Digital transformation, what ways has the automotive industry explored?

Cover news reporter Meng Mei Wu Yujia

Intelligence has become a major trend in the future development of the automotive industry.

The relevant person in charge of Shaanxi Heavy Duty Truck Co., Ltd. recently said in an interview with the cover news reporter that the company has built a big data analysis and visualization platform for enterprise quality by leveraging Lenovo's industrial big data platform LeapHD.

This platform realizes global data analysis and global visibility, which solves the problems of inefficiency, high cost of bicycle claims, high maintenance service costs, and lack of effective monitoring methods for post-event management.

This is the epitome of Shaanxi Heavy Duty Truck's digital transformation. According to the above-mentioned person in charge, previously, they have adopted a quality information system to collect data through MES (manufacturing enterprise production process execution management system), DMS (automobile dealer management system), WMS (warehouse management system), SCM (supply chain management system), QMS (quality management system) and other systems to promote digital quality management.

Many analysts pointed out that enhancing cross-field and cross-industry collaborative innovation through digital applications is particularly important for the automotive industry that is in the stage of entering high-quality development from high-speed growth.

In April 2021, Jiangling Motors announced that it will equip Huawei's intelligent vehicle digital computing and communication architecture technology, and at the same time, announced that it will invest billions of yuan in the next five years for intelligent networking and digital development, and is committed to realizing software-defined cars, building an intelligent networking ecosystem, and realizing the perfect interconnection of people, vehicles, and lives.

In September 2020, WM Motor released a new technology strategy of "IdeaL4", accelerating the implementation of intelligent technologies such as 5G and L4 on pure electric vehicles, and creating intelligent travel terminals for the 5G era. Before that, they also seized the scientific and technological highland of artificial intelligence in production and manufacturing and product application, and became the first new car-making enterprise in China to build a self-built vehicle factory and a battery pack factory.

"Digitalization is deeply reshaping the automotive industry." Many people in the industry have mentioned that at present, many car companies are seeking digital empowerment in order to take advantage of opportunities in the transformation process. But at the same time, digital transformation is not a simple application of digital technologies or tools, but to build a comprehensive digital system, from point to line, to surface, fully empowering the future development of enterprises.