What IMEfuture does

IMEfuture (智造家), operated by Guangzhou Zhizaojia Network Technology Co., Ltd., is a Chinese vertical SaaS and platform provider serving the discrete manufacturing industry, with particular focus on automation system integrators, mechanical equipment manufacturers, processing manufacturers, and factory maintenance departments. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Guangzhou, the company operates an integrated digital platform combining procurement (SRM+CRM), drawing management (PDM), production execution (MES+IoT), and a suite of AI intelligent agents for pricing, scheduling, material kitting, and design-change management. Supporting products include a free Equipment Spare Parts Cloud (设备备件云) used as a freemium acquisition funnel, an AutoCAD batch drawing splitter plugin with Microsoft security certification, an automation parts search engine, and a mobile application.

The platform processes multimodal inputs — including 2D drawings (DWG/DXF), 3D models, BOMs, orders, work orders, and equipment capacity data — to deliver automated feature recognition for pricing, BOM-level material readiness calculation, intelligent scheduling that responds to order insertions and equipment failures, and systematic change-impact analysis for the design-change-heavy non-standard manufacturing environment. Reported outcomes include 90% pricing accuracy in 40-80 seconds, +30% delivery compliance, +25% equipment utilization, and 85% reduction in production-line waiting time. The company has accumulated reference customers including Guangzhou Mingluo Equipment (annual output exceeding RMB 4 billion), Shanghai FANUC, Guangzhou Keshenglong (RMB 400 million), and DALGA (RMB 100 million), spanning automotive equipment, robotics, packaging machinery, and marking equipment.

Revenue is generated primarily through enterprise SaaS subscriptions for Non-standard Butler (非标管家), Drawing Cloud (图纸云), Transparent Factory (透明工厂), and AI Intelligent Agents (AI智能体), complemented by marketplace/transaction services at the sourcing center and implementation/training professional services. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed; the Equipment Spare Parts Cloud is offered for free as a freemium entry product. Go-to-market combines product-led growth via the freemium product and WeChat/content marketing with enterprise field sales targeting mid-to-large manufacturers. IMEfuture has raised approximately $14.1 million (CNY) in 2023 from Guoyuan Securities following an earlier round from Jinding Capital in 2021, and operates a Guangdong Provincial Intelligent Equipment Industrial Internet Secondary Node recognized by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology as an Innovation Application Pilot Demonstration. The company maintains offices in Guangzhou (HQ), Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hefei, and Suzhou.

Name

IMEfuture

Legal name

Guangzhou Zhizaojia Network Technology Co., Ltd. (广州智造家网络科技有限公司)

Website

https://imefuture.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

IMEfuture (智造家) is a Chinese vertical SaaS platform serving discrete manufacturers — especially automation system integrators and equipment manufacturers — with integrated SRM, PDM, MES, and AI agents for pricing, scheduling, and change management in non-standard manufacturing.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Manufacturing Software

NAICS

Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables (334513)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial Automation Software (SCADA, HMI, MES, Historian) (IMAHAHAJ)

Keywords

• Manufacturing execution software
• Industrial supply chain platform
• Non-standard parts procurement
• Discrete manufacturing software
• AI manufacturing intelligence

Headquarters

HQ city

Guangzhou

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Enterprise SaaS Software Subscriptions: IMEfuture provides digital management SaaS tools (Non-standard Butler, Drawing Cloud, Transparent Factory, AI Intelligent Agents) to automation system integrators, mechanical equipment manufacturers, and factory maintenance departments. Revenue is generated through software subscription fees for enterprise accounts, with tiered pricing based on usage scope and feature access.
2. Platform Transaction Services: The platform facilitates transactions between non-standard part purchasers and suppliers, providing supply-demand matching services. The platform operates a sourcing center connecting buyers with suppliers, supporting inquiry-based sourcing, directional inquiry, and hosted inquiry services.
3. Free Freemium Entry Product: Equipment Spare Parts Cloud is offered completely free as a freemium entry product to attract manufacturing enterprises to the platform, with the goal of converting users to paid enterprise software subscriptions over time.
4. Professional Services and Implementation: Sales consultants provide product demonstrations, on-site implementation support, and product training services to enterprise clients, contributing to overall revenue alongside software subscriptions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

IMEfuture (智造家) operates an industrial internet SaaS platform serving the equipment manufacturing industry, integrating SRM, CRM, PDM, MES, and IoT capabilities with proprietary AI agents for pricing, scheduling, kitting, and design change management. The platform's core modules — Non-standard Butler (非标管家), Drawing Cloud (图纸云), Transparent Factory (透明工厂), and AI Agents (AI智能体) — target automation system integrators, equipment manufacturers, and processing manufacturers in discrete manufacturing sectors such as automotive, lithium battery, semiconductor, medical equipment, robotics, and 3C automation.

