Customer Story Bar
Zero
Downtime in 3 years
100K
Integration points
500
Machines
Customer Information
Introduction
Company
Chery Jaguar Land Rover (CJLR)
Industry
Automotive
Products
CIMPLICITY Extensions, Cloud MES, Proficy Historian for Cloud, Proficy Plant Applications, Tracking & Routing, HMI/SCADA, MES - Manufacturing Execution Systems, Proficy Industrial Software
Established in November 2012, Chery Jaguar Land Rover Automotive Co., Ltd. (CJLR) is a 50:50 independent joint venture formed between Chinese auto manufacturer Chery Automobile Co., Ltd. and UK auto manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover. With a factory in Changshu, China, CJLR produces 130,000 high-end luxury vehicles per year.
Challenge

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How Chery Jaguar Land Rover (CJLR) partners with GE Digital in China
Video credit: GE Vernova
Solution
The company uses GE Vernova’s Proficy MES in their engine manufacturing facility in Changshu, connecting more than 100,000 integration points on a real time basis across 500 machines on the shop floor.
"[GE Vernova] has a very mature product in the MES. And also, [GE Vernova] leading innovation space in the IIoT space. So we felt that as our partner, [GE Vernova] give us the technology foundation to achieve our business goals."
Larry Shen
IT Senior Director, Chery Jaguar Land Rover
The Changshu power train plant is fully automated. GE Vernova's Proficy MES provides real-time production data from the manufacturing floor, helping managers, operators, and machines make the right decisions at the right time. Assembly managers also use the data to benchmark the Changshu plant and an engine plant in the UK.
"With MES I can see OEE, FTT and real time production monitor and control. Also, MES give me the consistent data I need to measure the entire production line.”
Lu Wang
PTO Assembly Manager, Chery Jaguar Land Rover
By integrating the Microsoft Holo-lens ‘Mixed Reality’ headsets with GE Vernova’s Proficy Manufacturing Execution Systems suite, CJLR frees up employees' hands, reducing operational steps, and effectively improving production takt time.
Result
Innovation is key to help Chery Jaguar Land Rover overcome the technology disruptors coming out of the automotive industry and drive values to the business. Using GE Vernova's Proficy MES and Holo-Lens mixed reality has helped them not only reduce time to market and reduce costs for launch, but also helped improve the efficiency and repeatability of training new employees.
"This year is the third year that we had [GE Vernova] MES in place for our engine facility and so far we had zero downtime."
Larry Shen
IT Senior Director, Chery Jaguar Land Rover