Abstract:

Under the global wave of industrial digitalization and intelligence, traditional manufacturing enterprises face systematic challenges in their digital transformation, including heterogeneous systems, data silos, difficulties in cross-entity collaboration, and high costs associated with large-scale replication. New industrial network technologies, serving as next-generation industrial infrastructure that integrates advanced communication, computing, and control technologies, provide a critical pathway for constructing a unified digital foundation to support enterprise-wide transformation. This paper systematically explores how to drive the construction of group-level data platforms and intelligent platforms by establishing a “cloud-edge-device” collaborative industrial network architecture. The research focuses on analyzing the application mechanisms of advanced technologies within the core model of “capability precipitation and rapid replication.” By integrating scenarios such as intelligent application promotion, data closed-loop processes, and integrated group operations, it elaborates on viable pathways for technology-enabled business transformation. Furthermore, this paper provides an in-depth analysis of the core challenges encountered during the transformation process—including data governance, technology integration, organizational change, and security controllability—along with corresponding coping strategies. This case study demonstrates that leveraging new industrial networks as the foundation and guiding the overall strategy with a unified architecture represents an effective paradigm for group-based manufacturing enterprises to advance from local optimization to holistic synergy, and from technology application to model innovation.

Key words: industrial network, digital transformation, cloud-edge-device collaboration, group-based manufacturing enterprise, digital foundation