The two major bases in the north and south are upgrading in tandem, taking AI+manufacturing as the main thread and embedding "data-driven, human-machine collaboration, and built-in quality" into every process beat, forming a replicable "five-layer digital model" that provides a digital advancement path for the high-quality, low-carbon development of China's manufacturing industry.

Over the past 12 months, Cummins China's various enterprises have significantly reduced the unit cost of engine production, improved product quality performance, and effectively controlled energy consumption through AI+intelligent manufacturing, taking further strides forward on the journey of green manufacturing.

In Beijing

Building on its achievement of a lights-out machining factory in 2024, the global "Lighthouse Factory" Foton Cummins further unveiled its "Future Workstation," integrating 13 groups of AI modules including vision-guided tightening, laser guidance, humanoid robot sorting, and robot dog inspection, creating a complete closed loop of "data-driven—flexible configuration—human-machine collaboration—built-in quality," with efficiency improved by 25% and energy consumption reduced by 5%.

Robot dog equipment inspection

In Chongqing

The high-horsepower flagship base relies on industrial 5G and a digital twin control tower to dispatch equipment, energy, and logistics in real time; the AI-HSE system and digital twin platform integrate all-element real-time data, and technologies such as the digital control tower and flexible manufacturing units provide support for precise operations and agile decision-making.

Chongqing Cummins digital twin platform

Cummins China has for the first time run through the "five-layer digital model":

• A 5G industrial private network and time-series database form the millisecond-level data acquisition foundation;

• Core systems such as MES/PLM/ERP are fully interfaced to break down information silos;

• 3D vision, edge computing, and AI predictive maintenance form the technology engine;

• Platform X, a full-stack intelligent transformation middle platform, enables the continuous accumulation and sharing of applications, data, algorithms, and knowledge;

Scenario apps such as Future Workstation, mobile warehousing, and AI safety alerts are plug-and-play, enabling new technologies to quickly land from the "cloud" onto the "workstation."

At present, this model has been implemented across the entire chain of engines, aftertreatment, supply chain, and aftermarket services, forming a "data-algorithm-application" closed loop.

Facing unprecedented changes in global manufacturing, Cummins will continue to advance its intelligent manufacturing strategy and continue to increase investment in the R&D and application of new technologies in China. In the future, Cummins China will adopt a model of "co-creating scenarios and co-building the ecosystem" to expand AI+manufacturing from individual workstations to entire production lines, entire factories, and even the entire industry. Cummins will join hands with customers, suppliers, and industry chain partners to continuously deepen digital and intelligent transformation, inject new "smart" manufacturing momentum into the industry, and help China's manufacturing industry embark on a new journey toward high-quality development.