Okelo went ahead and collaborated with NanxingMachinery to build an intelligent manufacturing production base. Since the plant officially started operating in March, over 2000 sets of cabinets, wardrobes and other customised furniture have been produced. With an output value of more。
“The efficiency of our new production line has increased by 35% compared to traditional production lines. We have reduced our staff by half, yet our entire production has managed to yield additioinal output value of about 20%,” said Li Guohua, Director of Okelo.
A WINNING COLLABORATION
In a traditional mass furniture production model, the variety of goods produced is very limited and production is inefficient in many ways. Manufacturers face common challenges such as strong dependency on workers, frequent errors made at different stages of production and are unable to meet current market demands. As the leader in China’s domestic furniture manufacturing machinery industry, Nanxing Machinery places great focus in wood-based panel manufacturing technology and research and development. By developing advanced technology in automation, intelligence and data production, Nanxing Machinery is ready to provide enterprises with integrated solutions to create seamless production systems in their plants. Nanxing Machinery and Finchinasoft have also joined forces to build the ultimate “Smart Factory” by combining Nanxing Machinery’s rich experience in automation technology and Finchinasoft’s deep know how in digitalisation. Through the use of robots and networking software, Okelo’s 4.0 smart factory seamlessly connects four workstations: cutting, edgebanding, drilling and sorting. This automated assembly line with end-to-end integration significantly reduces labour and error rates, improves efficiency, and promotes the digitalisation of customised furniture manufacturing.As the second and third phrases of scaling-up the automated production line come to completion, the plant will be able to reach the designated output value of 200 million yuan (US$28.3m) per annum, Nanxing Machinery looks forward to take the leap with Okelo into a new era of intelligent production. All images are credited to Nanxing Machinery.