Iron and Steel Enterprise Operations Management Competition Starts with Fusion

For a production-oriented company, constantly improving the company's production and management level is a ** treasure for the company to improve its core competitiveness. Iron and steel enterprises have large plant sites, wide distribution, and large numbers of people. If they can grasp the raw data and primary data at the production site in a timely manner, it is one of the effective ways to increase the level of production management.

The production of iron and steel companies is often based on management and control. The production scheduling system can be regarded as the link to communicate the control and management of the production process, and is also where the company obtains economic benefits. At the same time, the production scheduling system also appears to be the center of production and command. It integrates various business management systems within the enterprise and forms a closed, looped circuit.

As an ordinary worker of a steelworks dispatching room, Xiao Wang (a pseudonym) has been working for ten years. Since the general dispatch room is like the brain of production management, there are many times when a problem needs to be dealt with with many departments. "Remember most At the time, I had 6 or 7 telephones on my personal desk, and a walkie-talkie.” Xiao Wang said, “When you come across something bigger, many phones ring at the same time. It’s really a bit busy but now. Very good, program-controlled telephones, IP phones, 2G mobile phones, 3G mobile phones, walkie-talkies, and so on all on a platform, I can achieve interoperability through a dispatcher, as well as strong insertion, demolitions, conference calls and other functions It is very convenient, it greatly simplifies our work, and it also increases the efficiency. It is thanks to Jie Rui Technology to provide us with such a converged multimedia production scheduling platform."

It is imperative to strengthen management of internal and external problems

We all know that the iron and steel industry is an important pillar industry of the national economy and it is related to the national economy and the people’s livelihood. Due to the cumulative contradictions caused by the extensive and long-term development and the severe impact of the current soaring international iron ore prices, internal and external troubles, steel companies urgently need to strengthen internal Production management improves market competitiveness. The irrationality and low efficiency caused by manual production planning and multi-layered management left over from past production habits also need to be changed.

Yes, compared with foreign countries, the production technology, equipment, and processes of domestic steel companies are relatively backward, but management and scientific management concepts and the backwardness of the level are the most critical. Technology and equipment can be introduced, but without a scientific and rational overall production plan, even the most advanced equipment can hardly release all potential. Therefore, how to use information technology and modern management techniques to support the progress of the enterprise management model has become the top priority of the company's progress.

Among all these problems, the production scheduling of iron and steel companies is considered to be the most complicated. The reason is that it involves scheduling problems in multiple complex production stages. If a problem cannot be solved, or if the scheduling information is not delivered, it will trigger a "chain reaction" and in the end it may result in large losses.

Jiesuirui Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Zerichi Technology") has been focusing on, understanding, and serving steel companies for many years. It is the earliest advocate of multi-media converged communication platforms. The company believes that steel companies want to improve. The most effective way to manage efficiency and enhance market competitiveness is to start with a converged communications platform and to achieve success.

Integration, imminent

After many communications, the company has discovered that after more than 20 years of investment and development, the iron and steel enterprise informatization construction has become a basic prototype and general development plan and direction, as well as a communications command system. The production scheduling system as an important part of the communication command system, the construction situation and the communication system is not much difference. Although the dispatching system has all the factories, the applications are uneven.

Dispatch, the most basic dependence is communication, and only dispatch instructions can be called “dispatch”. Otherwise, if the communication is not smooth and the information cannot be reached, then the excellent production scheduling system is also just a waste.

Video scheduling and video conference systems are widely used in steel enterprises. The reasons for this are the steel companies themselves: Iron and steel companies often have a wide range of distances. Sometimes even if they want to meet in a factory, they need to drive for tens of minutes. Therefore, many steel companies have headquarters and branches. There is a video conference system in use. In addition to video conferencing systems, intercom systems, broadcast systems, and a series of production scheduling related communications related applications are also used in steel companies.

Looking at the overall situation of the production and dispatching system of steel enterprises, a senior industry expert from Jiesuirui Technology summed it up in a sentence: “The iron and steel companies have a wide range of applications in their communications systems, and each of them is an isolated island. Information is not available. Circulation and non-sharing have seriously hampered the upgrading of the management efficiency of steel companies. Therefore, integration is imminent!”

