Intelligent Manufacturing

Intelligent Manufacturing

Overview

Manufacturers seeking better traceability and faster product-change cycles often find that the real constraint is not a single machine, but how design, process engineering, equipment, and quality data connect on the shop floor. Intelligent manufacturing is therefore as much an engineering and software challenge as it is an automation investment.

Sunway works with China-based industrial software teams, equipment developers, and process-engineering groups that have built practical toolchains for complex production environments. The focus is on deployable solutions—digital design and CAM methods, CNC and robotics integration, metrology and in-line inspection, and the data framework that links operations to measurable performance.

Because every factory operates under different scenarios, work begins with a clear understanding of what needs to be measured, where variation occurs, which processes limit throughput, and what data must be captured to satisfy customers and regulators. Capabilities are then selected and configured to fit the client’s product mix and workforce conditions.

Implementation usually involves shared responsibilities. Our partners iterate processes and software configurations, while local teams manage site readiness, standards and safety execution, workforce organisation, and stable daily operations—ensuring that improvements extend beyond a pilot line and into full production.

Industry Resources / Partners

Industrial software & CAM platforms

China-developed CAM and digital-manufacturing software that can integrate with mainstream CNC controllers and support high-precision applications.

Process engineering and digital-design teams

R&D and engineering groups capable of redesigning processes, optimizing toolpaths, and embedding digital methods into product-development cycles.

Equipment and smart-factory integrators

System integrators combining CNC tools, industrial robots, AGVs/AMRs, sensors, and safety systems into fit-for-purpose cells and lines.

Metrology and in-line inspection

Measurement and inspection systems that connect quality signals back into production and planning.

OT/IT and data platforms

MES, SCADA, industrial IoT, and analytics platforms that capture OEE, energy use, and process KPIs for continuous improvement.

Training and implementation partners

Teams that support industrial engineering training, digital upskilling, and operational adoption.

Cases Study

In emerging manufacturing hubs, component producers often face multiple pressures: tighter traceability requirements from global OEMs, faster ramp-ups for new products, and a desire to reduce dependence on a single external software stack. Many factories are also responding to local “smart factory” initiatives without a clear implementation pathway.

A suitable upgrade for a NEV-related component factory can be built around a coordinated toolchain—digital design and CAM methods that improve process execution, targeted re-engineering of critical operations, CNC and robotic cells aligned with the product mix, and inspection and metrology systems that feed quality signals back into production control and planning.

Local partners can focus on site preparation, workforce organisation, standards execution, and daily stability, while solution providers iterate process parameters and software baselines as operational data accumulates. With a structured progression from pilot to additional lines, the approach can evolve from a showcase into a repeatable operating standard.