BEIJING, September 25, 2024 - In today's Chinese dyeing industry, digital transformation has become an unstoppable trend. However, the overall management level of the industry is still relatively traditional. Only a small number of care manufacturers have begun to attempt digital upgrades, but the upgrades are not complete. Data is scattered among various departments, forming data islands, making it difficult for managers to grasp the process status, which in turn makes the certainty and timeliness of care services poor.
As a cutting-edge force in the washing and care industry, Fengchao washing and care keenly captures the current mainstream client base's strong market demand for washing and care, makes full use of digital means, establishes an intelligent dispatching system, uses AI image recognition technology to improve the intelligent sorting system, and makes every effort to create a transparent washing and care link, allowing users to fully grasp the washing and care status, improve the performance timeliness and quality, and establish a clothing life cycle management system.
In 2023, Fengchao Washing Care established a self-operated and self-built washing and care factory in Zhongshan, Guangdong. At the beginning of the construction of the factory, digital elements were fully integrated. Thanks to Fengchao's nearly 9 years of digital experience in terminal logistics, a systematic digital mechanism was formed. During this construction process, Fengchao reused the past digital experience in terminal logistics, and established an intelligent scheduling system according to the characteristics of the washing and care industry, highly matched production capacity and demand, and used AI image recognition to build an intelligent sorting system, dedicated to creating "high timeliness, high quality, and high standard" washing and care delivery quality.
Establish an intelligent scheduling system to highly match production capacity and demand
The intelligent scheduling system established by Fengchao Care can highly match the relationship between demand and production, fully embodying the management concept of intelligent logistics and supply chain. Through this system, the problem of capacity extrusion in peak seasons can be effectively avoided. During peak seasons, the system can increase production capacity according to demand to meet rising demand; while in off-seasons, it can reduce costs by optimizing resource allocation and achieve flexible production capacity allocation.
Fengchao has established a SKU (Minimum Inventory Unit) reservation mechanism based on the intelligent scheduling system. By booking a specific SKU in advance, it can limit the start time and end time of its reservation use, and balance the sales and production capacity in peak seasons through front-end control. This way, it ensures that in different time periods, especially when the off-peak season alternates, it can maximize the use of existing resources, meet market demand, and avoid the loss of orders due to insufficient production capacity.
With the gradual accumulation of data, the system is further iteratively upgraded. By collecting and analyzing real operational data, it provides decision support for Fengchao Washing Care, enabling it to better grasp market dynamics, optimize inventory management strategies, and improve overall supply chain efficiency.
In terms of ensuring the timeliness of contract performance, Fengchao Wash and Care applies an intelligent scheduling system. According to the user's order address, combined with the location of self-operated and self-built factories, the location of cooperative supplier factories, cooperative factory wash and care categories, average daily capacity saturation rate, wash and care timeout rate, and historical complaints, intelligent orders are dispatched. At the same time, real-time optimization and manual intervention are applied according to the data to achieve the goals of shortest logistics distance, lowest cost, best wash and care quality, and fastest service timeliness.
Apply AI image recognition to improve cleaning efficiency
Fengchao Washing and Care actively integrates AI technology and applies it to the washing and care process to comprehensively improve the efficiency of washing and care services. In the process of unpacking clothes, AI image recognition technology can quickly and accurately identify key information such as clothing classification, name, color, etc. The application of this technology has significantly improved the work efficiency of unpacking and registration, effectively saving manual clicks and time.
In the follow-up upgrade plan, Fengchao Washing Care will further upgrade the AI image application, and further expand the recognition range of clothing, including clothing composition, stain type, range, etc. With the continuous accumulation of follow-up real washing data, the system will be able to recommend relevant washing formulas, including suitable water temperature, detergent dosage and washing time, etc., to provide users with a more personalized washing plan and satisfactory washing experience.
In addition, in the washing plant, AI image analysis technology is not only used for unpacking, but also for real-time monitoring of equipment operation status, employee operation specifications and production environment safety. By strengthening the identification of key safety factors such as smoke and reflective clothing, the safety of employees and the stability of the production environment are ensured.
Apply barcode technology to build an intelligent sorting system
At present, based on the application of barcode technology, Fengchao Washing Care has built an intelligent sorting system to optimize the production process and logistics efficiency of the laundry factory. After the clothes enter the laundry factory, they will be associated with a unique code, cooperate with the sorting system, and dynamically set the memory rod and path optimization algorithm to achieve efficient distribution and management of clothes.
Specifically, after the clothes enter the factory, they will be associated with a unique barcode to ensure that each piece of clothing can be accurately tracked and identified, so as to monitor the node and timeliness of each piece of clothing in real time. In addition, the bar code technology cooperates with the Fengchao intelligent automatic sorting system to efficiently manage and distribute clothes. The Fengchao intelligent sorting system includes three main parts: the first-level temporary storage area, the second-level temporary storage area, and the third-level sorting and packaging area to realize the automatic sorting and packaging of clothes. Clothes enter the first-level temporary storage area from the introduction point, obtain information by scanning the barcode, and assign them to the designated temporary storage rod according to the order. Unordered clothes return or enter the abnormal storage rod. This liberates manual sorting, improves the accuracy and efficiency of sorting, and realizes the automation, intelligence, and integration of the sorting system.
Digital productivity exists in technology and is hidden in the scene. By applying a series of AI image recognition technology and intelligent sorting system, Fengchao Wash Care not only created a transparent wash care link, but also realized the interconnection between the demand side and the supply side. Users can check the progress of the wash with one click, which improves user satisfaction. In addition, Fengchao Wash Care innovatively established an intelligent scheduling system, which not only accurately calculates the best performance path, but also establishes a SKU system to achieve flexible production capacity allocation.
Driven by digitalization, Fengchao comprehensively upgrades the production efficiency of the washing and care industry from the demand side and the supply side, and creates "high timeliness, high quality and high standard" delivery quality. In the future, with the continuous development and application of digital technology, I believe that Fengchao washing and care will continue to lead the digital transformation of the washing and dyeing industry and provide users with more high-quality and efficient washing and care services.
