In the hinterland of Liaodong, along the Taizi River, is located a century-old Bengang. Here, the formation of new productive forces is accelerating, injecting strong momentum into high-quality development.

In September 2023, General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over a symposium on promoting the comprehensive revitalization of Northeast China in the new era and pointed out that "accelerate the formation of new productive forces and enhance new momentum for development." "New quality productivity", a new term that has entered the public's vision, defines the decisive force in promoting economic development in the new era, points out the main direction of China's high-quality economic development, and also allows Xinbenang to see new opportunities.

Angang Iron and Steel Group Benxi Steel was once known as the "cradle of China's steel industry" and "the meritorious enterprise of the Republic". Now, standing in the tide of the times, how can traditional industrial enterprises develop new productivity? How to speed up the horse to "improve quality with new things"?

In 2024, Benxi Steel will closely follow the national development requirements, base itself on the platform of state-owned enterprises, demonstrate responsibility, focus on transformation and upgrading, clarify the "four-wheel drive" strategy of "reform + lean" and "digital + technology", use reform as the driving force and lean as the driving force, digital transformation as the guide, and scientific and technological innovation as the support, actively cultivate new productive forces and create a new engine for shifting and speeding up the high-quality development of enterprises.

"Reform + Lean" holds the "steering wheel" of development

Reform is the eternal theme of enterprise development.

Since the reorganization of Anben, under the promotion of Angang Group, Benxi Steel has initiated a series of comprehensive reforms in management systems and asset reorganization.

"We must keep the overall situation in mind, stand on the overall situation, and vigorously promote the reform of Benxi Steel." Yang Wei, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Benxi Steel, spoke eloquently.

"Benxi Steel has made unprecedented efforts to streamline its organizational structure and optimize resource allocation. Through slimming, integrating and integrating, it has created a new management and control structure, and the company's vitality has been fully unleashed." said the person in charge of the Management Innovation Department of Benxi Steel.

Just in the past year of 2023, Benxi Steel fully implemented the "Implementation Plan for Angang Group to Accelerate the Construction of a World-Class Enterprise" and implemented Angang Group's "7531"(70 million tons of crude steel, 50 million tons of iron concentrate, 300 billion yuan operating income, 10 billion yuan profit) Development strategy and Benxi Steel's "25115+"(Achieve 20 million tons of crude steel output, more than 50% of cold system automobile plates, 12 million tons of own concentrate output, operating income of over 100 billion yuan, and profits of over 5 billion yuan) Guided by the development goal, we should seize the two main lines of reform and lean, firmly hold the "steering wheel" of development and make good use of the "scalpel" of reform.

A series of reform documents such as the "Work Plan for Anchoring World-Class Enterprises to Deepen Marketization Reform and Comprehensive Improvement" organized by Benxi Steel not only demonstrate the firm will of enterprises to deepen reforms, but also point out the direction for future development. Benxi Steel has strengthened the standardized operation of the board of directors and adopted a "one enterprise, one policy" strategy to ensure the coordination and unity of decentralization of power and responsibility implementation. The full play of the role of the full-time director team has enhanced the scientific nature and effectiveness of the board of directors 'decision-making, making Benxi Steel's board of directors among the best in Angang Group. Deepening the three institutional reforms not only improved Bengang's management efficiency, but also enabled Bengang to achieve a high score of "A" in the comprehensive evaluation of Angang Group. Behind this achievement are Benxi Steel's unremitting efforts in optimizing human resource allocation and deepening organizational reduction.

Through the implementation of this series of reform measures, the withdrawal rate of management posts in Benxi Steel has reached 14.4%, the number of management, professional technical and production operation positions has been reduced by 10%, and the number of institutions above the operation area has been reduced by 127, with a reduction ratio of 14.4%. These figures not only represent the optimization of the corporate structure, but also reflect a significant increase in the physical labor productivity of Benxi Steel's main steel industry-a year-on-year increase of 34.3%.

In addition, Benxi Steel's continuous optimization of the performance system of all employees has been highly recognized by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council with the concept of "doing, calculating, giving, and getting", and promoted through the "State-owned Enterprise Reform Action Briefing". This innovative approach not only stimulates employees 'enthusiasm and creativity, but also injects strong impetus into the sustainable development of the company.

This series of reform results mark Bengang's solid steps on the road of deepening market-oriented reform and lay a solid foundation for Bengang's goal of anchoring a world-class enterprise.

As a management concept and method that pursues excellence and continuous improvement, lean management is gradually becoming the core driving force for enterprise development.

In order to cope with the severe situation in the steel industry and further deepen breakthroughs in reform and innovation, Benxi Steel implemented a "minimally invasive technique" for lean management and opened the road to lean management.

In this process, Benxi Steel focuses on value creation throughout the chain and comprehensively promotes the company to achieve a "new leap" from five aspects: lean concept development, lean project creation, lean talent training, lean culture shaping, and lean radiation leadership. This not only reflects Benxi Iron and Steel Group's deep understanding and high regard for lean management, but also demonstrates the company's innovative spirit and responsibility in the new era.

