On March 15, 2024, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology organized key enterprises in the industry to participate in the "Symposium on Key Enterprises of Intelligent Logistics Equipment". Bu Zhilin, R&D Director of HCD Group, and Cheng Wenming, General Manager of Wuhan DEMC Robotics Company, represented HCD Group at the conference. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology held this meeting to listen to the ideas and suggestions of enterprises, collect information on the industry situation of "intelligent transportation and intelligent logistics", and assist relevant departments of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology in preparing proposals to support the reduction of overall logistics costs in the intelligent transportation and intelligent logistics industry.

The leaders of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology made speeches and provided guidance on relevant work. In accordance with the spirit of the Fourth Meeting of the Central Committee for Finance and Economics, the National Development and Reform Commission has issued corresponding guidance documents to reduce the overall logistics cost. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will follow up on various measures: promoting advanced production capacity, improving quality and efficiency, and supporting industrial development; The implementation of intelligent transportation and intelligent warehousing system solutions plays a very important role in improving user efficiency, reducing logistics costs, and ultimately enhancing the overall operational efficiency of the national economy. This is both an opportunity and a challenge for the intelligent equipment industry. The leaders of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology expect all participating companies, as key enterprises in the industry, to play a leading role, enhance their capabilities, and meet the development needs of the market.

At the symposium, Mr. Bu Zhilin, R&D Director of HCD Group, made a speech introducing the company's business situation in the past three years, the supporting situation of its core product supply chain, the promotion and application of its products in domestic and international markets, the experience and insights of promoting digital transformation, the role of intelligent logistics equipment in reducing logistics costs for the whole society, and suggestions for the development and transformation of the intelligent logistics equipment industry.

As a leading provider of intelligent automation equipment system services, HCD Group has continuously improved its business strategy in the past three years. By enhancing its competitiveness to cope with changes and challenges in the external environment, it has maintained a considerable market share, mainly focusing on automated conveying equipment for domestic and foreign automobile manufacturing enterprises, intelligent assembly lines, and intelligent conveying equipment for new energy photovoltaic manufacturing enterprises. In addition to related businesses in automobile manufacturing enterprises, overseas markets also involve logistics and warehousing for alcohol distribution. HCD Group provides customers in the above-mentioned fields with comprehensive solutions for intelligent equipment automation systems, including logistics and warehousing automation solutions, automated conveying intelligent assembly lines and new energy automation equipment, and robot welding automation equipment solutions. The company's products have a wide range of applications in the automotive industry, new energy, and photovoltaic industries both domestically and internationally, with obvious advantages and disadvantages. Our products have high cost-effectiveness and high-quality customer service, but our brand influence is insufficient, and there are certain industry barriers in promoting them in overseas markets. Our core technology and system control software used in our equipment products are all self-developed, but the universal design software used in the product design process is generally developed by foreign companies. Some components in the equipment are also imported products from foreign brands designated by customers, but some products from foreign brands are gradually being introduced into domestic production. Overall, there are no obvious signs of bottleneck.

Digital transformation is the current trend and inevitable requirement for the development of society and various industries. Digital transformation is not only about technological changes, but also involves the transformation and enhancement of organizational culture, business processes, and talent skills. The company needs to establish a flexible organizational structure that encourages innovation and learning to adapt to the new digital environment, while investing in employee training and skill enhancement to ensure that the team can adapt to new digital tools and technologies. HCD Group has done a lot of work in promoting digital transformation, investing a large amount of resources from the support of company leadership to cultural and organizational changes, as well as talent investment. In practical work, we have also encountered practical difficulties and challenges: firstly, the pressure of initial investment costs. Digital transformation requires a large amount of investment, including technical equipment, talent training, system integration, and other aspects; secondly Security and privacy issues, digital transformation may increase the security and privacy risks faced by companies or customers, such as data breaches, network attacks, etc; thirdly Business process redesign and digital transformation may require redesigning and optimizing existing business processes, which involves coordination and collaboration within the organization.

Regarding the important role of intelligent logistics equipment in improving logistics efficiency, optimizing resource utilization, reducing labor costs, and reducing inventory and warehousing costs, HCD Group has accumulated certain knowledge and experience through years of deep cultivation in the industry. First of all, Improve the efficiency and accuracy of logistics operations through automation and intelligent technology. For example, automated warehousing systems can achieve fast storage and retrieval of goods, reducing manual operation time and error rates, thereby improving logistics efficiency. Then Optimizing transportation routes and resource utilization: Intelligent logistics equipment can optimize transportation routes and resource utilization through real-time monitoring and data analysis, effectively reducing empty load rates and transportation distances, and lowering transportation costs. And then Reducing labor costs: The application of intelligent logistics equipment can reduce the demand for manual operations, lower the labor intensity of workers, and ultimately reduce labor costs. The last reduce inventory and warehousing costs: Intelligent logistics equipment can optimize inventory management by real-time inventory monitoring and predicting demand, reducing inventory backlog and excess, thereby reducing warehousing costs.

Regarding the development and transformation of the intelligent logistics equipment industry, representatives from HCD Group put forward suggestions from four aspects: policy support and incentives, industry standardization and normalization, talent cultivation and introduction, and coordinated development of the industrial chain. 1、 Establish and improve fiscal and financial support policies for the development of intelligent logistics equipment industry, reduce enterprise financing costs, and promote rapid industrial development. Encourage enterprises to increase their research and development investment and improve their technological content through policy support such as tax reduction and fee reduction, and providing financial subsidies. Encourage enterprises to strengthen cooperation with universities and research institutes, establish industry university research cooperation mechanisms, and accelerate the transformation of scientific and technological achievements. 2、 Develop relevant standards and specifications for intelligent logistics equipment, strengthen supervision of the intelligent logistics equipment industry, regulate market order, promote healthy competition in the industry, and combat malicious low price behavior in the market. 3、 Strengthen the cultivation of talents in the field of intelligent logistics equipment, establish a multi-channel talent training system for universities, society, and enterprises, strengthen cooperation and exchanges with the international intelligent logistics equipment field, absorb advanced technology and management experience from abroad, and at the same time, attract outstanding talents from home and abroad to join the intelligent logistics equipment industry through policy guidance, and enhance the overall technical level and competitiveness of the industry. 4、 Strengthen cooperation between upstream and downstream enterprises in the industrial chain, form a complete industrial chain, and enhance the overall industrial added value. At the same time, we will strongly support small and medium-sized enterprises to participate in industrial chain cooperation, promote resource sharing and complementary advantages between upstream and downstream of the industrial chain.

The leaders attending this meeting include Lu Ruiyang, a first level researcher from the Intelligent Manufacturing Department of the Equipment Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and Zheng Kun, Deputy Director of the Intelligent Manufacturing Department; Yin Feng, Director of the Intelligent Equipment Department at the Equipment Industry Development Center of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and Xiao Guannan, Liu Zhuang, and Gu Jianxin, Assistant Researchers at the Intelligent Equipment Department. The key enterprises invited to participate in this symposium are Beijing Institute of Technology Development Co., Ltd., Jike Development Technology Co., Ltd., Huachangda Intelligent Equipment Group Co., Ltd., Meituan, Dema Technology Group Co., Ltd., Hefei Jingsong Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd., and Nanjing Yinfei Storage Equipment (Group) Co., Ltd.