In the dark, pieces of canned chicken powder quickly circulated on the high conveyor belt before entering the next operation link; below, the robot shuttled back and forth on the ground according to the planned route, transporting loading and unloading objects, busy and orderly... …In Unilever Tianjin Food Factory, which was rated as the world's "Lighthouse Factory", intelligent quality management has been realized.
According to the latest list of "Lighthouse Factories" released by the World Economic Forum, among the 132 "Lighthouse Factories" in the world, China leads with 50 seats. More and more Chinese factories have become "lighthouse factories", which is the epitome of China's manufacturing industry seizing new heights for high-quality development.
The food "lighthouse factory" is full of high technology
What kind of existence is "Lighthouse Factory"? The "Lighthouse Factory" was selected by the Davos World Economic Forum and the management consulting company McKinsey in cooperation. The selected ones are all "Digital Manufacturing" and "Globalization 4.0" demonstrators, representing the high level of intelligent manufacturing and digitalization in the global manufacturing industry today. .
Among the 132 "lighthouse factories" in the world, there are 7 "lighthouse factories" related to the food and beverage industry, from Unilever, Tsingtao Brewery, Mondelez, Danone and Coca-Cola, involving ice cream, beer, condiments, biscuits, Comprehensive food and other subdivisions.
How does an advanced factory work? Walking into the production workshop of the "Lighthouse Factory" of Unilever and Luxue Taicang, the ice cream factory has constant temperature and humidity, and the body does not feel cold. Robots and conveyor belts can be seen everywhere, running quietly and quickly. only a few workers are in front of the operating table Work. According to Wang Jiameng, the production manager of Heluxue Taicang Factory, this is a cute production line that can produce 680 products in one minute. At present, the automation level of the factory is over 80%. The production shift that required 70 people to complete before now only needs 9 people. "In the past, after the egg rolls were produced, they were boxed to the warehouse, and then transported from the warehouse to the ice cream production line. But now the produced egg rolls go directly to the production line through the conveyor belt, and they are still hot." Wang Jiameng said.
Zhang Haitao, general manager of Unilever Food Nutrition North Asia, said that at Unilever Tianjin Food Factory, through a customized AI model, comprehensive consideration of decision-making factors such as production lead time, production capacity, and demand urgency can make long-term demand plans That translates to a factory supply plan covering 13 weeks, or even less. "In terms of product quality control, we have established a food safety risk control platform based on machine vision in the production process, connecting more than 200 cameras using artificial intelligence algorithms, and through AI cameras, sensors and quality management systems, food safety risk points Full coverage, and real-time monitoring of key process parameters." Zhang Haitao said.