As May Day approaches this year, Fujian Shunchang Hongrun Precision Instrument Co., Ltd. has shown a dazzling report card: an intelligent manufacturing upgrading and transformation project with an investment of more than 20 million yuan was completed and put into operation. Product quality and output and intelligent manufacturing levels have been comprehensively improved. Sales in the first four months of this year increased by 10% compared with the same period last year.

At the beginning of 2020, when the Hongrun Intelligent Manufacturing Upgrading Project was about to be launched, it suddenly encountered severe pressure from my country's chip import blockade, and the main components of the instrument were worried about being out of supply. Faced with the complex situation, Hongrun's management hesitated on whether to launch new projects. Under heavy pressure, to stabilize the position or even shrink the front line to ensure safety is the choice of many peers. However, after careful consideration, Hongrun made another choice: to take the initiative, introduce new products and upgrades, and turn crises into opportunities. Chairman Lin Shanping said that strong winds know strong grass, and companies must dare to take responsibility and withstand under heavy pressure. Some companies will shrink or collapse due to the chip crisis, while companies that survive will have new opportunities. Therefore, Hongrun must act proactively. Only offense is the best defense.

Over the past two years, Hongrun has started a two-handed chess game to ensure production and promote development. The first move is to ensure production and supply, reserve raw materials such as chips in advance, speed up the research on substitution of domestic chips, and ensure that the supply of important components will not be cut off due to foreign blockades. In order to unblock sales channels, the company vigorously strengthens the construction of e-commerce platforms and stabilizes and expands customers through e-commerce. The third move is a new move. On the one hand, the factory is expanded, the level of modern equipment is improved, and informatization is improved; on the other hand, technical teams are organized to cooperate with scientific research institutions to increase efforts to develop new products to ensure the expansion of intelligent manufacturing upgrade projects. After fighting the epidemic for more than two years, the company has developed four series and 30 varieties of new products, providing a solid foundation for gaining new customers and expanding into new markets. After the new project is put into production, it not only expands Hongrun's production capacity, but more importantly, improves the level of intelligent manufacturing and further releases productivity.

Be prepared for danger in times of peace, and only by practicing hard internal skills can you weather the storm

Hongrun dares to go against the trend. Behind this is the confidence they have been practicing hard for many years. When Hongrun Company was founded in 1995, it was just a small private factory. The company had a smooth start-up period, but crises always existed. Without its own core technology and not good at protecting intellectual property rights, the company had an intellectual property dispute with its peers in 2006. It was because of the unforgettable pain that the people of "Hongrun" unswervingly embarked on the road of technological innovation. Put forward the slogan "We have a long way to go in technological innovation and intellectual property protection", enhance innovation awareness, aim at world-class level, increase capital investment, make good use of R&D talents, and encourage exploration and innovation. After more than ten years of unremitting efforts, the company has established 5 companies, 1 academician workstation and 2 R&D centers in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Nanjing, Hangzhou and other places, and has become a national high-tech enterprise and a national intellectual property advantage enterprise. The "Hongrun" trademark is a well-known trademark in China. It has 500 national patents, 100 computer software copyrights, and has presided over or participated in the formulation of 60 national standards.

What better reflects Hongrun’s hard work on internal skills is the 12-year construction of “integration of three modernizations”.

Hongrun strengthens independent research and development on the basis of comprehensive implementation of national standards. Enterprise management strictly complies with the ISO9001:2015 standard to establish a quality management system. A series of management software such as management systems, job responsibilities, rectification opinions, employee handbooks, and production job instructions have unified management standards and assessment systems, echoing each other and connecting from end to end. The standardization of production and management lays a solid foundation for enterprise information construction.

Hongrun strengthens information technology, builds an information integration and sharing platform and various management coordination systems inside and outside the company, realizes R&D, manufacturing, and market connections, connects the company, employees, and customers, and promotes standardization through informatization. It penetrates into all aspects and links. In 2011, the company introduced the ERP system and based on it, combined with the company's production and manufacturing characteristics, independently developed the MES system, including production and manufacturing management systems, sales management, financial management, office systems, and after-sales service systems, forming a complete set of efficient, The stable enterprise information management system enables real-time control of enterprise management and operation, making it efficient and convenient. As you can see on the production line, there is a visual electronic signboard in front of each operator. The production progress, repair rate, and qualification rate of each product are displayed in real time. The destination of each part and finished product is completely "clearly visible."

By scanning the production transfer sheet, operators can query the work instructions related to the process online in real time and confirm the work content. These data are linked to the performance appraisal. The employees themselves and each other can understand the work results at a glance, understand each other, promote each other, and understand each other. Effective in motivating and uniting the team.

Hongrun Automation Construction implements independent research and development and introduction and purchase to walk on two legs: first, research and development. Hongrun independently developed a fully automatic IC software burning machine. Compared with manual operation, it saves two-thirds of the time and greatly improves efficiency and quality. The independently developed small robot spot welding machine can increase the success rate of one spot welding to 99.9%. One robot can complete the workload of five people, increasing efficiency five times. We independently designed and developed an automatic instrument calibration system, which can calibrate 6 instruments at one time without being prone to errors. The second is to introduce purchases. Hongrun was willing to invest and purchased production equipment such as fully automatic high-speed placement machines, solder paste printing machines, reflow soldering machines, and wave soldering machines to effectively improve the automation level of the production line.

Smart manufacturing brings vitality to Hongrun: First, labor productivity doubles. Over the past 12 years, the annual output of Hongrun Instruments has increased from 100,000 to 700,000 units, but the number of employees has only increased slightly. The second is to double the research and development capabilities. In the past 12 years, the variety of Hongrun instruments has increased from 5 major series and hundreds of varieties to 10 major series and thousands of varieties. The third is to double the quality level. Over the past 12 years, the failure rate and repair rate of Hongrun instruments have dropped year by year and currently remain at less than one thousandth. The brand reputation ranks among the top among domestic peers.