In summary, in the field of production scheduling, the problems and demands of steel companies are mainly concentrated in the following areas:

1. The original scheduling of existing dispatches does not conform to the trend of “flattened management” of existing iron and steel companies. Too many levels lead to lower management efficiency;

2. The factory area is large, and some areas have communication “blank areas”. It is necessary to apply certain communication technologies to achieve the basic communication facilities within the company, including offices, production and plant areas, and even transport trains.

3. The communication system exists alone and does not integrate with related business systems. It is unable to achieve the effect of emergency linkage and the need for "one-click" production/emergency dispatch applications;

4. The system of each subordinate unit is independent, and the overall scheduling is difficult to achieve; information needs to be able to achieve interconnection;

5. To protect investment and realize multi-network interoperability and information sharing when the original investment construction is protected as much as possible.

Challenge requirements

In response to the problems and demands in the iron and steel enterprises above, combined with their own specialty and product features, the company has provided a unique set of solutions that can basically retain most of the existing input hardware and software, saving The overall deployment cost can also help steel companies to integrate various network systems, software, communication terminals, and automation equipment that have been connected using industrial cables through an IP-based softswitch platform, and finally present them on an integrated dispatch platform. The realization of a multi-energy network enables the iron and steel enterprise's production, administration and factory areas to realize unified management of wireless intercom, smart broadcasting, network management, alarm systems and emergency systems, and production and operation scheduling systems.

In this solution, the following functions can be implemented:

1. Based on an all-IP system, multiple communication means can be integrated to form unified scheduling and converged communications;

2. The communication system is modular and can work independently, and can also be unified in command and dispatch. For example, wireless clusters, industrial intercoms, and broadcasts are systems that can work independently;

3. The alarm mode integrates with the existing alarm system. The alarm information is transmitted back to the command center dispatching console in real time, and the alarm is sent to the dispatcher. In addition, the terminal can automatically alert the system, distinguishing from previous passive inspection methods;

4. Interconnection between various types of terminals such as dispatching systems, office systems, external telephones, wireless intercom systems, and wired intercom systems;

5. Docking of existing systems, including broadcasting systems, fire systems, etc., to achieve unified management and integration.

Harvest value

Through the complete production scheduling solution of Jie Rui Technology, the company's communication and mobile office capabilities can be completely changed. In addition to being able to connect tens of thousands of employees through the convergence of various networks, it can also enable voice functions. It can cover remote office areas and mobile employees for more flexible, safe and reliable operations.

At the same time, since all communications are based on IP networks, the expansion of various functions in the future is also simple and easy while predicting that future equipment investment is also very economical.

Thirdly, intuitive function setup, simple call and conference call management systems make it possible for internal, inter-departmental, and cross-plant meetings to effectively increase employee productivity and completely eliminate the system barrier of the conference call.

It simplifies network management and simplifies production scheduling. It concentrates multi-function and multi-tasks on a single dispatcher, enabling more efficient internal management and writing.

Finally, because this converged solution is future-oriented and has certain advancements, the future of multi-network convergence must be a development trend. Only if multi-network convergence is realized, can companies realize information under the conditions of pre-investment protection. Sharing, interconnection, so that the advanced nature of this concept and operability, while reducing input costs, but also disguised as companies increase revenue. Even if it is necessary to re-plan and reconstruct the whole in the future, this solution from Jiesuirui can also play a "transitional" role.

The essence of the change in management structure is the upgrading of management concepts. The driving force behind the upgrade of management concepts is the survival of the fittest and market competition under market competitiveness. For large manufacturing companies, it is also a measure of production delivery capacity and production cost. Reduce costs, improve product delivery capabilities, production scheduling is the key, and the correctness of the communication system and architecture directly affects the accuracy and correctness of production scheduling. Jiesuirui Technology hopes to bring high-quality products and high-quality solutions together with the steel companies to seek for the future.