en.Wedoany.com Reported - Recently, the Haimen Base of China Merchants Shipbuilding, empowered by RootCloud, was recognized as a "Lighthouse Factory" by the World Economic Forum, becoming a benchmark for digital and intelligent transformation in the global shipbuilding industry. The World Economic Forum announced the 16th batch of the "Global Lighthouse Network" list. The Haimen Base of China Merchants Shipbuilding, under China Merchants Group, was selected in the "Productivity Excellence" category for its digital and intelligent transformation practices in the construction of high-end green vessels, making it an enterprise base within the network in the shipbuilding industry.
The "Global Lighthouse Network," initiated by the World Economic Forum, aims to recognize advanced operational sites and value chains worldwide that have achieved outstanding results in productivity, supply chain resilience, customer centricity, sustainable development, and talent development. Selected sites are evaluated by an independent panel of experts and represent leading practices in the digital and intelligent transformation of manufacturing and supply chains.
In recent years, facing challenges such as rapidly growing demand for green vessels, increased construction complexity, and compressed delivery cycles, the Haimen Base of China Merchants Shipbuilding has leveraged its introduced laser center to independently upgrade intelligent production lines, systematically advance deep upgrades in smart manufacturing, and deploy over 25 digital and intelligent solutions. These cover key scenarios such as AI-driven production planning and scheduling, digital twin block assembly construction, and just-in-time logistics, enabling end-to-end integration of production planning and on-site execution.
The results of the intelligent transformation have achieved quantitative breakthroughs. Verified data shows that the base's production capacity has increased by 2.6 times, dock turnaround time has been shortened by 52%, and the first-pass yield for block assembly has improved by 25%, forming advanced manufacturing capabilities for the batch construction of high-end green vessels.
The World Economic Forum noted that the new batch of lighthouse enterprises is embedding intelligent capabilities throughout their operational processes to achieve faster responses and more sustainable performance breakthroughs. This selection marks international recognition of the phased achievements of China Merchants Group's science and innovation industry sector in the direction of high-end, intelligent, and green development.
At the start of the "15th Five-Year Plan," China Merchants Shipbuilding will take the Haimen Base as a demonstration, continue to deepen the integration of technologies such as artificial intelligence, digital twins, and intelligent logistics in shipbuilding scenarios, promote the replication and dissemination of advanced experiences, accelerate the development of new quality productive forces, and provide global customers with higher quality, higher efficiency, and greener, lower-carbon ship and offshore products and services. China Merchants Group will continue to drive its subsidiaries to lead industrial innovation with technological innovation, contributing to the high-quality development of China's manufacturing industry and the continuous construction of a maritime power.
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