Analysis of the Development Mode of Discrete Industrial Internet Platform

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Under the development trend of promoting the deep integration of the Internet, big data, artificial intelligence and the real economy, the digital transformation with the industrial Internet as the core provides a strong impetus for the upgrading of the manufacturing industry.

At present, many mechanical parts processing plants are mainly manual labor and semi-automatic processing. However, by joining the industrial Internet, you can upgrade your CNC manufacturing from 2.0 to 4.0.

The industrial Internet consists of three major systems: network, platform and security. Among them, the industrial Internet platform is the core of the industrial Internet, a hub connecting all elements of industry such as equipment, software, factories, products and people, a carrier for massive industrial data collection, aggregation, analysis and services, a pivot supporting ubiquitous connection, flexible supply and efficient allocation of industrial resources, and a key infrastructure in the era of intelligent manufacturing.

The construction and implementation of industrial Internet platform requires full consideration of industrial development trend, analysis of industrial Internet platform model and architecture from different perspectives such as technology implementation, business organization, enterprise management and talent training, etc. Through a process of repeated iteration, dynamic optimization and continuous evolution, the ecological development of industrial Internet platform is realized, and the integration of the two is promoted to a new stage.

Analysis of discrete manufacturing industrial Internet platform model

The production efficiency of discrete manufacturing enterprises is not mainly determined by the equipment capacity of process manufacturing enterprises, but depends largely on the rationality of resource factor allocation. Two enterprises with the same scale and hardware facilities may lead to huge differences in production efficiency due to different management levels. In this sense, discrete manufacturing enterprises have more potential to improve their competitiveness by implementing industrial Internet transformation. To build an industrial Internet platform for discrete manufacturing, it is necessary to fully consider the characteristics of discrete manufacturing, integrate emerging information technologies such as cloud computing and Internet of Things, and reasonably plan the operation mode of the industrial Internet platform.

Compared with the traditional Internet platform, the industrial Internet platform has many obvious differences. In terms of application scenarios, Internet platforms are mainly deployed in cloud servers, and the main connected subjects are personal computers, cell phones and other terminal devices, which provide services such as web pages, videos, games and data storage, and the application scenarios are relatively simple.

In contrast, the industrial Internet platform needs to realize real-time connection and intelligent interaction of various industrial elements such as people, machines and things, with more types and numbers of connections, and provides industrial business process management and product lifecycle services, which is a more complex scenario; in terms of technical requirements, the Internet platform highlights the “best-effort” service approach, which requires service However, the industrial Internet platform directly involves production process control, which requires low latency, certainty, high reliability and high security in terms of network and service performance.

Since the application scenarios of Internet platforms are relatively simple, it is relatively easy to distill more common requirements, thus giving birth to a variety of cloud service platform models, and typical cloud service models are divided into three types: IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service, PaaS (Platform-as-a-Service) and SaaS(Software-as-a-Service). Software-as-a-Service). The current construction of industrial Internet platform mostly draws on or follows the PaaS and SaaS service models, hoping to discover and integrate the common needs in the industrial production process, and develop many industrial applications combined with cloud service related technology stacks to form a suite of industrial Internet services for enterprises to combine and match applications.

However, since the industrial Internet application scenario is more complex, especially involving the connection of machines, materials and other elements, the industrial Internet platform focuses more on edge layer device access and data collection, therefore, industrial Internet companies usually provide supporting edge gateway devices to realize the interconnection of everything at the production site through protocol conversion. At present, the industry has basically formed an industrial Internet platform architecture model of intelligent terminal + cloud architecture platform + industrial APP.

Industrial Internet platform is an iterative upgrade of the traditional industrial cloud platform, for example, a large part of the current industrial Internet platform is transformed from the traditional MES, ERP system. However, due to the weak industrial foundation of most industrial control systems and high-end industrial software, many industrial Internet enterprises work individually and lack leading enterprises, which leads to the fragmentation of industrial Internet platforms and makes it difficult to form a resource gathering effect, and the two-way iteration and benign development situation of industrial APP and the number of users has not yet been formed.

The industrial Internet platform is the operating system of the new industrial system, and the industrial PaaS platform should be built as the Android system of the industrial world, and an industrial APP distribution mechanism similar to APP Store should be established, so that the power of the whole society can be gathered to develop massive industrial APPs and form the industrial Internet ecosystem.

Industrial Internet talent system construction

The development of industrial Internet is inevitably accompanied by a large number of talent demand, industrial Internet-related professions emerge, leading to a significant increase in domestic employment. However, with the in-depth application of enterprises, it is increasingly felt that the construction and implementation of industrial Internet has put forward new and higher requirements for the existing professional and technical talents and the skill quality of workers. Industrial Internet is a product of the deep integration of new generation information technology and manufacturing industry. The knowledge structure of traditional IT industry and manufacturing-related talents is gradually difficult to meet the actual needs of the rapid development of industrial Internet, and the demand of enterprises for high quality and composite talents is becoming more and more urgent.

From the perspective of industrial Internet platform construction and implementation process analysis, industrial Internet platform talent needs can be divided into the following three types.

(1) R&D talents: responsible for the programming development and debugging of the industrial Internet platform and industrial APP, requiring high professional and technical skills, and a deep understanding of the industrial Internet platform architecture.

(2) Operation and maintenance talents: responsible for the installation and deployment of the industrial Internet platform and daily operation and maintenance work, requiring the ability to operate and maintain the network, server and industrial APP at all stages of the life cycle.

(3) skilled personnel: responsible for the application of the industrial Internet platform in enterprises, requiring familiarity with the use of the industrial Internet platform, and the ability to realize the deployment and operation of the industrial APP through parameter adjustment, configuration configuration and other means according to the industry process, to realize the control of the production process, and to deal with the general production process abnormalities.

At present, the industrial Internet as a whole is in the early stage of development, and a mature talent training system has not yet been established, and the match between the supply and demand of talents is not high. These talents still need to further deepen their understanding of industrial Internet and make their skills and abilities better match with the needs of industrial Internet.

The main problem is the lack of high quality skilled talents, manufacturing enterprises in the implementation of industrial Internet platform construction and application, there is a large number of customized needs, a large number of skilled personnel who understand the manufacturing process, but also familiar with the application of the industrial Internet platform, and these talents mainly rely on the industrial Internet platform manufacturers to provide training, and the differences in the technical route of different manufacturers platform, will lead to their mastery of These talents mainly rely on the training provided by the industrial Internet platform vendors, and the differences in the technical routes of different vendors’ platforms will lead to a certain degree of limitation in their skills.

Therefore, it is necessary to speed up the construction of the industrial Internet standard system, clarify the common technical needs of industrial Internet, further guide ordinary colleges and universities to accelerate the construction of industrial Internet-related majors, establish a talent training mode with in-depth cooperation between industry and education, promote the teaching reform on the supply side of talents, and grow China’s industrial Internet talent team.

Conclusion

The construction and implementation of industrial Internet is a process of repeated iteration and continuous evolution, which requires continuous investment from industrial Internet enterprises and manufacturing enterprises, accumulation of industrial experience and knowledge, continuous enrichment and improvement of industrial Internet platform and development tools, continuous R&D and innovation of industrial APP, and ecological development of industrial Internet platform. At the same time, it is necessary to accelerate the establishment of industrial Internet talent training system to ensure the supply of industrial Internet industry talents.

 

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