China: Guangxi Regional Corporation Starts Pilot Operation of Cigarette Supply Information System

Source from:  TobaccoChina Online 12/20/2010

Guangxi Regional China Tobacco Industry Corporation in southwest China's Guangxi Region held a meeting on December 8 to start pilot operation of its newly established system of information on cigarette supplies in transit between tobacco manufacturing and commercial enterprises, in preparation for modernization of the corporation's tobacco trade system. Attending the meeting were leaders from the physical distribution division of China Tobacco Industry E-Commerce Co., Ltd., and the production management department, marketing department, information department, Nanning Cigarette Factory, Liuzhou Cigarette Factory, etc of Guangxi Regional China Tobacco Industry Corporation. The attendees of the meeting heard reports on progress in the establishment of the system of information on cigarette supplies in transit between tobacco manufacturing and commercial enterprises, and specified the points of attention and requirements for future official start of the system. At the meeting, the leaders of the relevant departments expressed the readiness of their respective departments to do all they can to support implementation of the system, and well accomplish all the assignments concerned in accordance with the requirement of the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration, in guaranteeing smooth entry into official operation of the system. The project of establishing the system of information on cigarette supplies in transit between tobacco manufacturing and commercial enterprises is a major step in the establishment of the Internet of things for China's tobacco industry. The system of information on cigarette supplies in transit between tobacco manufacturing and commercial enterprises is intended to provide manufacturing and commercial enterprises of the tobacco industry as well as the STMA with a series of data on cigarette stock removal from manufacturing enterprises, transit of cigarette supplies and storage of cigarette supplies into the warehouses of commercial enterprises, and real-time information on the safety of supplies. The system of information on cigarette supplies in transit between tobacco manufacturing and commercial enterprises has been established due to concerted efforts by staff members and workers designated by China Tobacco Industry E-Commerce Co., Ltd., suppliers of equipment and Guangxi Regional China Tobacco Industry Corporation. They spent just two days debugging the system and put it into pilot operation, after overcoming the difficulty of insufficiency of support equipment. Meanwhile, they have started a program of professional training on four aspects concerned respectively in Nanning and Liuzhou Cigarette Factories. It was reported that the remaining equipment needed by the project will arrive in mid-December. By then, the system of information on cigarette supplies in transit between tobacco manufacturing and commercial enterprises will have been fully operational within Guangxi Regional China Tobacco Industry Corporation. Enditem