Rhino Intelligent Manufacturing and Forum Reactions

Gao Yuan opened the forum and was immediately overwhelmed by the flood of posts and comments.

The netizens were very enthusiastic. After all, too many major events had happened in Huaxia recently. Besides Kunlun Company's aggressive expansion in the chemical fiber field, there was another big event: Alibaba's automated Rhino factory.

Originally, these two matters had nothing to do with each other, and Gao Yuan didn't know Boss Ma. However, things in the world are afraid of being connected.

Gao Yuan makes fiber, and Boss Ma's factory makes clothes, occupying the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain, respectively. Thus, netizens with too much time connected them.

"Material genius Gao Yuan, e-commerce giant Jack Ma, a powerful alliance challenging global rules!"

"The Gao-Ma combination emerges, shocking the world!"

"Quick, look! The unspeakable secret between Xiao Gao and Old Ma!"

Gao Yuan's mouth twitched slightly. Unspeakable secret? What is all this!

Gao Yuan was a bit depressed. The trends of consumerism and rampant entertainment were truly beyond salvation. Even in this professional forum, filled with various experts and industry practitioners, the headlines were all about speculative articles.

Simply put, the Rhino factory has the following five characteristics.

First, an automated production line using many of the world's current top-tier intelligent machines, with a maximum turnaround time from order to shipment of seven days.

Second, low minimum order quantity. You can place an order with just a hundred pieces. In the future, it will be possible for school basketball teams to design their own uniforms, or for designers to launch independent clothing brands.

Third, high efficiency. Intelligent allocation of manufacturing tasks and processes ensures that the production line operates at full capacity at all times.

Fourth, big data market forecasting. This is Alibaba's strong suit, given that Daddy Ma holds everyone's purchasing data. Don't think your purchase of Durex can be hidden from others; Daddy Ma is watching you.

Nowadays, no one has privacy; data is wealth. As long as merchants pay, Alibaba will help them with big data calculations and build predictive models.

Fifth, reducing merchant inventory. Orders can be placed anytime based on demand, avoiding inventory backlog and cash flow problems.

Overall, Alibaba Rhino is the first automated clothing factory in China that is very friendly to small and medium-sized merchants.

This approach aligns perfectly with Taobao's positioning. After all, if the small and medium-sized merchants on Taobao are squeezed out by large corporations, it would be very detrimental to the platform itself.

As for whether Alibaba Rhino is the originator of automated clothing factories?

The answer is of course no.

Chinese manufacturers have never stopped pursuing automation and mechanization. From global giants like Ningbo Shenzhou, the largest clothing OEM, to lesser-known ones like Shandong Hongling and Jiangxi Yingjia, they all have automated customization factories and have been doing it longer than Alibaba.

However, due to the immense fame of the Alibaba Group, whatever they do immediately becomes the focus of the entire society.

The current automated clothing factories are not without their flaws. Simple garments like jeans and T-shirts have higher efficiency, but for women's wear or trendy clothing with more peculiar designs, production efficiency will be greatly reduced.

Regardless, the apparel industry has reached the eve of a revolution. It is no longer the handicraft workshops of the past but is rapidly developing towards technological and intelligent directions.

The emergence of Alibaba Rhino is an important signal and a sign of the gradual maturity of the automated clothing industry.

Perhaps in a few more years, those manufacturers who moved to Southeast Asia due to labor costs will deeply regret their decision.

The mention of Southeast Asia made Gao Yuan's head ache. His fourth uncle, who runs a fabric factory in Vietnam, has been asking people to find him for work.

Gao Yuan had been avoiding him, but with Chinese New Year approaching, they would inevitably meet as a large family.

"We'll deal with future matters in the future," Gao Yuan mumbled. He wasn't afraid of anyone, he just disliked being pestered relentlessly.

Leaving the machinery section, Gao Yuan entered the chemical materials section.

Unlike the jubilant atmosphere in the machinery section, the chemical materials section was filled with the scent of war.

"Latest news! Kunlun Company's X3 type elastic fiber is launched wildly, officially declaring war on DuPont Group!"

"Suspected national team intervention! The OEM for Kunlun X3 is actually one of China's top 500 enterprises, Rongsheng Chemical!"

"Taking on DuPont, Teijin, and Dow! Kunlun Company has completely lost its mind, vowing to fight back against the world's three major elastic fiber suppliers!"

"Latest battle report! LONWAVE fiber sales are sluggish, Japan's Kuraray Group intends to withdraw from the thermal fiber market!"