In the process of promoting lean management, Benxi Steel always adheres to the people-oriented approach and focuses on cultivating and stimulating employees 'enthusiasm and creativity. By selecting group-level internal trainers, preparatory internal trainers and lean backbones, Benxi Steel not only provides employees with a platform to display their talents, but also injects strong impetus into the sustainable development of the company.

Benxi Steel has also actively shaped a lean culture, promoted the grassroots to combine master workstations, model worker innovation studios with lean management, and established multiple lean dojo. These measures enrich the cultural connotation of the company and enhance employees 'sense of identity and belonging for lean management.

Driven by lean management, Benxi Steel has achieved remarkable results in production and operation, technological innovation, green and low-carbon transformation, etc. This has enhanced the company's core competitiveness and also contributed Benxi Steel to Angang Group's efforts to accelerate the construction of a world-class enterprise.

Digitalization enhances the "acceleration" of development

In December 2023, the intelligent centralized control center of the plate cold rolling plant, which covers an area of 460 square meters and integrates data collection, information monitoring, collaborative operation, production coordination and other functions, was completed and put into use, marking the Group's cold rolling process has fully entered a new stage of digitalization, intelligence and centralized control. This is also the first time that centralized control of the entire cold rolling process has been achieved within Angang Group.

In the steel industry, digitalization is not only a necessary means to improve production efficiency and reduce costs, but also an important guarantee for companies to respond to market challenges and achieve sustainable development. In recent years, Benxi Steel has increased its efforts in digital construction. By introducing advanced information management systems, it has achieved precise control of production processes and effective integration of data resources, providing more accurate data support for enterprises 'decision-making. A number of key informatization projects such as Plate Company and Beiying Company's Steel Industry Management and Informatization Improvement Project have been officially launched. Among these online informatization projects, the introduction of systems such as centralized energy control, centralized iron front centralized control, and smart quarry has further improved Bengang's intelligence level in production management, energy utilization, and material allocation, marking Bengang's The company has taken a solid step on the road of digital transformation, improved the company's production efficiency, and also provided strong support for the company's green development. Bengang's "wisdom index" has increased by 31.7%, from normative level to integrated level.

"In terms of data governance, we took the lead in carrying out data governance work in the five places of Angang and successfully completed the release of the first batch of 1200 data assets and 231 business indicators, providing a solid data foundation for enterprises 'data-driven decision-making." Gao Xiumin, general manager of the Digital Intelligence Department of Benxi Steel, said,"One of the remarkable achievements in Benxi Steel's data governance is the understanding of inventory by various departments. Now, the language and caliber used by each department are completely unified, and the decision-making level can grasp the data of each link in a timely manner, especially the port inventory and finished product inventory at a glance, providing firm data support for enterprises to reduce costs."

In 2023, the 6th "Digital Angang Steel·Digital Ecology" on-site promotion meeting was held at Benxi Steel, demonstrating its achievements and determination in digital transformation. This provides direction for digital transformation within the enterprise and provides valuable experience for other companies in the industry.

Technological innovation is a key variable in winning the future. By strengthening top-level design, vigorously promoting school-research cooperation, building a talent system, and focusing on cultivating high-quality scientific and technological achievements, Benxi Steel has accelerated the leap of productivity to new qualities driven by scientific and technological innovation, and continuously enhanced the "hard power" of high-quality development.

In 2023, Bengang Group will achieve fruitful results in scientific and technological innovation:Won 23 Liaoning Province and Industry Science and Technology Awards throughout the year, including 2 first prizes in the Liaoning Province Science and Technology Awards and 1 special prize in the Metallurgical Science and Technology Award. In addition, Benxi Steel has also obtained 277 patent authorizations, with a patent completion rate of 138%, and successfully promoted to "National Intellectual Property Demonstration Enterprise". In terms of international standards, Bensteel has led 4 international standards under development, and for the first time presided over the revision of 1 international standard. At the same time, it has successfully released 2 national standards, which fully reflects Bensteel's voice and influence in the international steel industry. In 2023, scientific research projects will create a total of 459 million yuan in efficiency.

In order to further strengthen scientific and technological innovation and achievement transformation, Bengang actively played the role of the Liaoning Province Steel Industry Industry-Research Innovation Alliance. The number of member units expanded to 10, concluded 10 alliance cooperation projects, and created an efficiency of 12 million yuan. "This in-depth cooperation between industry, academia and research has accelerated the transformation of scientific and technological achievements and injected new vitality into the long-term development of Benxi Steel." The relevant person in charge of the Science and Technology Department of Benxi Steel said.

Benxi Steel's 2024 scientific and technological work proposes that in 2024, it will promote high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and strengthen innovation-driven efforts. It will continue to cultivate more new quality productivity based on system construction, supported by talent construction, and used scientific and technological projects as a carrier., create a new situation for high-quality development of Benxi Steel.

Accelerate the cultivation and formation of new productive forces, opportunities and challenges coexist. For Benxi Steel, only by adhering to the road of transformation, implementing precise policies, responding calmly, innovating endlessly, and actively participating in the great practice of developing new quality productivity in the steel industry can we enhance new momentum, build new advantages, and promote high-quality development of enterprises achieve new breakthroughs.

Metallurgical Media

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