Connecting new momentum, intelligent manufacturing wins the future: Huawei Intelligent Manufacturing Network Innovation Digital Summit 2022 was successfully held

On October 28, Huawei Intelligent Manufacturing Network Innovation Digital Summit 2022 was successfully held in Changsha, the Star City. Focusing on the theme of "Connecting New Momentum to Win the Future with Smart Manufacturing", this summit brought together customers, partners and senior technical experts in the manufacturing industry to discuss industry trends, innovative technologies and best practices in the digital transformation of manufacturing networks, and jointly explore the future blueprint for the transformation and upgrading of the manufacturing industry, aiming to explore more possibilities for the development of manufacturing networks. At the summit, Huawei also released a new generation of industrial switches S5735I-S-V2 and a new generation of IoT gateways S1710I series products to help the digital upgrade of the manufacturing industry, be compatible with more scenarios, and take on more challenges.

Connecting new energy

Outlook on the development trend of digitalization in manufacturing

At the beginning of the conference, Ma Ye, Vice President of Huawei's Data Communication Product Line, said in his speech that intelligent manufacturing is to use automation, digitization, and intelligence to achieve "design is manufacturing, manufacturing is service, and what you see is what you get", and ultimately reduce costs, improve quality, increase efficiency, and promote innovation. As a manufacturing company with more than 30 years of experience, Huawei has actively practiced digital transformation while also providing intelligent cloud network solutions to a wide range of customers. It has now served industry customers in more than 150 countries and regions around the world. Leading network products and technologies, coupled with a deep understanding of the manufacturing industry and its own digital transformation practices, constitute Huawei's unique trinity advantage, allowing Huawei to truly originate from manufacturing, serve manufacturing, and contribute to the digital transformation of the manufacturing industry.

Ma Ye, Vice President of Huawei's Data Communications Product Line

With the deepening of the national strategies of "manufacturing power", "network power" and "digital China", the integration of information and communication technology and the real economy has accelerated, and the digital transformation of industries has accelerated, which has become an important driving force for innovation-driven development. Promoting the digital transformation of the manufacturing industry has become a major intersection of national strategies.

Dong Kai, director of the Institute of Industrial Policy (Advanced Manufacturing Research Center) of CCID Research Institute, pointed out in his keynote speech "Thoughts on the Key Directions of Digital Transformation of Manufacturing Industry" that we should adhere to the main direction of intelligent manufacturing and deepen the digital transformation of manufacturing industry and the construction of a strong manufacturing country. The key points of digital transformation of manufacturing industry can be divided into five directions: 1. Realize the free flow of data, build a unified data base, and create the next generation of industrial network; 2. Improve the level of digitalization and intelligence of processes; 3. Promote the digital development of equipment; 4. From software to platform, the key is to collaborate with the edge and cloud, from bottom to top; 5. Build a supply chain collaboration platform and expand digital industrial services.

Dong Kai, Director of the Institute of Industrial Policy (Advanced Manufacturing Research Center) of CCID Research Institute

Subsequently, Huang Hui, President of the Hunan Digital Economy Promotion Association, shared the current situation and trends of digitalization in promoting high-quality development of the manufacturing industry from multiple perspectives, including opportunities and challenges, countermeasures and future prospects, in his keynote speech "Digitalization Promotes High-quality Development of the Manufacturing Industry". Huang Hui pointed out that in the future, digital transformation will promote further intelligent upgrading of enterprises, using technologies such as artificial intelligence, sensors, the Internet of Things, cloud computing, 5G, AR/VR, etc. to create new productivity, fill the labor gap, help enterprises seize new business opportunities, and expand enterprise boundaries.

Huang Hui, Chairman of Hunan Digital Economy Promotion Association

Extremely fast, stable, and intelligent: Huawei Manufacturing Cloud Network

Build a new foundation for intelligent manufacturing connections

In the process of intelligent manufacturing development, building an intelligent network foundation is not only the basis for the deep interconnection of various production factors, but also the only way for the innovative development of intelligent manufacturing. Only by building a low-latency, highly reliable, and widely covered network infrastructure can manufacturing companies achieve seamless data transmission in all aspects of manufacturing, thereby supporting a production model of real-time perception, collaborative interaction, and intelligent feedback.

