CHONGQING, China, June 20, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Nexteer Automotive's non-consolidated subsidiary - Chongqing Nexteer Steering System Co., Ltd. - has been recognized by Chongqing Municipal Government as a leader in Advanced Manufacturing by adding the company into the "2018 List of Pilot Enterprises for the Implementation of Integration of Information Technology and Industrialization Management Systems in Chongqing."
This recognition acknowledges Nexteer's achievements in smart manufacturing by merging IT and manufacturing processes. This integration results in enhanced customer value and responsiveness, quality, traceability, capacity optimization, productivity and proactive decision making.
Nexteer is one of 44 companies to be included in the list of pilot enterprises. To achieve list inclusion, companies must apply and be recommended by departments under the district- and county-level economic and information commission. Then, pass expert review. The final 44 nominated enterprises will start pilot work within a year on the "Implementation of Integration of Information Technology and Industrialization Management System in Chongqing."
In 2015, the State Council unveiled the "Made in China 2025" program with the intent to strengthen China's manufacturing prowess. In this program, nine strategic tasks and priorities were identified, one of which included "deep integration of information technology and industrialization." This key concept is the main element in progressing China's manufacturing.
Chongqing Nexteer has been continuously improving the level of intelligent manufacturing and accelerating the integration of information and industrialization since the plant started production four years ago. Efforts made by Chongqing Nexteer include real-time collection of production equipment information, digitization and cloud storage of physical assets, and digitalization of operation process, optimization of production and management processes, cyber security and closer interconnection among employees. Chongqing Nexteer is constantly improving competitiveness through IT and intelligent manufacturing.
With over 100-years of heritage, Nexteer is a technology leader not only in what we do in advanced steering and driveline systems, but how we do it. Nexteer Digital Trace™ Manufacturing (DTM) earned Frost & Sullivan's 2017 Manufacturing Leadership Award. DTM uses the latest technologies and data analytics within one common, global architecture. Consequently, DTM delivers high-quality product performance, streamlines and interconnects product warehousing, traceability, quality management and other areas while boosting value and global capacity optimization across Nexteer's 24 manufacturing locations worldwide.
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