The Old Industry Upgrades Dalian Machine Tool Modeling Machine Tool Industry Transformation Model

“Since the first automated production line that settled on Weichai in the 1980s, Dalian Machine Tool Co., Ltd. has already used six automated production lines for the machining of Weichai's cylinders. At present, our main equipment is Dalian Machine Tool.” Recently Weichai Group Sun Chengping, general manager, said in an interview with reporters.

Sun Chengping said: "In recent years, with the continuous upgrading and expansion of Weichai's product grade, level and output, Weichai's requirements for processing automatic lines have naturally improved, and Dalian Machine Tool's products have been tracking the development of our new products. Innovation, especially in recent years, the products of Dalian Machine Tool have not only met the needs of upgrading Weichai Products, but also made great contributions to the development of Weichai with excellent quality and excellent service. The quality of our products has recently been signed with Dalian Machine Tool for the largest order in the history of Weichai cooperation with domestic machine tool companies."

Just like the popular saying in the marketing field, Gold Cup and Silver Cup are not as good as users' word of mouth. Dalian Machine Tool has accumulated “customer relationship” for many years among users, so that market orders in the post-crisis period have been in a “blowout” state since last October. The production and sales of high-speed precision lathes, CNC lathes, and machining centers have been booming. Special machine products such as machine tools, etc. are large orders.

Change in development thinking

In 2008, the world financial crisis brought an unprecedented impact on Dalian Machine Tools, and it is necessary to have new ideas and methods to meet challenges and solve development problems. In the face of the new situation, Dalian Machine Tool regards changing the mode of development and improving the quality of development as a top priority for the company. Weichai Group Chairman Chen Yongkai made a strategic decision to use the company's “transition, adjustment, and upgrade” in 2 to 3 years during the most severe economic crisis in May 2008. Through "two transformations", that is, product manufacturing changes from scale-speed to quality-efficiency, and management changes from traditional to informatization; "eight adjustments", namely, product adjustment, market adjustment, adjustment of production management, adjustment of human structure, Adjustment of salary distribution, adjustment of financial management, adjustment of manufacturing mode, adjustment of material procurement, and “five upgrades”, that is, upgrading of employees' quality, upgrading of enterprise management, upgrading of product quality, upgrading of product levels, and upgrading of corporate profits, and the smooth transition of finance for enterprises. The crisis laid a solid foundation for achieving a new leap in scientific development.

After two years of hard work, Dalian Machine Tool not only resolved the unfavorable factors brought about by the crisis, but also radiated vitality. Technological development, product manufacturing, and quality management of all employees have all been greatly improved. From 2007 to 2009, sales revenue exceeded 10 billion yuan for three consecutive years. Since the fourth quarter of 2009, sales of high value-added products such as CNC machine tools, machining centers, and boring mills have soared, up 210% over the same period of last year. They have received key users such as automobiles, military, aviation, aerospace, railways, and construction machinery. The favor.

Innovation in manufacturing mode

The machine tool industry has been implementing single-batch production methods with low efficiency and high manufacturing costs. After Dalian Machine Tool successfully implemented large-scale production of major products, it has undergone almost revolutionary changes in the traditional machine tool manufacturing philosophy and manufacturing model. To sum up in a simple way, it is to use the production of cars to produce machine tools.

"The so-called change of manufacturing mode is to integrate high-precision and high-efficiency equipment into integrated and information-based means to form processing and assembly automation lines and implement assembly line operations. That is, from the rough part of the machine tool to the finished product. All of these are highly efficient online operations. The transformation of the manufacturing model not only greatly reduces the number of laborers, increases production efficiency, and reduces production costs. What's more, it greatly improves product accuracy and reliability.” Ma Junqing, general manager of Dalian Machine Tool Group Explain to reporters the so-called production of machine tools using the automobile manufacturing model.

It is understood that at present, the lathe products of Dalian Machine Tool have completed the change of manufacturing mode. In September of this year, the CNC lathe manufacturing line will be completely connected. In the next two years, middle-to-high-end numerical control products such as machining centers will also complete the change of manufacturing mode and greatly increase the market competitiveness of enterprises.

Management innovation

If the financial crisis has brought a “market dormancy period” to the enterprise, for the diligent Dalian machine tool, this period of time has become an “advancement period” for vigorously adjusting, innovating production modes, manufacturing equipment, and process technology.

From the "10th Five-Year Plan" period, Dalian Machine Tool began to reform the enterprise information. During the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan” period, the informationization work of Dalian Machine Tool has been promoted from point to surface, and an enterprise information platform has basically taken shape, which has enabled the company’s management quality to be fully improved. At present, the company has established an ERP system, taking the financial system as the main line, and expanding horizontally to the procurement system, marketing system, logistics system, and production management system. The application of enterprise information technology has involved various businesses such as design, technology, finance, marketing, production, and procurement, and has realized the integration of logistics, capital flow, and information flow.

Through the implementation of the information system, it not only optimized and straightened out various business processes, but also greatly improved the overall management level and work efficiency of the Dalian machine tool. The innovation of management methods has provided strong support for the production of enterprises, and it has also enabled Dalian Machine Tool to achieve the perfect transformation to modern group companies.