Digitalization in the industry of Russia

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2024

Severstal, Nornickel and MMK are implementing 25 import substitution projects for industrial software

In early March 2024, it became known that Severstal, Norilsk Nickel, Metalloinvest and MMK intend to implement 25 joint projects. We are talking about import substitution of software for the metallurgical industry. Read more here.

MMK has introduced a Russian neural network for wireless diagnostics of metallurgical equipment

Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) has introduced a neural network for wireless diagnostics of metallurgical equipment. The technology was developed at the South Ural State University (SUSU), the press service of the Ministry of Industry, New Technologies and Natural Resources of the Chelyabinsk Region reported on February 28, 2024. Read more here.

2023

Mishustin approved a strategy for the digital transformation of manufacturing industries. Main provisions

Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a decree approving a new version of the strategic direction in the field of digital transformation of manufacturing industries related to the field of activity of the Ministry of Industry and Trade. The corresponding document was published in November 2023. It contains five key ecosystem projects:

• "Smart Manufacturing";
• "Digital Engineering";
• "Future Products";
• "Technological Independence";
• "Intellectual state support."

Mikhail Mishustin

The first three projects were finalized compared to the previous version of the direction, and the last two appeared in it for the first time, the press service of the Cabinet notes. The Smart Manufacturing project focuses on professional retraining of employees to work with Russian software, taking into account the tasks of switching to the use of domestic engineering and industrial software. Also, this project involves the formation of a model of educational and educational and methodological centers that will be able to provide industrial enterprises with highly qualified personnel. The most successful models will be scaled up throughout the country, the government stressed.

Innovations in the Digital Engineering project are associated with the creation of universal industrial marketplaces, where a ready-made infrastructure will be presented for the creation and sale of products on the principle of "from idea to market."

The project "Products of the Future" includes the transition of enterprises to a more flexible model of conveyor production, which will allow the production of products that meet individual consumer requirements.

Among the tasks of the new project "Technological Independence" is to stimulate demand for Russian software and domestic computer equipment, as well as equipment and software from friendly countries. The project also involves an increase in the share of enterprises using Russian information protection tools. In addition, within the framework of the project, industrial enterprises should organize interaction with the National Coordination Center for Computer Incidents for a timely response to cyber threats.

A new version of the strategic direction in the field of digital transformation of manufacturing industries has been approved

The new project "Intellectual State Support" involves the transition to a digital model of state financial support. Thus, it is planned to increase the share of enterprises using the State Information System of Industry (GISP) as a navigator for state support measures. The task is also to increase the number of enterprises using GISP as a platform for the selection and examination of applications for financial support. In addition, it is planned to reduce the reporting load of industrial enterprises by organizing electronic interaction between market participants and authorities on the basis of an information system.

Commenting on the updated version of the strategic direction at a government meeting on November 9, 2023, Mikhail Mishustin noted that the implementation of his key projects also involves a significant expansion of the use of artificial intelligence, neurotechnologies, mathematical modeling and virtual tests, robotics and mechatronics at enterprises.

The new direction will become part of the Consolidated Strategy for the Development of the Manufacturing Industry for the next seven years, which the government is now implementing, and should have a positive effect on the overall dynamics of the country's gross domestic product and, of course, at the level of well-being of our citizens, "Mishustin emphasized.

Government of the Russian Federation Order of November 7, 2023 No. 3113-r

What affects digitalization in industry in Russia

Modernization of the Russian economy and digitalization in industry is facilitated by foreign capital. This is stated in a study by the Higher School of Economics () HSE and, the Ural Federal University (UrFU) results of which were published in early September 2023.

It is noted that in the Russian Federation there are positive shifts in digitalization. This is facilitated by the introduction of robotic complexes, artificial intelligence and 3D printing. However, in the current geopolitical situation, the potential for modernization of enterprises may be noticeably reduced. The fact is that it is foreign capital that contributes to the introduction of robotization in industry, and companies with foreign owners demonstrate higher productivity.

Foreign capital actively contributed to the modernization of the Russian economy, HSE and UrFU researchers found out

Imported robots until the beginning of 2022 occupied up to 96% of the corresponding market in the Russian Federation. At the same time, the share of direct imports by companies did not exceed 9% and accounted for less than 1% of enterprises. The Kommersant newspaper notes that these are mainly large companies with foreign capital and exporting enterprises, that is, internationalized companies with higher productivity. The researchers concluded that importing robots does not give such companies performance advantages, however, "the performance premium from importing robots for non-internalized companies is comparable in size to the effect of exporting or raising foreign capital."

