Smart Factory Platform
Chunxiao Technology · 2018 – 2024
Role: System Designer, Developer & Team Lead
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Full-stack IoT smart manufacturing platform for garment factories. Spring Cloud microservices + Android shop-floor terminals + Vue.js dashboards. Deployed across 10+ factory sites, led 6-person team.
10+ factory sites, 30%+ efficiency gain, 6-person team, hundreds of daily workers
Problem
Garment factories lack real-time production visibility — electronic scales need manual reading, production data entry is error-prone, and cross-site coordination is slow.
Solution
Full IoT platform: local serial-port service for auto weight capture via WebSocket, RFID-based production tracking, Spring Cloud microservices (Production/Inventory/Device), Android shop-floor terminals, Vue.js BI dashboards.
Architecture
Android app + Vue.js web → Nginx → Spring Cloud (MyBatis) → MySQL/Redis/MongoDB → IoT hardware (RFID, scales, conveyors via RS232/RS485)
Key Highlights
- ▸Scaled from single-site pilot to 10+ factory deployments across multiple regions
- ▸Event-driven service coordination using ActiveMQ and Kafka to decouple production workflows
- ▸Replaced manual releases with Jenkins + GitLab CI/CD pipeline
- ▸Serial-to-WebSocket bridge for browser weight auto-fill, eliminating read-and-retype steps
- ▸Field-led prioritization with deep shop-floor engagement under high ambiguity
- ▸Led and mentored 6-person cross-functional engineering team
Tech Stack
What I Learned
Event-driven architecture critical for factory coordination; field-led prioritization beats big design upfront; staged cloud migration balances delivery speed and performance.