In China, we are always reflecting on the manufacturing industry's most recent trends, rules, and processes.

Xinyi Glass is a world-leading glass manufacturer that has stable, environmentally-friendly, and energy-saving production processes powered by advanced smart manufacturing technologies.

The key factor affecting glass production efficiency is kiln capacity. A kiln usually works well for at least 10 years before it needs replacement. So, upgrading equipment in the short to medium term for efficiency improvements is negligible. Improving efficiency under these circumstances requires a digital factory, capable of simultaneously saving energy, reducing consumption, and increasing production.

In 2020, Xinyi Glass started working with Huawei Cloud to deepen data governance. So far, it has:

• Built a data-driven, intelligent control center that streamlines all systems;

• Integrated IT and OT data assets, improving overall operational efficiency;

• Shortened the time for preparing a monthly operational report from a week to an hour;

• Cut down the time for tracing glass quality from 10 person-days to a few hours;

• Built a digital twin system that automatically reports alarms in seconds upon any device exception;

• Enabled visualization of consumption data for energy such as natural gas in seconds and reduced natural gas consumption by 3.8%, saving tens of millions of CNY each year.