UBTECH PLM Platform Project Case Study

Background of the project

Shenzhen UBTECH Robotics Co., Ltd., founded in 2012, is a global high-tech enterprise integrating artificial intelligence and humanoid robot research and development, platform software development and application, and product sales. In 2008, UBTECH started with the development of servo actuators, the core source of power for humanoid robots. It took 5 years to overcome technical difficulties and became a global leader in performance parameters, stability, and cost performance. It also maintains its technical advantages in the industry with independent intellectual property rights except for chips. It has gradually launched a number of products, including the Alpha series of consumer-grade humanoid robots, Jimu, a smart programming robot for STEM education, and Cruzr, a commercial service robot for smart cloud platforms. In 2018, UBTECH was valued at US$5 billion.

The era of digital economy has arrived, and Chinese enterprises will also face more new opportunities and challenges. Only with leadership, visibility and high foresight can they stand out with advanced business and management models. As a start-up, UBTECH has established a firm foothold in the immature market of artificial intelligence and robots that still needs to be cultivated. It has always been adhering to the values ​​of excellence and innovation, mutual achievement, cooperation and sharing, and simplicity and directness. Its mission is to bring intelligent robots into thousands of households and make human lifestyles more convenient, intelligent and humane. It strives to achieve the vision of becoming a leading Chinese intelligent robot company in 3-5 years and creating an excellent global brand of intelligent service robots in 5-10 years.

Market environment

At present, my country's artificial intelligence industry is developing well and has huge potential. With the introduction of central and local support policies, the field of artificial intelligence represented by the robotics industry has entered a period of vigorous development in my country. According to statistical analysis, the scale of the global robotics industry exceeded US$25 billion in 2017, an increase of more than 20%, and is expected to reach US$30 billion in 2018. In 2017, the scale of my country's robotics industry reached nearly US$7 billion, and is expected to reach US$8.74 billion in 2018. Since 2013, the average annual growth rate has reached 29.7%, becoming an important force for the stable growth of the global robotics industry.

As one of the important fields of scientific and technological change, the combination of robots and artificial intelligence technology is becoming closer and closer. Robots will have a profound impact on the production mode and lifestyle of human society, and will gradually become the "protagonist" of the production and life system. With the accelerated integration of new-generation information and communication technologies such as the Internet of Things, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence with the manufacturing industry, the development of digitalization, networking, and intelligence has also injected new impetus into the global robotics industry. Robots are deeply integrated with new-generation information technology, the scope of application is constantly expanding, and international cooperation in the field of robotics is closer. Faced with such a market environment, UBTECH, as a leader in the domestic robotics industry, has chosen the product lifecycle management ( PLM ) platform, using its latest information technology to further develop and build the UBTECH brand and take the road of intelligent manufacturing industry research and development and informatization.

Project Implementation

⦁ Project confirmation and launch

After five months of planning and preparation, UBTECH finally chose to cooperate with Shanghai Pai Rui Information Technology Co., Ltd. The project was successfully launched on December 10, 2018. As a professional service provider specializing in product lifecycle management (PLM) solution consulting, planning, customized development and implementation and promotion services, Pai Rui Technology has been focusing on the industry for more than ten years and will escort UBTECH's PLM project throughout the process. Establish an enterprise-level R&D management platform to lay a good data foundation for the company's informatization.

⦁ Project Goal

1. Integrate and connect projects, R&D, process manufacturing, quality, supply chain and other links and fields in the product life cycle, and achieve seamless cross-departmental integration.

2. Improve product development, delivery and service capabilities.

3. Standardize all aspects of product development (definition, classification, standards, rules), and implement standardized and unified management of product development operations of each department.

4. Improve product development efficiency, reduce risks, and shorten the overall development cycle.

5. Improve management transparency and provide timely basis for management decisions.

6. Data sedimentation, accumulation, confidentiality, improved sharing, and easy search.

3. Project Implementation Plan

PLM Project Responsibilities List

IV. Project System Management

There is no order without rules. The perfect launch of a project requires efforts from all aspects. This time, UBTECH's PLM project has strict management and requirements in terms of meeting minutes, training, assessment, document management, etc.

Conclusion

Xin Guobin, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, once pointed out that "the digital transformation of the economy is the most typical sign of a new round of global technological and industrial revolution, and the most critical driving force is the innovative breakthroughs in cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence. The digital economy is increasingly becoming a new engine for inclusive growth and sustainable development of the world economy. Vigorously developing the digital economy has become a global consensus." We must seize this major opportunity of the rapid rise of the global digital economy, give full play to the advantages of large markets, large networks, and large manufacturing, and promote the accelerated development of my country's manufacturing industry towards digitalization, networking, and intelligence, and promote industrial integration and application innovation. Intelligent and information development solutions represented by PLM systems have been recognized and chosen by more and more companies, and gradually achieved in-depth integration with other information systems of the company. It solves the coordination between different stages of the product, different participants and organizations, efficient collaborative applications, optimized business processes, improved corporate work efficiency, shortened response time, and brought better profit returns to the company.