The Cummins China 2025 Industrial 4.0 Seminar and the First Intelligent Manufacturing Festival of Chongqing
Cummins were successfully held on October 22nd. The event kicked off grandly at the Chongqing Cummins Liangjiang Base. As an important practical demonstration of Cummins' deep engagement in China's intelligent manufacturing sector, this event brought together industry experts, partners, and customers. With the theme of Innovate for the Future, Jointly Write a New Chapter, it featured both technology display and high-end forum in parallel, concentrating on presenting the core technologies of intelligent manufacturing at the underlying level and the results of their scenario-based implementation. It systematically shared Cummins' technological breakthroughs and implementation achievements in the field of intelligent manufacturing, and jointly explored the upgrading path of the large-horsepower engine industry under the global trend of Industrial 4.0.
Thirty years of dedication
Setting a new global benchmark for high-power engines with intelligence
Yuan Jun, the general manager of Chongqing Cummins Engine Co., Ltd., delivered the opening speech, reviewing the advancement journey of Chongqing Cummins intelligent manufacturing.
In 2022, the brand-new Liangjiang New Base was officially put into operation, achieving the transformation from traditional manufacturing to intelligent manufacturing and earning the title of a smart factory in Chongqing.
By 2025, it will obtain the rating of an advanced-level smart factory in Chongqing.
As an enterprise deeply engaged in the high-power sector for over 30 years, Chongqing Cummins has always been committed to empowering users through intelligent manufacturing. In the future, it will continue to focus on the field of intelligent manufacturing and create greater value for relevant parties.
Taking advantage of the policy momentum
Building a foundation for high-quality development through intelligent manufacturing
The national and Chongqing municipal governments attach great importance to the development of intelligent manufacturing and have introduced a series of policies and measures to encourage enterprises to increase their investment in technological innovation. For Chongqing Cummins, intelligent manufacturing is not only a key means to improve production efficiency and ensure product quality, but also the only way to achieve sustainable development and enhance core competitiveness.
Take a global perspective
Promote the global intelligent manufacturing upgrade of Cummins through Chinese practices
Bai Yuan, the Director of Operations and Manufacturing for Cummins Engine Division and the Director of Manufacturing in China, highly praised the intelligent manufacturing achievements of Chongqing Cummins. From the highly automated production line layout to the new journey of intelligent manufacturing and the exploration of AI +plus manufacturing applications, Chongqing Cummins has contributed valuable Chinese wisdom to Cummins' global intelligent manufacturing map. Facing the unprecedented major transformation in the global general equipment manufacturing industry, Cummins will also unswervingly promote the intelligent manufacturing strategy and continuously increase investment in the research and application of new technologies in the China region.
Linking the entire ecosystem
Adding vitality to the efficiency upgrade of the industrial chain
Yu Hai, the Party Secretary and Deputy General Manager of Chongqing Cummins Engine Co., Ltd., emphasized that an outstanding supply chain is the core engine for achieving success in the future. The digital alliance focuses on enhancing the digital collaboration capabilities and data connection efficiency between Chongqing Cummins and its suppliers, providing comprehensive support for the intelligent manufacturing and digital transformation of supplier partners. It is hoped that supplier partners will drive their own comprehensive competitiveness to achieve a spiral upward and leapfrog growth by continuously increasing investment in technology and strengthening capability building.
Digital procurement
Build a resilient supply chain system through digital alliances
Nan Ming, the purchasing director of Chongqing Cummins Engine Co., Ltd., analyzed from the perspective of purchasing practices that excellence in the manufacturing process is merely the starting point, not the end. The future competition will be a competition in the supply chain ecosystem; and digital capabilities are precisely the core engine of an enterprise's comprehensive strength. We look forward to the simultaneous improvement of the digital capabilities of supply chain partners.
Dual-theme Decoding
New Practices of Factory Intelligence Transformation and Platform Collaboration
This event grantly announced two core themes of Chongqing Cummins and Cummins China, showcasing the in-depth strategic layout of the intelligent manufacturing strategy.
Chongqing Cummins： Intelligence Brings a New Journey - From Demonstration Factory to Leading Factory
By 2025, Chongqing Cummins has received the rating of an advanced-level intelligent factory in Chongqing and is moving towards the goal of a national outstanding-level intelligent factory. The initial results of digital design and logistics simulation have been achieved, the AI-driven HSE system has enhanced intrinsic safety, quality big data and AI analysis have contributed to "Quality Victory"; the digital twin platform integrates real-time data of all elements to achieve intelligent management throughout the company. At the same time, the implementation of intelligent logistics within the factory has improved efficiency, and technologies such as the digital control tower and flexible manufacturing units provide support for precise operation and agile decision-making.
Cummins China： X Cummins Digital Platform
The Platform X, the digital and intelligent full-stack technology platform of Cummins China, serves as the " core engine" for the intelligent manufacturing upgrade of Cummins China. It integrates a complete chain of technical capabilities including low-code application development, AI algorithms, advanced analysis, and data governance, enabling digital collaboration throughout the entire process from R&D, production manufacturing, supply chain management to after-sales services.
With the power of intelligence
Drawing up a new blueprint for industrial upgrading
This Cummins China 2025 Industrial 4.0 Seminar and the first Intelligent Manufacturing Festival of Chongqing Cummins are not only a concentrated display of Chongqing Cummins 30 years of intelligent manufacturing achievements, but also a platform for industry exchanges and cooperation. In the future, Chongqing Cummins will aim for the National Excellent Intelligent Factory and work together with customers, suppliers and both parent companies to jointly explore the common ecosystem of AI + intelligent manufacturing. It will continuously deepen digitalization and intelligence transformation, driving the intelligent development of the high-power engine industry. KMC China will also promote the deep integration of global resources and local practices through a digital platform, providing practical support for the high-quality development of the industry.