Smart manufacturing capability maturity assessment
Assess factory capabilities and plan staged development
About the method
Based on GB/T 39116 and GB/T 39117, this method supports staged smart-factory development. Self-assessment and professional evaluation identify capability gaps and inform factory diagnosis and upgrades across China.
Geographic adoption and scale
- Regions
- China; applications in Jiangsu, Beijing and Guangdong support smart-factory diagnosis, development or upgrades.
- Scale
- A 2024 Jiangsu provincial report recorded 45,000 enterprises undertaking online smart manufacturing maturity self-assessment.
Jiangsu combines online self-assessment with industrial upgrading. Beijing’s diagnostic rules reference both standards, and Guangdong’s 2025 smart-factory arrangements provide self-assessment access. The 45,000 figure is Jiangsu’s cumulative self-assessment count, not a national total or certification count.
Assessment areas
Assess people, technology, resources and manufacturing capabilities.
Assessment outputs
Five maturity levels: Planning, Standardization, Integration, Optimization and Leadership, with capability gaps and improvement priorities.
Implementation
Define the assessment boundary
Define the enterprise or plant boundary and relevant manufacturing activities before self-diagnosis.
Provide operational evidence
Use interviews, observations, records and system demonstrations to substantiate capabilities.
Plan staged improvements
Translate findings into realistic capability targets; follow programme-specific rules where recognition or acceptance is involved.
Considerations for overseas operations
Can support comparisons across domestic and overseas plants and sequencing of integration, training and operational improvements.