In his keynote speech titled "Huawei Manufacturing Cloud Network, Building a New Connection Foundation for Intelligent Manufacturing", Cheng Jian, General Manager of Huawei Data Communication Government and Enterprise Solutions, elaborated in detail the opportunities and challenges faced by the network with the large-scale application of cloud and IoT technologies, combining theory with practice, and shared the successful practice and latest product solutions of Huawei Manufacturing Cloud Network in helping manufacturing customers to transform digitally. Cheng Jian pointed out that Huawei's Manufacturing Cloud Network solution has three major features: "extreme speed, stability, and intelligence". On the one hand, it uses industry-leading technologies such as Wi-Fi 6 to build faster, more efficient, and low-cost connections for manufacturing companies; on the other hand, it also provides manufacturing companies with safe, reliable, and stable network connections through the application of reliability technologies at different levels, as well as monitoring and defense technologies covering end/network/cloud; at the same time, it can also realize the intelligence of network operation and maintenance, and intelligently predict, locate, and optimize network failures.

Cheng Jian, General Manager of Huawei Data Communications Government and Enterprise Solutions

During the conference, Huawei released the new generation of industrial switches S5735I-S-V2 series and the new generation of IoT gateways S1710I series for smart manufacturing scenarios. As an extension of Huawei's manufacturing cloud network networking capabilities, the new generation of industrial switches S5735l-S-V2 series are Ethernet switches designed for special environments, which can meet the needs of network communication in harsh environments such as temperature, humidity, vibration, and electromagnetic interference. The new generation of IoT gateways S1710I series products are used in industries such as smart water conservancy and smart transportation to help build IoT perception networks. The new generation of products are characterized by "stability", "extreme speed" and "extreme simplicity", which can help Huawei further upgrade its manufacturing industry solutions, be compatible with more scenarios, and take on more challenges.

Smart Manufacturing Wins the Future

Laying the foundation for the intelligent development of manufacturing industry

Manufacturing is the third pillar industry swept by the wave of digital transformation after information-intensive and consumer and service industries. Successful digital transformation is inseparable from a high-quality data transmission network foundation. Through continuous exploration and summary, Huawei has made the network match the characteristics of the scene and created one successful practice after another in which network connections enable intelligent manufacturing.

Chen Hui, Network Director of East China Region of Luxshare Precision Industry Co., Ltd., pointed out in his speech on the theme of "Wireless Technology Helps Flexible Intelligent Manufacturing" that rapid conversion of production lines and "cutting the braids" of production equipment are rigid needs. Based on the wireless "cutting the braids" of Huawei Wi-Fi 6, Luxshare has fundamentally achieved the digital transformation and upgrading goal of "reducing costs, increasing efficiency, and protecting investment". At the same time, the integration of the Internet of Things will give manufacturing companies more application innovations.

Chen Hui, Network Director of East China Region, Luxshare Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

The development of technology, on the one hand, allows people to enjoy the convenience brought by the interconnection of all things in the world, but at the same time, it also faces security threats. Huawei is committed to building a healthier and more open security ecosystem to safeguard security. Ma Ye, vice president of Huawei's data communication product line, mentioned in his keynote speech "Huawei Security Safeguards the Core Competitiveness of Manufacturing Enterprises" that digital development has risen to a national strategy, and network security is the cornerstone of the digital world and the fundamental guarantee for the strategic measures of Digital China. In the face of the current status and problems of the network security system in the manufacturing industry, Huawei has built a multi-layer security protection system for the production network through IT system reinforcement + "non-invasive" security defense + dynamic operation management, and built a new foundation for highly reliable, highly secure, and easy-to-operate production networks for intelligent manufacturing enterprises. Huawei hopes to work with partners to build a security ecosystem and build business success together.

Ma Ye, Vice President of Huawei's Data Communications Product Line

Later, Wang Yuchen, chief architect of Huawei's security solutions, pointed out in his sharing of "Excellent Practices of Huawei's High-Intensity "Resilient" Production Network" that the current security challenge is how to ensure the security of the company's business and data under the condition that the threat-driven defense system will definitely be breached. Based on the HiSec3.0 resilience architecture, it is possible to build a trusted industrial network environment that can withstand high intensity, from fighting against endless threats to protecting limited business. At the scene, Wang Yuchen also interpreted the characteristics and practical value of Huawei's semiconductor/high-end manufacturing production network security solutions from the perspective of practical cases.

Wang Yuchen, Chief Architect of Huawei Security Solutions

As new technologies reshape the world, the intelligent revolution has arrived, and the future will surely be an intelligent world. Looking to the future, Huawei will continue to innovate, with excellent technology and rich industry practices, and work with manufacturing customers and partners to unleash digital productivity and jointly enhance the core competitiveness of "China's Intelligent Manufacturing".