As of the beginning of September 2023, efforts on the technological development of the Russian Federation are aimed at reengineering and developing technologies already existing on the global market, access to which has been lost due to the geopolitical situation. Analysts believe that this will lead to a slowdown in digitalization in industry.^[1]

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has developed a new strategy for the digital transformation of the manufacturing industry until 2030

In August 2023, the Ministry of Industry and Trade developed an updated strategy for the digital transformation of the manufacturing industry until 2030. The new version replaced the editorial office from 2021 and differs from it by the absence of the New Employment Model project - instead, the department decided to develop the Technological Independence and Intellectual State Support projects.

These changes in the Ministry of Industry and Trade were associated with the "geopolitical situation and external economic conditions," as well as with the narrowed capabilities of the federal budget. In addition, the ministry pointed to new trends in digitalization, a course towards achieving technological sovereignty and the introduction of artificial intelligence technologies.

Ministry of Industry and Trade has developed an updated strategy for the digital transformation of the manufacturing industry

The New Employment Model project, which is no longer in the strategy, involved the creation of an exchange of competencies and services that ensure increased labor productivity. and the transition to digital government, that is, the provision of state support services using the infrastructure of digital platforms, as well as the creation of intersectoral data models (data networks for use by enterprises and IT companies).

As Kommersant writes with reference to the new document, problems from the current strategy migrated to it - low labor productivity, a high share of scrap in the production of technological goods, a long journey from idea to market. Among the new threats are the increased level of cybercrime and technological dependence on foreign solutions.

The central strategy of the digital transformation of the manufacturing industry remains the Smart Production project, which will become an indicator of the digital maturity of enterprises. It is planned to spend 8.5 billion rubles on it in 2024-2026. of which 42% will be from the federal budget.^[2]

2022: State platform for digitalization of enterprises launched in Russia

On October 5, 2022, it became known about the launch of the Эффективность.рф platform in Russia, which, according to the initiators of the project, will help business without hiring expensive specialists and creating its own computing power to begin digitalization of the enterprise. Read more here.

2021

Government reveals details of digital transformation strategy for manufacturing industries

In November 2021, the Government of the Russian Federation revealed the details of the strategy for the digital transformation of manufacturing industries. The document captures a number of industry problems:

• low labor productivity;
• inefficient use of resources, high cost of production;
• low efficiency of production facilities;
• high proportion of marriage;
• Long time to market process
• high cost of ownership of industrial products;
• high transaction costs and complexity of forming responsible cooperation chains.

The government approved a strategy for the digitalization of industry

The strategy center is the Smart Production project - within its framework, an infrastructure will be formed to support the implementation of Russian software and hardware and software systems. According to Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, financial support for domestic projects in the field of industrial software will quadruple. In particular, we are talking about the introduction of domestic computer-aided design systems (CAD/CAE/CAM) and product life cycle management (PDM/PLM), in parallel it is proposed to introduce restrictions on foreign analogues (prohibitions and quotas in procurement).

The tasks of digital transformation of manufacturing industries are defined:

• stimulating demand for industrial products in the domestic market;
• creating conditions for the growth of investments in research and development, including the development of new production technologies;
• creating conditions for increasing the level of cooperation between Russian enterprises, stimulating the integration of Russian producers into world supply chains, stimulating increased labor productivity and stimulating the export of Russian industrial products.

The implementation of the strategic direction will be carried out with the participation of development institutions, entities in the field of industry and the IT industry.

STRATEGIC DIRECTION in the field of digital transformation of manufacturing industries

Mishustin approved the program of digital transformation of industry

Prime Minister RFMikhail Mishustin approved a digital transformation program for the manufacturing industry. According to the authors of the initiative, it will stimulate the processes of digitalization in industry, will create additional tools to solve the problems inherent in manufacturing industries. This was announced on November 8, 2021.

According to the press service of the Cabinet, the document provides for the active introduction of six key innovations into production practice: artificial intelligence, robotics, the Internet of Things, augmented reality technologies, new production and communication technologies. They are expected to help increase labor productivity, reduce production costs and speed up the launch of goods on the market.

