In 2015, for Chinese manufacturing companies, it is doomed to be calm. With a high degree of focus from all walks of life, the state’s concern and support for China’s manufacturing industry has also reached an unprecedented height. On March 25, 2015, Premier Li Keqiang presided over the executive meeting of the State Council, emphasizing the need to accelerate the implementation of the “Made in China 2025” and realize the upgrading of the manufacturing industry. This move means that “Made in China 2025” will formally enter the implementation stage. Therefore, how to achieve the transformation and upgrading of traditional manufacturing to smart manufacturing becomes a problem that manufacturers must consider.
At present, a new round of industrial revolution is taking place in the world: in terms of production methods, manufacturing is characterized by digitization, networking, and intelligence; in terms of the division of labor, the characteristics of manufacturing services, specialization, and integration are present; At the same time, there will be features such as networking, platformization, and flattening; business models will shift from vendor-centered to consumer-centered, and experience and personality will become important manifestations of manufacturing competitiveness and an important source of profits. At this time, the proposal of the “Made in China 2025” plan is conducive to guiding the intelligent transformation of traditional manufacturing industries in China.

With the changes in market demand and the emergence of manufacturing reflowing developed countries, the drawbacks of China's manufacturing industry's extensive industrial competitiveness caused by extensive development are increasingly evident. Traditional manufacturing to intelligent manufacturing will promote the transformation of production and manufacturing modes. Intelligent manufacturing will become a new mode of production. Companies need to actively face market challenges through smart manufacturing.

The individuation of consumer demand requires traditional manufacturing to break through the existing production model, conduct large data processing and transmission based on massive consumption data and information, and produce a large number of production information and data during the production of these non-standardized products. It needs to be collected, processed and delivered in a timely manner. Both of these big data flows eventually converge through the Internet at smart manufacturing facilities to ensure the production of high-quality, personalized products. This determines the integration of the Internet of Things technology and the manufacturing of the parent machine, and ultimately the formation of a new generation of interconnected smart manufacturing system to replace the traditional production system.

Faced with the new trend of intelligent manufacturing led by information network technology innovation, vigorously advancing the deep integration of “two industries” has become an inevitable choice for the upgrading of China’s manufacturing industry. At present, the competition of manufacturing companies is a competition in the era of globalization in the context of globalization. The deep integration of “two industries” promotes the flexibility of manufacturing enterprises, agile market response, refinement and green management, and increase the competitiveness of manufacturing enterprises. Aspects can play an indispensable role. “Dualization” is an independent measure to increase the overall competitiveness of manufacturing companies and respond to changes in the international environment. It is the only way for manufacturing companies to achieve intelligent manufacturing under the conditions of economic globalization.

With the increasingly widespread application of the Internet in the manufacturing industry, "Internet +" has become a new engine for the transformation of traditional manufacturing to digital and intelligent. First, to promote the upgrading of the manufacturing structure, intelligent services have become a new trend in the development of manufacturing. The second is to promote the management innovation of manufacturing enterprises. Intelligent management has become a new feature of the management of manufacturing enterprises.

Standards are indispensable for smart manufacturing. The establishment of a standardized system is the foundation for traditional enterprises to realize intelligent manufacturing and can play a multiplier role. Manufacturers can establish a standardized manufacturing system for smart manufacturing companies through pilot demonstrations, and build smart manufacturing systems and public service platforms. At present, the rapid development of intelligent manufacturing makes the issue of inconsistent manufacturing standards more obvious. In the manufacturing industry, there is no industry-standard smart manufacturing standard specification. Enterprises face complex technical problems in cross-system and cross-platform integration applications, and some even need to be overturned. For example, some information systems within the enterprise are difficult to integrate because of the lack of uniform standards. Therefore, the government should take the lead in organizing industry alliances, industry associations, research institutions, and enterprises to jointly negotiate and establish a unified industry standard, lay a solid foundation for the construction of smart manufacturing, and promote the traditional manufacturing enterprises to become smart manufacturing.