GST performed more than 50 smart factory building companies. It is rare for a local IT company to build a smart factory for more than 50 manufacturers.
CEO, Oh Jun-cheol announced on the 8th that it has built smart factories in 11 companies including solar energy in the first half of this year, so far, 50 smart factories have been built.
GST's Smart Factory, which has only been built four to five annually by 2014, has grown to around 10 annually since last year. Since the company was founded in 2006, the company focused on the IT grafting factory automation business, and developed, packaged and suggested solutions for local manufacturing characteristics and environments.
GST is packaging the solutions necessary for the establishment of smart factories such as production operation management (MES), product development support (PLM), supply chain management (SCM), enterprise resource management (ERP) and factory energy management (FEMS). Can be built with Individual application is also easy if necessary.
This is the result of developing and applying smart factory solution for the company's field by facing customers in the manufacturing field for the past 10 years.
Oh Jun-cheol said, “Manufacturing in Southeastern manufacturing industry is a large number of shipbuilding equipment and automobile and machine parts companies.” “It is difficult to achieve the automation effect by applying existing standardized solutions to the root industries such as plastic processing, casting, and heat treatment.”
However, Oh added, “Even if it was time and costly, we proposed a customized solution for the industry and company.”
GST's smart factory has high customer satisfaction. There are rumors among Southeast manufacturers that it is certain to leave GE to factory automation.
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This is why some of the world's leading small and mid-sized companies, such as 'Fine' in the world of automotive engine cleaners selected in the World Class 300 and Hidden Champion 'Panasia' in the offshore plant sector, chose GST in building smart factories.
GS Factory's smart factory of 'Gyeongsung Hi-Tech' and 'LSK', an auto parts injection company, received 'very good' in the expert evaluation of smart factory promotion team.
Automotive mold company Shinhwa ST achieved 70% growth in sales last year compared to 2014 by incorporating advanced mold fusion technology into the production site thanks to the establishment of GST's smart factory system.
Not only the number of smart factory building companies but also the building industry is diversifying.
In the past, focusing on automotive parts and shipbuilding equipment, GS E & C recently commissioned the introduction and construction of smart factories in the food, defense, and heavy equipment industries.
GST, which raised 2.1 billion won last year, aims to achieve 3 billion won this year.
Oh said, “The establishment and proliferation of smart factories depends on the trust between the manufacturer, the supplier, and the IT company.” “When both manufacturers know what they want and propose solutions, both adopters and builders can succeed.”
Busan = Im Dong Sik Reporter dslim@etnews.com
Source: Electronic Newspaper (http://www.etnews.com/)
