of information platforms is also particularly important, which can achieve the collection and interaction of information at various processing stages to achieve automatic control of the entire production line linkage and circulation.
To achieve intelligent production of panel furniture 4.0, the essence lies in the perfect combination of software and hardware systems. From the sales end to the production line, various workstations, warehousing and logistics links, and ultimately reaching transactions, they are all different from traditional methods. Based on advanced intelligent equipment and empowered by strong information systems, achieving intelligent production line means maximizing the output value of the entire line and reducing the manual ratio to the minimum value.
- Look at flexibility
Due to the prominent personalization of customized home furnishings, each household needs different home sizes. To achieve the production of completely different products on the same production chain, a flexible production chain is needed.
To examine the flexible production of enterprise factories, it is necessary to examine whether the on-site production lines rely on big data analysis and connectivity methods to achieve “on-demand production”.
Generally speaking, highly flexible production lines can not only achieve mixed production of multiple varieties, but also be equipped with industrial mobile robots (AMR) with multiple sensors and algorithm technologies, using flexible logistics to adapt dynamic standards to the actual situation of the enterprise.
The key to a flexible production chain actually lies in how to carry out flow line design and mass production. These can be concluded through on-site communication and exchange.
Of course, the stronger the strength and the more product varieties of enterprises, the higher the degree of factory flexibility.
- Visual and standardized viewing
Visual management is a visual communication of the management level of a production enterprise. Visual management includes the lines and markings of the factory, which are used to guide standards, indicate results, and prevent errors.
At present, many production workshops follow 5S management, do a good job in on-site management, eliminate “running, emitting, leaking, dripping” and “dirty, messy, poor” situations, improve product quality and employee quality, and ensure safe production.
But different manufacturers have their own differences in detail control, which needs to be distinguished through careful observation and thinking.
The above is a guide for wardrobe importers on how to inspect production workshops. For factory inspections, the main focus is on production processes and processes. During the inspection process, it is not only necessary to look more, but also to ask and think more in order to determine the true production strength of the manufacturer.
