In today’s fierce market competition, manufacturing enterprises have already realized that they are facing huge pressure to time, cost, quality, etc. In the design department, application of CAD&PDM system a success. Similarly, in the production department, ERP and other related information system also was a great success, but to solve “how to manufacture and process design” the key link, big department of domestic enterprises is not implemented effective computer aided management mechanism, “digital factory” technology is the effective means to meet the challenges of the 21st century.

In June 2013, construction of digital factory system of lanzhou petrochemical company launch in an all-round way. The project is lanzhou petrochemical “with three years to implement informatization from centralization to the integrated application of the cross” is one of the key information construction project, after completion will strongly promote the enterprise business to improve, improve management, enhance the overall informationization application and management level, to further promote the construction of informatization level from a centralized to the integrated application of cross.

“Twelfth five-year” period, the manufacturing industry information technology project will stand at a new strategic height, to accelerate the transformation and upgrading of manufacturing industry, the revitalization of the top ten industries, the development of high-end manufacturing and strategic emerging industries play a more important role. Cloud manufacturing, integration of collaborative technology and manufacturing technology for manufacturing informatization development has injected new connotation, new energy, and will form and development of the key technical standards for manufacturing services have a major impact.