Alibaba Cloud Manufacturing China Translated from Chinese

Yingzhicheng (硬之城)

Supply Chain Optimization

Yingzhicheng wanted to turn a fragmented electronics supply chain into a transparent, digital, end-to-end operating model for small and midsize hardware companies. Its earlier web platform offered limited upstream and downstream collaboration, weak mobile ordering, poor data visibility, and little support for intelligent quotation, capacity prediction, or coordinated manufacturing execution.

12.95 million+ SKU merchandise records
45 million+ product-library records

Reported impact

Business outcome

Yingzhicheng turned its electronics supply-chain platform into a transparent digital manufacturing network that can support intelligent quotation, supply-demand coordination, and end-to-end production visibility. The cloud architecture gave customers mobile and real-time access to orders, inventory, manufacturing progress, and logistics while letting Yingzhicheng reuse AI models and cloud MES or ERP images across many different hardware and factory scenarios.

  • Customer Experience
  • Productivity Improvement
  • Scalability
  • Speed to Market

Solution

Yingzhicheng rebuilt its electronics industry platform around Alibaba's cloud and DingTalk ecosystem so supply, manufacturing, and delivery data could move through one digital chain. The company uses MaxCompute for industrial-scale data processing and pairs it with dedicated DingTalk as the unified operating entry point for upstream and downstream enterprises. Connectors synchronize ERP, MES, PLM, and SRM data, while cloud-native K8s, microservices, distributed technology, and service mesh underpin SaaS-style CRM, BOSS, ERP, and MES services. On top of that foundation, Yingzhicheng applies BOM algorithms, machine learning, NLP, and industry models to power intelligent quotation, cost optimization, supply-demand matching, PCBA delivery, and full production-lifecycle transparency. ACR-based image sharing lets the team roll out region-wide updates quickly, so factories can run cloud MES or private deployments with the same digital workflow and AI-driven planning logic.

Data flow

BOM, procurement, production, and fulfillment data flows from upstream and downstream systems through DingTalk connectors into the cloud platform, where MaxCompute and Yingzhicheng's industry models process the data for quotation, recommendation, and manufacturing decisions. Those decisions are then executed through K8s-hosted ERP and MES services, while factory and logistics status is fed back into the same platform for real-time lifecycle visibility.

Solution architecture

4 components · 3 layers
  1. Compute
    • MaxCompute Processes industrial data used for BOM intelligence, pricing, demand matching, and manufacturing analytics.
    • Cloud-native K8s platform Runs Yingzhicheng's SaaS CRM, ERP, and MES services on a scalable microservices foundation.
  2. Storage
    • ACR Distributes shared images so MES and ERP deployments can be updated quickly across regions.
  3. Serving
    • Dedicated DingTalk Serves as the unified entry point where upstream and downstream enterprises collaborate and exchange operational data.

Architecture clues

  • ACR image sharing enables fast regional rollout of MES and ERP instances for customer-specific deployments.
  • AI capabilities are applied to BOM understanding, quotation, cost optimization, and capacity matching rather than only dashboard analytics.
  • Dedicated DingTalk is used as the operational front door for all upstream and downstream participants.
  • The service stack is built on cloud-native K8s, microservices, distributed technology, and service mesh.

Evidence from the source

Its platform applies big data, machine learning, NLP, and AI algorithms to intelligent quotation and cost optimization on top of a 45 million-plus product library and 12.95 million-plus SKU database. (original: 整个解析的过程背后,有4500万+SKU产品库和1295万+SKU商品库数据... 还需要基于大数据、机器学习、NLP、AI算法技术进行技术处理。)
The company built the industry's largest BOM-oriented database and used intelligent algorithms as the core of one-stop component delivery. (original: 构建了行业最大最全的以BOM智能算法为核心的行业数据库,实现BOM元器件一站式交付。)
Yingzhicheng increased digital-industry investment and deployed MaxCompute plus cloud-DingTalk transformation capabilities on Alibaba Cloud. (original: 从2021年开始,我们在数字化产业能力上加大了投入。除了传统的云的使用,我们还在阿里云上部署了基于工业现场大数据计算的Maxcompute以及云钉一体的数字化改造。)
Yingzhicheng said its goal was to build a transparent electronics supply chain and manufacturing platform that solves the pain points of many hardware SMEs. (original: 如果能把自己这么多年在元器件行业的积累和数字化结合起来,实现透明电子产业供应链智造平台,帮助众多中小企业解决痛点,实现客户成功。)
Transparency Evidence & methodology 71/100 reference value · 93% confidence · 1 source

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How scores are calculated

Customer Reference Value measures usefulness as a customer reference. Evidence Confidence measures the quality and traceability of available evidence, not independent verification.

Customer reference value71/100
  • Problem clarity20/20
    Measures whether the customer's operational problem is specific enough to compare.
  • Implementation depth25/25
    Rewards named components, data flow, integrations, and architecture detail.
  • Outcome specificity16/20
    Measures whether the reported benefit is concrete rather than a generic claim.
  • Quantified impact0/25
    0 metrics describe measurable impact.
  • Deployment scale10/10
    Rewards evidence of a live or scaled deployment and meaningful integration scope.
Evidence confidence93%
  • Source authority20/25
    The main evidence is an official vendor-published customer story.
  • Claim traceability25/25
    12 of 12 key fields link to a named source.
  • Direct evidence20/20
    4 direct source quotes retained.
  • Date provenance10/10
    The publication date comes from the source page or publisher.
  • Source transparency10/10
    1 source reference document publisher, URL, authority, retrieval, and supported fields.
  • Implementation specificity8/10
    Rewards source-backed components, data flow, quantified impact, and a specific outcome.
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Traceability

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  1. Alibaba Cloud

    硬之城_数字化_数字科技_企业成长服务中心客户故事-阿里云

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    https://enterprise.aliyun.com/customer/yingzhicheng
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  • Published on source page Mar 17, 2022 · Alibaba Cloud · First-party
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