Mikhail Mishustin approved the program of digital transformation of industry

The order provides for the implementation of four projects:

• Within the framework of the Smart Production project, it is planned to form an effective system for supporting Russian software solutions for the manufacturing industry.
• Digital Engineering provides for the introduction of virtual product testing technologies.
• The "New Employment Model" is aimed at improving personnel selection mechanisms.
• "Products of the future" - to expand the possibilities for customization of products (production of products under the order of a specific consumer).

According to Mikhail Mishustin, as a result of the implementation of four innovative projects in the manufacturing industry, the Russian industry will be able to produce at least 70% of high-tech products by the end of 2030.

The document is synchronized with state programs and national projects and approved for the period up to 2030. In order for it to remain relevant, once a year it is allowed to make changes to it, the Cabinet of Ministers specified.^[3]

Creating a marketplace for industrial software

The Ministry of Industry and Trade is creating a marketplace for industrial software, which became known in mid-October 2021. The project was named "Modular Multiservice Industrial Platform" (MMPP). Read more here.

Russia is the first in the world to approve standards in the field of digital twins

In mid-September 2021, Russia was the first in the world to approve standards in the field of digital twins. The corresponding document, approved by Rosstandart and put into effect on January 1, 2022, was called "Numerical Modeling" - GOST R 57700.37-2021 "Computer Models and Modeling. Digital product twins. General provisions. " Read more here.

Ministry of Industry and Trade presented 5 projects for the digital transformation of the Russian industry

In mid-July 2021, the Ministry of Industry and Trade presented a strategy for the digital transformation of manufacturing industries. In this document, the department proposed five main projects in this area:

• Formation of an effective infrastructure and support system for the implementation of domestic software and software and hardware systems (Smart Production project).
• Creation of a national standardization and certification system based on virtual testing technologies (Digital Engineering project).
• Transition to customized industrial products and state repairs (project "Future Products").
• Formation of a new model of employment in industry (project "New model of employment").
• Transition to digital public administration (Departmental program of digital transformation of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia).

The Ministry of Industry and Trade presented 5 projects of digital transformation of the industry of the Russian Federation

According to the plans of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the implementation of this strategy will lead to the fact that by 204 30% highly qualified workers employed in industry will receive orders using digital platforms (marketplaces). By 25%, the cost of servicing high-tech products will be reduced due to the transition from "repair according to the regulations" to "repair according to the state" and the use of predictive analytics technology. Other expected results by 2024:

• The fund return will be increased by 50% due to the use of cooperation chains;
• 45% reduction in the time of forced downtime of production facilities;
• 1.5 times reduced the time for launching high-tech products on the market by recognizing the results of virtual tests;
• The return on investment in Russian industrial enterprises was reduced by 30%;
• An exchange of capacities of industrial enterprises based on GISP was created.

By January 1, 2022, the Ministry of Industry and Trade will form at least 550 digital passports of backbone industrial enterprises, by the end of 2024 - at least 9 thousand.^[4]

By 2023, 75% of businesses will have comprehensive road maps for digital transformation

On July 2, 2021, Rockwell Automation, together with IDC, announced the results of a study that identifies the main trends in the digitalization of industry in the EMEA region (which includes Russia) for 2021 and subsequent years. Based on the results of a survey of representatives of more than 400 industrial companies, the study tells how companies have adjusted their approach to digitalization in the face of uncertainty and how these changes have influenced and will continue to affect them in the future.

Digitalization covers most large manufacturing companies. However, the pandemic has forced enterprises to reconsider their approach to technology adoption, demonstrating the need to speed up this process and thereby approach Industry 4.0.

2020 demonstrated the need for a global digitalization strategy. Companies failing to cope with the "digital divide" were trying to adapt, while those who took the opportunity and made significant progress in Industry 4.0 were actively developing. Specifically, the study found that 70% of manufacturing companies in EMEA have accelerated technology investment in response to challenges. And by 2023, 75% of enterprises will have comprehensive road maps for digital transformation.

Key points addressed in the study:

• Management of breakthrough technologies in production;
• Development of a strategic approach to digitalization;
• Creation of highly efficient processes;
• Transformation of personnel experience;
• Protection of technological infrastructure in the future;
• Improving efficiency by implementing a holistic digitalization strategy;
• Achieving real business results by focusing on convergence of technologies and processes;
• Availability of a connected technological toolkit and high data quality.

