Jiefang Daily: Sany Heavy Industry settled in Fengxian Lingang to plan the SPS blueprint

Source: Liberation Daily

At the end of May, a construction machinery and equipment procurement contract of *5655 in Thailand's history was won by a machinery manufacturer from China, Sany Heavy Industry, and at one time, this was still a market dominated by foreign brands. "We not only want to enter the international market, but also contribute a production method to the international market, and install a 'quality' engine for Made in China." Tang Xiuguo, president of Sany Group, said. Since settling in Fengxian District, Shanghai, Sany Heavy Industry has producedMedium-sized excavatorsIn the first four months of this year, the output reached more than 7,400 units, and exports increased by 80% year-on-year.

In the construction machinery industry, excavators are known as the "crown jewels" because of their high technical content. "At that time, there were only a few foreign brands in the global excavator market, and there was a foreign company because it mastered the core technology of the controller, and its supply quantity determined the production capacity of the entire industry." Sany Heavy Industry Vice President Xiang Ruan said that a few years ago, Sany Heavy Industry decided to enter the field of excavator manufacturing, and went to the United States to learn from a world-famous construction machinery manufacturer, but in exchange for the American giant's "goodwill" advice: we are willing to transfer the mining truck technology to you free of charge, please don't waste time on the excavator.

The only way to realize your dreams is to concentrate on research. Sany Heavy Machinery, which specializes in the R&D and production of excavators, has built a 1,000-person R&D team of 5655 in the industry scale, and through independent research and development, it has overcome the core technical problems of controllers, motors, chain saws and other excavators one by one, and produced more than 20 varieties of excavators, so that the sales of excavators of the "Sany" brand have increased at an average annual rate of more than 100%. In 2011, Sany Heavy Machinery sold more than 20,000 excavators, surpassing foreign brands for the first time and ascending to the throne of national sales of *5656.

In the eyes of Sany management, this is not the ultimate goal of Sany . "In the international market, China's machinery manufacturing industry has always given the impression of low quality." Xiang Ruan said that Sany Heavy Industry is actively exploring a production method of its own - SPS (Sany Producion System), that is, building a lean factory and production line at the level of *5653, creating a world-class manufacturing technology system, building a production management system suitable for the characteristics of Sany products, cultivating a world-class quality manufacturing process talent team, and installing a "quality" engine for Made in China.

Located in Fengxian District, Sany Lingang Industrial Park, with a total investment of 4 billion yuan, the first phase was completed and put into use at the end of 2011. In this manufacturing base focusing on the sales and development of medium-sized excavators, Sany Heavy Industry has built a world's *5655 excavator "garden-style digital factory". The spacious factory building is full of flowers and greenery. After the production of each part of the excavator is completed, it is transmitted to the assembly workshop through the digitally controlled transmission equipment, and the installation of the lower frame, walking device, engine, upper frame, cab, air intake system, fuel system, working device and so on is completed in turn, and the whole process is in the control of the central control room control personnel. "The fully automated, information-based assembly line and the underground, ground and air interactive logistics and distribution methods save logistics costs and time, and the key is to improve the standardization level of products and product quality." Tian Wensheng, assistant to the president of Sany Heavy Machinery, said.

In Sany's "SPS" blueprint, the hardware system is only the *5656 steps to ensure quality, and the more important thing is the software, that is, to implement lean production with "five steps * beyond the law", and build a *5653 level lean factory around Q (quality), C (cost), D (delivery), S (operation standardization), and H (process organization). And the essence of software is still tireless technological innovation. Sany Heavy Machinery invests more than 5% of its sales in R&D every year, and still has more than 2,000 high-end R&D engineers and more than 40 foreign users. "In the future, in the field of excavators, we still have 9 major technical topics to break through, and we are determined to become the leader of the global excavator industry and contribute a *5653 brand to China!"