"PLA endorsement is incredibly powerful! Market share exceeds fifty percent! Kunlun X series is making rapid progress in China!"

Posts like these were flooding the chemical materials section.

Gao Yuan curled his lips. He was actually aware of all these situations. His strategic partners sent him the latest updates daily.

Gao Yuan usually didn't interfere with the commercial activities of each company unless a conflict arose between them. In such cases, he would step in to persuade them to maintain peace and direct their focus externally.

Additionally, if any company needed resources, they could seek help internally. For example, Boss Gao of Bosideng wanted to buy prime time slots on Milan TV Station recently, and it was Anta Group that introduced them to the resource.

In short, helping and coordinating to reduce internal conflict is the purpose of strategic partners.

Have there been any partners who didn't cooperate?

So far, there haven't been any such situations; everyone has been quite cooperative.

The reason is simple: anyone who leaves Gao Yuan's small circle will lose their supply from Kunlun Company, which would be a fatal blow to them.

Regardless, with the launch of Kunlun Company's X3 type fiber, the forum was completely ignited. After all, this was a three-front offensive, an unprecedented feat for Chinese chemical fiber enterprises!

In the field of quick-drying fibers, Kunlun VS DuPont, BASF, Toray!

In the field of thermal fibers, Kunlun VS Asahi Kasei, Mitsubishi Chemical, Toray, Kanebo, Komatsu, Unichika, Bayer, DuPont, 3M!

In the field of elastic fibers, Kunlun VS Dow, Teijin, DuPont!

This is the current battlefront for Kunlun Company. This group of lunatics has taken on almost all the world's most powerful chemical fiber groups, one by one!

Moreover, this table doesn't even include Toyobo, which has already gone bankrupt, or Kuraray and Fuji, which have been crippled. It also doesn't include French Arkema, Dutch DSM, Norwegian Yara, South Korean LG, and others, which were not primary targets but were merely caught in the crossfire.

"Hahahaha, the martial world is in turmoil again! I'm waiting for DuPont to go down! Their two major elastic fibers, Lycra and T400, even combined, are no match for Kunlun X3!"

"Really?"

"Is it that exaggerated?"

"Of course it's true! Our company's lab results are already out. Kunlun X3 is the world's first fiber with a stretch index exceeding one thousand! It reached an astonishing sixteen hundred! Whereas DuPont's Lycra and T400, Japanese Teijin's Polyester Elastic Fiber, or Dow's Polyolefin Elastic Fiber, none of them have a stretch index exceeding five hundred!"

"That's true. The results from our lab are similar. In short, Kunlun Company's elastic fibers have explosive performance. They truly live up to the X series that swept the globe."

"Whoa, a stretch index of sixteen hundred? Kunlun Company is amazing!"

"If this stuff is used to make tight-fitting clothing, combined with Kunlun X1 quick-drying fiber, wouldn't challenging Nike's PRO series be effortless?"

"It's only been a few days, and the X series has broken another record!"

"Sigh, the X series is great, but I wonder when we'll get to see Boss Gao's magnum opus paper? I've been waiting since July, and it's already past New Year's Day with no sign of it."

"You're telling me. Everyone in our institute discusses this every day. We're all anxious. Some people are even threatening to send Boss Gao razor blades."

"Hahahaha~ A paper isn't a web novel, why are you bringing out the 'urge to update' tactics?"

Seeing these discussions, Gao Yuan couldn't help but scratch his head. It seemed his delay in publishing the paper was making everyone impatient.

Even though sending razor blades wasn't friendly, Gao Yuan decided to stick to his plan.

Although his meager efforts might not change the current state of the academic world, Gao Yuan still wanted to try. Anyway, he never mingled in academic circles, so he had nothing to fear losing.

I seem to be a bit hungry...

Gao Yuan muttered. He glanced at the time in the bottom right corner of the screen. It was already 7:30 PM without him realizing it. The sun set early in winter, and it was dark outside now.

Just as Gao Yuan got up to head to the cafeteria, he suddenly noticed the screen flash. The forum automatically refreshed, pushing a post to the top.

Alibaba's Rhino Intelligent Manufacturing factory was released today. It's not bad. I've been studying it until midnight. I personally support all efforts to develop the manufacturing industry, but clothing is really quite complex. Thousands of fabrics, tens of thousands of patterns, and countless styles. It's definitely not easy to produce. I'll observe for a few more years.

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