According to a study by Rockwell Automation and IDC, most enterprises in a wide variety of industries will increase their investment in technology. In particular, investments in technologies for collecting, processing and managing big data will grow by 40% by 2022, "comments Gennady Bylov, CEO of Rockwell Automation in Russia and the CIS.

IDC expects that by the end of 2021, 90% of all production supplies will be invested in the technologies and business processes needed to ensure sustainability, which in turn will lead to a 5% increase in productivity, said Jan Burian, head of IDC Manufacturing Insights EMEA, IDC.

National standards of smart production have been developed in the Russian Federation

On January 18, 2021, it became known about the development in Russia of national standards for smart production. The documents were created by the infrastructure center of NTI "Technet."

According to the press service of RVC, the new standards form the basis for the creation of two new series of national standards in the field of Industry 4.0. They are devoted to virtual production systems and the convergence of digital technologies and IT systems in industrial enterprises.

National standards of smart production have been created in the Russian Federation, the infrastructure center of NTI "Technet" was engaged in development

The standards were developed within the framework of the national standardization program for 2020-2021, formed taking into account the proposals of the technical committee 194 "Cyber ​ ​ physical systems" in terms of standardization of digital technologies. Two documents have been issued:

• PNST "Smart production. Hardware behavior catalogs for the virtual manufacturing system. Part 1. General Provisions defines the Equipment Behavior Catalog (HCP) and HCP requirements to represent the dynamic behavior of the equipment instance. This process plays an important role in setting up virtual manufacturing systems used to model and validate planned manufacturing processes, and to monitor current manufacturing.

• PNST "Production automation systems and their integration. Evaluation of the convergence of informatization and industrialization for industrial enterprises. Part 1. The structure and model "defines the basic principles of the process of integrating information technology into industrial production. The application of this standard will help enterprises in the transition to the systematic use of digital technologies in industry.

As noted by Alexey Borovkov, Vice-Rector for Promising Projects of SPBPU, Co-Head of the Technet Working Group of NTI, Head of the NTI SPBPU Center, the development of standards allows us to form general technical requirements in the field of smart production for all high-tech companies, which is ultimately aimed at forming technological superiority of the domestic industry.^[5]

2020

The most pressing problems and consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic for the Russian industry have been identified

On September 23, 2020, it became known that the organization "" Digital economy together Ministry of Industry and Trade Russia with the Group of Companies "" Zyfra conducted a study aimed at identifying the most pressing problems and consequences of the pandemic COVID-19 for, the Russian industries as well as obstacles to the digitalization of industries. Most of all, the interviewed experts noted the high cost IT of solutions for the digitalization of production processes, the insufficient level of digital maturity of business employees and disruption of supply chains.

The most pressing problems and consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic for the Russian industry have been identified. Photo: digital.ac.gov.ru.

As explained, the authors of the study set themselves the goal of identifying the most pressing problems and consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic for industry, the necessary "digital" measures to solve each of the indicated problems, priorities for the digital transformation of industrial companies in the near future, taking into account the pandemic, as well as the role of business and the state in solving these problems.

The COVID-19 pandemic has certainly had an impact on the changes taking place in industry. The problems of digital immaturity of companies have been laid bare. The current circumstances not only forced to accelerate the process of transition of companies from automation to digitalization, but, as a result of the shortage of investment resources and with an understanding of the importance of technology introduction, will force to revise internal digital strategies. " told Pavel Khristenko, director for industry areas of the organization "Digital Economy"

The surveyed companies see the high cost of digital transformation projects as the main obstacle to the digitalization of industry. Two other pressing issues - initially low levels of automation and digitalization and distrust on the part of staff resisting change - acting on companies at the same time create a "vicious circle" of distrust of technology.

As the study showed, helping to overcome the voiced problems will help, first of all, training staff to work with digital services and improving computer skills (34% of respondents noted this as a priority measure). The second way to overcome problems on the path of digitalization is to provide financial benefits and concessions to business on the part of the state (29%). The third method is the modernization of production and the creation of complex digitalization strategies by enterprises (21%). Amendments to regulatory regulation as a way to solve industrial problems were named by 18% of respondents.

