The petrochemical industry hotly discusses digital transformation

Sinochem News on December 27th, the 2021 (18th) China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Integration Promotion Conference was held in Zhengzhou, Henan.
Contents such as digital transformation, industrial Internet applications and intelligent manufacturing development became industry experts and corporate representatives Hot topic
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Participants at the conference expressed that it is necessary to take a correct view of some of the problems faced in the development process, and to start a new situation in the digital transformation of the petrochemical industry with new technologies and new models

Wu Fu, vice chairman of the Petrochemical Federation, said that during the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, petrochemical industry companies have adopted pilot demonstrations, new model applications, technological transformation and upgrades, and smart manufacturing demonstration projects have become obvious.
Smart parks have entered the acceleration zone.
New breakthroughs have been made in the application of information technology, and a situation in which the entire industry vigorously promotes intelligent manufacturing has basically taken shape
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However, there are still some problems in digital transformation: first, lack of joint venture technology and insufficient innovation; second, weak production technology and intelligence capabilities; third, relatively lagging basic work in the industry; fourth, urgent need for understanding of smart manufacturing Improve; Fifth, lack of compound talents

Under the new situation, how to promote digital transformation is a topic of discussion among the participants
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Li Yang, deputy director of the Digital and Future Industries Division of the Henan Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology, believes that it is necessary to fully implement the digital transformation strategy, highlight the leading and enabling role of digitalization, and accelerate the digital transformation of manufacturing

Chen Jie, director of CITIC Union and executive vice president of Beijing Guoxin Digital Transformation Technology Research Institute, proposed that digital transformation must be transformed into "five transformations", namely, transformation of strategy, capability, technology, management, and business
.

These "five revolutions" must be promoted in concert to effectively complete the entire digital transformation work

Hu Bin, Chief Information Officer of Sinochem Energy Co.
, Ltd.
, said that in the petrochemical field, although digital transformation has achieved certain development, overall, the industry's digital level is relatively low, the foundation is relatively weak, the digital divide between enterprises is relatively obvious, and the industry is synergistic.
The level is relatively low, and there is still a big gap in digital transformation compared with some retail, communications, banking and other industries
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However, with the rapid development of digital technology, there is still huge room for digital development

"The petrochemical industry must actively explore the application of digital twins
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" Xie Hong, chairman of Beijing Hushi Technology Company, said that digital twins are an important technology for the development of intelligent manufacturing and the industrial Internet.

"The '14th Five-Year Plan' is the key two years for intelligent manufacturing and deepening the application of the entire industry
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" Talking about the current and future digitalization work, Wu Fu said that for small and medium-sized chemical enterprises, the foundation of intelligent manufacturing is weak and capital investment is small.