Panels & Furniture Asia January/February 2021

FURNITURE MANUFACTURING
Innovative solutions for
batch size one production
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the latter handles scheduling,
order decomposition, process
management, production, storage
and delivery, and lastly on-site
installation for the customer.
As each part of the process is
closely connected and mutually
coordinated, a fully closed loop from
sales to production is thus formed.
Based on the “device + software,
online + offline” production and
marketing model, and by breaking
down information silos, furniture
enterprises can truly conduct
human-machine integration to
achieve intelligent production and
maximise the production capacity
under limited conditions.
Powered by the Internet, big data
and other new technologies, the
furniture industry has undergone
rapid development of intelligent
manufacturing. From traditional
low-cost competition, its core
competencies have shifted towards
products of high added value,
transforming the roles of simple
furniture manufacturers to all-in
furniture solution providers.
To break the development bottleneck
and further deepen intelligent
manufacturing in this competitive
market, furniture enterprises must
not only upgrade the hardware
from stand-alone machinery or
traditional automatic production
line to more flexible PC-based
smart connected manufacturing
systems, but also integrate software
and hardware resources and
optimise configuration to build
the connection interface between
the store end and the factory end.
When the sales end receives the
order and places it with the factory,
To facilitate the informatisation
of whole-house customisation
enterprises, Nanxing Machinery
and FinChinaSoft joined hands
to innovatively break down the
complex software and hardware
of Industry 4.0 into several
information modules and extensible
unit workstations according to
working procedures and functions.
Customers can flexibly choose the
required units as needed, or link
up the different workstations to
form a complete Industry 4.0 smart
production line in which boards
need not reach the factory floor
when processed. This module-based
intelligent application integration
solution has been implemented
in many regions. It is extremely
cost-effective, stable and efficient,
and is practicable and easy to
implement, thereby enhancing
the manufacturing strength and
competitiveness of furniture
manufacturers.
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