The survey also showed that the issues of safety at work, the preservation of the health of workers and ensuring the protection of business were not the primary task of entrepreneurs, the more important task was to preserve production. At the same time, the changes that have taken place have shown that the main resource of enterprises is people. And it is the improvement in employees' skills with digital technologies that will overcome the consequences of the pandemic and be ready to repeat such events.

Industry is a conservative industry, innovation is gradually being introduced here. Some companies expect from the "leaders" a positive experience of using "smart" technologies, others - limited in finance and are afraid to invest the last funds in modernization, the most short-sighted - simply do not see the point in it. But you can deny the need for a digital "upgrade" as much as you like, the fact remains: artificial intelligence and the industrial Internet of things are the future. The refusal of managers from technological transformations hinders the development of IIoT in Russia and is a threat to the loss of the country's competitiveness on the world stage. noted Pavel Rastopshin, Managing Director of Zyfra Group of Companies

The study participants expressed the greatest interest in favor of production technologies. If you look in more detail, the survey participants noted the relevance of resource management, organizational management (engineering, design) and data management about the product and its life cycle. The second and third places in the voices of the study participants among technologies are occupied, respectively, by industrial robotic complexes and the Internet of Things.

Probably, due to the fact that the main problems for companies (in addition to high cost IT solutions) are issues related to the digital maturity of employees and heads of organizations, as well as the general low level of automation - enterprises are interested in technologies to increase employee efficiency through digital management technologies. Technologies, IoT, AI cloudy technologies ,/, ARVR distributed registry systems to a lesser extent have properties that are valuable to enterprises in terms of digitalization.

From the point of view of enterprises, for the full development of the digital economy, the state is expected to help, first of all, in the form of creating favorable economic conditions for the business that implements digital transformation, promoting training and professional development of existing employees, allocating subsidies/soft loans for digital transformation projects and creating an environment for the emergence of domestic suppliers of digital solutions.

In general, the survey participants believe that the pandemic and the digital solutions found during it helped to improve the management of enterprises, but did not affect the production of goods so much. Nevertheless, certain changes in the production process have occurred. Strengthening and improving controls have improved productivity by reducing human influence, accelerating recovery of disrupted supply chains, and returning demand to pre-crisis levels. In addition, the pandemic as a force majeure situation allowed to reduce the regulatory burden on business, which facilitated the activities of some enterprises. And it would be good to maintain such indulgences for some time (1-2-3 years). Data collection for the study was carried out by interviewing the expert community, representatives of industrial enterprises of Russia and India of various types of activities, as well as representatives of industry FNIV/ROIV. The study involved 251 respondents.

The first standards of the digital industry have been approved in Russia

On August 5, 2020, it became known about the approval of the first standards of the digital industry in Russia. They were developed by the technical committee "Cyber-physical systems" on the basis of RVC with the support of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation.

As noted in the message of the department, the standards are aimed at the effective introduction of digital technologies into the Russian industry, the development of high-quality and independent solutions, as well as ensuring their compatibility.

First national standards for digital industry approved in Russia

Standardization, on which the success of digital transformation directly depends, can bring up to 1% per year to the country's GDP and about 3% to export development. We hope that this step will be the starting point for the active development and introduction of digital solutions into industrial production, - said the head of the Ministry of  Industry and Trade Denis Manturov.[6]

List of approved standards:

• PNST "Smart production. Digital production twins. Part 1. General Provisions ";
• PNST "Smart production. Digital production twins. Part 2. Typical architecture ";
• PNST "Smart production. Digital production twins. Part 3. Digital representation of physical production elements ";
• PNST "Smart production. Digital production twins. Part 4. Information Exchange ";
• PNST "Smart production. Digital production twins. Rendering elements of digital twins of production ";
• PNST "Smart production. Unified OPC architecture. Part 1. General Provisions ";
• PNST "Smart production. Interfaces for caring for an automated machine. Part 1. General Provisions ";
• PNST "Smart production. Interoperability of opportunity units for industrial application solutions. Part 1. Criteria for interoperability of capability units according to application requirements ";
• PNST "Smart production. Interoperability of opportunity units for industrial application solutions. Part 2. Capability Templates and Program Block Cataloging ";
• PNST "Smart production. Interoperability of opportunity units for industrial application solutions. Part 3. Verification and validation of interoperability of capability units. "

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