[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-gansu-manufacturing-digitalization-en":3,"blog-adjacent-gansu-manufacturing-digitalization-en":29,"blog-related-gansu-manufacturing-digitalization-en":63},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"excerpt":7,"content":8,"cover":9,"tone":10,"author":11,"publishedAt":12,"updatedAt":12,"readingMinutes":13,"featured":14,"tags":15,"category":19,"seoSettings":28},108,"gansu-manufacturing-digitalization","Three Observations on Manufacturing Digitalisation in Gansu","After visiting a dozen local manufacturers, digitalisation is less about buying software than filling foundations.","\u003Cp>Over the past year we visited more than ten manufacturers in Gansu, from food processing to equipment supply. Their starting points differ widely, but the obstacles repeat. Three observations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2>Master data is scarcer than systems\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>Many firms track material codes in veteran workers' memory, and the same input has three names across departments. The first step is often two months of unifying codes, not development.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shop-floor data stays on paper. It is not reluctance; capture design ignores how workers actually move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2>Budgets are shifting\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>Budgets used to go to hardware and licences. More companies now pay for implementation and training, which is a healthy shift.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet many still equate digitalisation with buying a famous product; once consultants leave, usage collapses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2>Talent is the bottleneck\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>People who understand both the business and the systems are rare. Most firms run on one or two key staff, and a resignation can stall the whole programme.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some are signing long-term maintenance relationships with local providers rather than one-off delivery, a better fit for reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Manufacturing digitalisation is decided less by software choice than by data foundations, organisational habits and continuity of people. All three need patience.\u003C\u002Fp>","","slate","佳益方圆团队","2026-10-09T09:00:00+08:00",1,false,[16,17,18],"Industry Watch","Manufacturing","Digitalisation",{"id":20,"parentId":21,"slug":22,"name":16,"description":23,"icon":24,"cover":9,"tone":25,"kind":26,"sortOrder":27,"count":21},5,0,"industry-watch","In-depth analysis of internet, software and digital industry trends with our own point of view.","globe","blue","article",20,{},{"previous":30,"next":47},{"id":31,"slug":32,"title":33,"excerpt":34,"content":9,"cover":9,"tone":35,"author":11,"publishedAt":36,"updatedAt":37,"readingMinutes":13,"featured":14,"tags":38,"category":41},2,"vertical-product-rules","The Watershed for Vertical Products: Writing Industry Defaults into the System","Vertical is not a new industry label on a generic product. The real barrier is understanding and carrying the default rules that practitioners take for granted.","indigo","2026-10-09T10:00:00+08:00","2026-10-18T15:58:14.661+08:00",[39,40],"Industry Products","Product Design",{"id":31,"parentId":21,"slug":42,"name":43,"description":44,"icon":45,"cover":9,"tone":25,"kind":26,"sortOrder":46,"count":21},"product-thinking","Product Thinking","Requirement analysis, user experience and product design methods, plus the thinking from business problems to product solutions.","lightbulb",50,{"id":48,"slug":49,"title":50,"excerpt":51,"content":9,"cover":9,"tone":25,"author":11,"publishedAt":52,"updatedAt":52,"readingMinutes":13,"featured":14,"tags":53,"category":57},10,"quote-by-scope-not-hours","Why We Quote by Scope, Not by Man-Days","Man-day pricing looks fair, but it pushes every uncertainty onto the client. We would rather agree on scope and assumptions first, then talk about money.","2026-10-07T09:00:00+08:00",[54,55,56],"Startup","Pricing","Partnership",{"id":58,"parentId":21,"slug":59,"name":60,"description":61,"icon":62,"cover":9,"tone":25,"kind":26,"sortOrder":48,"count":21},6,"founder-notes","Founder Notes","Reflections from the founding team on business, management and product, documenting the growth of a software company.","pen-tool",[64,74,86],{"id":65,"slug":66,"title":67,"excerpt":68,"content":9,"cover":9,"tone":25,"author":11,"publishedAt":69,"updatedAt":69,"readingMinutes":13,"featured":14,"tags":70,"category":73},109,"local-software-budget","Two New Trends in Local Software Budgets","Totals are flat, but the way money is spent has changed: fewer big one-off projects, more sustained investment.","2026-09-27T10:13:00+08:00",[16,71,72],"Budget","IT Strategy",{"id":20,"parentId":21,"slug":22,"name":16,"description":23,"icon":24,"cover":9,"tone":25,"kind":26,"sortOrder":27,"count":21},{"id":75,"slug":76,"title":77,"excerpt":78,"content":9,"cover":9,"tone":79,"author":11,"publishedAt":80,"updatedAt":81,"readingMinutes":13,"featured":14,"tags":82,"category":85},4,"cross-border-first-90-days","The First 90 Days of Going Global: Storefront, Payments and Fulfillment","Having an English website is only the beginning. What really decides the first 90 days is payments, compliance and delivery experience beyond the storefront.","cyan","2026-09-18T10:30:00+08:00","2026-10-18T15:58:14.692+08:00",[83,84],"Going Global","Cross-Border Commerce",{"id":20,"parentId":21,"slug":22,"name":16,"description":23,"icon":24,"cover":9,"tone":25,"kind":26,"sortOrder":27,"count":21},{"id":87,"slug":88,"title":89,"excerpt":90,"content":9,"cover":9,"tone":79,"author":11,"publishedAt":91,"updatedAt":91,"readingMinutes":13,"featured":14,"tags":92,"category":95},110,"export-independent-site-or-marketplace","Exporters: Independent Site or Marketplace?","Independent sites and marketplaces are not either-or, though many firms treat them that way.","2026-09-15T11:26:00+08:00",[16,93,94],"Export","Independent Site",{"id":20,"parentId":21,"slug":22,"name":16,"description":23,"icon":24,"cover":9,"tone":25,"kind":26,"sortOrder":27,"count":21}]