Production workers at the Fiber Factory - Hue Textile and Garment Joint Stock Company

Creating growth momentum

To meet the strict technical and quality requirements of international partners, Hue Textile and Garment Joint Stock Company (Huegatex) has invested hundreds of billions of VND to purchase modern equipment such as automatic cutting machines, fabric inspection machines, automatic hem rolling machines, etc. Modern machines and equipment have made an important contribution to completely changing the collar sewing process. From manually sewing one at a time and requiring level 5 or level 6 skilled workers, now only needing an ordinary worker to operate the equipment to be able to sew 6 collars at the same time with high precision.

These technological improvements have helped the company reduce operational errors, increase productivity and ensure consistent product quality. This is a key factor that helps Huegatex maintain the trust of international partners and fully fulfill the production and business targets assigned by the Vietnam Textile and Garment Group.

Huegatex is also actively implementing the initiative movement, technical improvement and digital transformation. Currently, the company continues to implement the in-depth investment roadmap, with a series of modern equipment such as yarn removal robots, large-size cotton carding machines, automatic folding and bagging machines, programming machines in garment factories and rooftop solar power systems... The company also aims for comprehensive automation, smart garment factory design, digitalization of management and operation processes to improve efficiency and labor productivity.

Another example is Phu Hoa An Textile Joint Stock Company, where the application of technology has contributed to increasing competitiveness and improving production and business efficiency. By investing in automatic fabric spreading machines and cutting machines, the company has shortened production time and reduced the number of workers. The products after cutting have high precision, ensuring export requirements. Mr. Le Hong Long, Chairman of the Board of Directors and General Director of the company emphasized: "Automation helps us control quality better, ensure delivery progress and significantly reduce production costs".

Not only in the textile sector, CP Vietnam Livestock Joint Stock Company - Hue Branch - the leading frozen shrimp processing enterprise for export in the area has also invested heavily in technology to develop production and improve competitiveness. With an automatic weighing and packaging system, the company has reduced the number of employees from 20 to 2 people/shift while still maintaining stable working efficiency. Stages such as weighing, weight control, removing foreign objects with metal detectors... are all performed accurately and continuously, ensuring international quality standards.

According to Mr. Phan Van Hung, Technical Director of CP Vietnam - Hue Branch, thanks to modern technology, the product boiling capacity has increased from 400kg to 1,000kg/hour, ensuring progress and reducing labor pressure for workers.

Need more companionship

There is no denying the outstanding achievements in applying technology to production, but in reality, investing in modern technology is still a difficult problem for most small and micro enterprises in the city. The main reasons come from limited financial resources, lack of information about suitable technology solutions, as well as the fear of changing traditional operating models.

According to Mr. Tran Van My, Chairman of the Hue City Business Association, the deployment of automation equipment, advanced management software or comprehensive digital transformation requires a large initial investment capital. Meanwhile, many enterprises still face difficulties in accessing preferential credit policies, lack high-quality human resources to operate technological machinery, or lack a team of experts to advise on a technology roadmap suitable for their scale and industry. Therefore, the support of state management agencies and financial institutions is extremely necessary. "There should be policies to support preferential loan interest rates for enterprises investing in technology; industrial promotion programs, support for equipment innovation; organize technology transfer seminars and introduce pilot models for enterprises to learn and replicate," Tran Van My suggested.

At the same time, training and developing a workforce with the skills to master technology, understand automation operations, machine programming or data analysis is also a key factor for technology to be able to fully utilize its effectiveness. Vocational schools and training centers need to closely cooperate with businesses to build training programs that are close to reality, and at the same time quickly update new technology trends, preparing the workforce for the smart manufacturing stage.

In recent times, Hue City has been actively implementing many practical support programs such as: Connecting technology transfer, linking with consulting units, providing technology equipment, organizing digital management training, guiding the application of business management software, digital signatures, warehouse management, electronic accounting, etc. These activities have initially brought positive results to the business community, especially in improving management capacity and optimizing operating costs.

However, for technology to truly become a sustainable lever to help businesses develop, there needs to be a comprehensive, long-term and flexible support strategy; in which businesses play a central role, the State plays a creative role, and support organizations and research and training units are the extended arms, providing knowledge and solutions. Only when all parties coordinate closely and work together can technological innovation in businesses become a widespread movement, contributing to improving the competitiveness of the entire local economy in the new era.

Article and photos: HAI THUAN

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