State Grid Jiangxi Nankang District Power Supply Company Supporting Furniture Companies' Upgrade from "Manufacturing" to "Smart Manufacturing"

State Grid Jiangxi Nankang District Power Supply Company Supporting Furniture Companies' Upgrade from "Manufacturing" to "Smart Manufacturing"

On November 1, cheering slogans of the Double 11 shopping spree can be seen everywhere in the E-commerce village, Longling village, Longling county, Nankang district, Ganzhou city, Jiangxi province. Customer service associates were busy replying to inquiries online, and all production lines in production shops were in high gear. On the occasion of the Double 11 shopping spree, furniture e-commerce stores were exerting themselves to catch the chance to hit a selling record.

Over the past years, the "City of Furniture in China" has implemented the "No. 1 Project" of the digital economy, established the "One Network, Five Centers" for modern furniture, and a manufacturing factory of "digital + physical factories + sharing" which combine online and offline, virtual and real has been built. In 2021, the total output value of the Nankang furniture industry reached 227 billion yuan, making it the most distinctive and largest industrial cluster in Ganzhou city.

Employees are checking power supply equipment in Longhui Sharing Smart Preparation Center of Nankang District Chengfa Intelligent Manufacturing Project [Photo by Zhong Lixia]

State Grid has made an all-out effort to support the furniture industry to achieve leapfrog development. State Grid Jiangxi Nankang District Power Supply Company insists on the principle of "electricity waiting for companies" and has sped up the construction of electricity-supporting projects. The layout of one substation in one district has been basically achieved. In 2022, the power supply of State Grid Jiangxi Nankang District Power Supply Company reaches 1.196 million kW, a year-on-year increase of 9.12%. And it has rolled out services as "four zeroes" (zero fees, zero conditions, zero approval process, and zero visits) and "four savings" (money-saving, time-saving, energy-saving, and worry-saving) so that companies are able to enjoy "Internet + twenty-four-hour" online services. The employees also provide on-site electricity checking service, and guide them to use electricity safely, scientifically, and economically.

Employees are patrolling the China Nankang International Furniture Expo Center venue to check electricity utilization [Photo by Lu Zhirong]

Services from "electricity staff", "electricity valet" and "electricity housekeeper" contribute to the development of the smart manufacturing of Nankang Furniture. (By Liu Yiqun)