Recently, many cement enterprises have disclosed their third quarter performance one after another. Among them, the decline in profits and losses have become the main tone of the performance of cement enterprises this year. Since
this year, the demand for cement has declined significantly, the contradiction between supply and demand has become increasingly prominent, the "price war" of cement has broken out everywhere, and the profits of the industry have declined sharply. With the decline of cement demand and the arrival of the peak of production capacity, a cyclical industry shuffle is inevitable. Under such circumstances, cement enterprises should enhance their competitiveness in time and enhance their ability to survive.
Looking at the industry situation, how should cement enterprises deal with the current situation? Recently, many cement enterprise leaders have said in their exchanges with China Cement Network that relying on digital and intelligent technology, energy saving, cost reduction, quality and efficiency improvement, and enhancing competitiveness are the key for cement enterprises to meet the challenges. Liu Yongxing, chairman of
Oriental Hope Group, pointed out that when the industry is at its normal development and peak, "scale is king" and "cost is king" when the industry is at its low ebb. At present, the cement market has changed from the high growth orientation of "scale is king" to the high quality orientation of "quality is king" and "cost is king". Opportunities and challenges coexist in the industry. Enterprises must strengthen technological innovation, actively promote energy-saving and consumption-reducing technological transformation, strengthen lean management, and achieve healthy development. Lin Guorong, secretary and chairman of the
Southern Cement Party Committee, said that one of the means for cement enterprises to enhance their competitiveness is to enhance the degree of intelligence. He emphasized that intellectualization can optimize production and supply, "based on data intelligence", "guaranteed by intelligent operation and maintenance", "digitalized and intellectualized transformation and upgrading of production and operation mode with intelligent production to improve benefits", and realize automation of factory operation, visualization of management, pre-control of faults, coordination of all elements and scientific wisdom. Improve product quality and reduce operating costs. He Kunhuang, general manager
of Tapai Group, said that green intelligence is the only way for sustainable development of cement industry. Enterprises should actively promote technological transformation and equipment upgrading, actively introduce new products and equipment, vigorously promote the green low-carbon transformation and digital intelligent upgrading of traditional cement industry, build green mines, digital mines, green factories and intelligent factories.
Digitalization and intellectualization are the core factors affecting the long-term development of cement enterprises. In order to further explore the construction of intelligent factories in the cement industry and promote the process of intelligent development in the cement industry, China Cement Network will be launched on November 29, 2023. The Fifth China Cement Intelligence Summit Forum was held in Hangzhou with the theme of "Data-Driven Decision-Making Intelligence Leads the Future", inviting industry experts, scholars and representatives of relevant enterprises to participate. Stay tuned!