Product overview

IMEfuture (智造家) is a digital software and management consulting platform serving the equipment manufacturing industry with a modular platform-plus-products architecture. The core portfolio consists of four integrated modules: 非标管家 (procurement/supply chain management for non-standard parts), 图纸云 (drawing management and collaboration), 透明工厂 (MES/production execution), and AI智能体 (AI-powered intelligence agents). These products share data and workflows through native integration—drawings from 图纸云 feed into 非标管家 for procurement and 透明工厂 for production, and AI智能体 provides intelligent capabilities across all modules. Supporting tools include AutoCAD分图助手 (drawing plugin), 设备备件云 (equipment maintenance SaaS), 搜自动化部件 (parts search), and a mobile app. The platform targets discrete manufacturers in automotive, lithium battery, semiconductor, medical equipment, robotics, and 3C automation sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• 非标管家: Non-standard procurement supply chain management and collaboration tool, combining SRM+CRM with intelligent sourcing capabilities.
• 图纸云
• 透明工厂
• AI智能体
• 设备备件云
• AutoCAD分图助手
• 搜自动化部件

Products and services

• Non-standard Butler (非标管家) Non-standard parts procurement supply chain management and collaboration tool combining SRM+CRM+intelligent sourcing. Helps non-standard automation integrators and equipment manufacturers manage procurement workflows, supplier collaboration, BOM import, inquiry distribution, and delivery risk for custom parts.
• Drawing Cloud (图纸云) Product and process data information management tool combining PDM+intelligent pricing+intelligent drawing features. Enables fast search, browsing, transmission, sharing, multi-level permission-controlled access, mobile access, cross-platform multi-format support for engineering drawings.
• Transparent Factory (透明工厂) Manufacturing execution system (MES) for discrete manufacturing enterprises combining intelligent scheduling, MES, and IoT. Covers full process from order to scheduling, production process, process flow, material management, quality inspection, order delivery, and data statistical analysis.
• AI Agents (AI智能体) AI intelligent agents for non-standard manufacturing covering intelligent pricing (90% accuracy in 40-80 seconds), intelligent scheduling (+30% delivery rate, +25% equipment utilization), intelligent material planning (85% reduction in production line waiting time), intelligent change management (100% information delivery timeliness), and intelligent configuration (+70% solution efficiency).
• Equipment Spare Parts Cloud (设备备件云) Free SaaS tool for managing equipment, spare parts, consumables, fixtures, molds, and tools. Supports equipment maintenance planning, real-time execution reminders, one-item-one-code tracking, inventory alerts, and data analytics reporting for factory maintenance departments.
• AutoCAD Batch Drawing Splitter (AutoCAD分图助手) DWG/DXF batch drawing splitting plugin compatible with AutoCAD 2010-2021 (64-bit) and AutoCAD 2007-2012 (32-bit). Automatically identifies drawing frames (blocks/polylines), batch splits drawings, generates BOM files in Excel format. Microsoft security certified.
• Automation Parts Search (搜自动化部件) Search engine for automation parts that enables quick and precise retrieval of standard parts information, component parameters, and target parts to significantly improve search efficiency and accuracy for standard parts in manufacturing.
• Sourcing Center (寻源中心) Online sourcing marketplace that aggregates manufacturing suppliers and connects them with non-standard part buyers. Supports海询 (broadcast inquiry), directional inquiry (定向寻盘), and hosted inquiry (托管询盘) services. Includes escrow payment protection where buyers pay the platform first and the platform releases payment to suppliers after delivery confirmation.
• IMEfuture Mobile App (智造家APP) Mobile application providing access to procurement management, production tracking, and collaboration features for engineers and the intelligent manufacturing industry chain on iOS and Android devices.

Quantifiable outcome

• AI intelligent pricing achieves 90% accuracy rate with 40-80 second response time
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability8 records

Feature10 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• Black Lake Technology (黑湖智造): Chinese cloud-native MES and production-collaboration SaaS targeting small and mid-sized discrete manufacturers. Closest direct competitor to IMEfuture's Transparent Factory offering, often competing head-to-head for the same SME segment in China's Yangtze River and Pearl River delta manufacturing corridors.
• Rootcloud Technology (树根互联): Industrial internet operator connected to Sany's manufacturing ecosystem, providing equipment IoT, MES, and industrial PaaS for discrete manufacturers. Highly comparable to IMEfuture in targeting Chinese industrial-internet adoption with integrated AI and MES, backed by significant capital and government endorsements.
• Midea Cloud (美云智数): Midea Group's industrial internet and digital transformation arm, delivering MES, supply chain, and AI-driven manufacturing solutions derived from Midea's own factories. Competes with IMEfuture for the same Chinese discrete-manufacturer enterprise accounts with a strong manufacturing pedigree and balance sheet.

Broad incumbents

• Yonyou Network (用友网络): China's largest domestic enterprise software vendor, offering Yonyou Manufacturing Cloud with ERP, MES, PLM and supply chain modules. A much broader incumbent than IMEfuture, but its discrete-manufacturing cloud overlaps directly with IMEfuture's SRM/CRM/PDM/MES stack.
• Kingdee International (金蝶国际): Leading Chinese ERP and cloud vendor with Kingdee Cloud Cosmic and Manufacturing Cloud offerings that compete in the same Chinese discrete-manufacturer segment. Larger and broader than IMEfuture but directly comparable in discrete-manufacturing ERP and MES modules.
• Plex Systems (Rockwell Automation): Cloud-native MES platform acquired by Rockwell Automation, serving global discrete manufacturers with production execution, quality, and analytics. Functional analogue to IMEfuture's Transparent Factory, though primarily serving North American and European customers.
• PTC: Global provider of PLM, CAD, IoT and MES (ThingWorx, Kepware, Arena) for discrete manufacturers. Comparable to IMEfuture on the PDM/PLM and IoT dimensions, though at much larger scale with a global footprint.
• AVEVA: Global industrial software vendor delivering MES, engineering, and industrial AI platforms to process and discrete manufacturers. Overlaps with IMEfuture on MES and AI agents, though AVEVA's core strength is in process industries.
• Siemens Digital Industries (Opcenter / Teamcenter): Siemens' industrial software portfolio covering PLM (Teamcenter), MES (Opcenter), and IoT — directly competitive with IMEfuture's PDM/MES/IoT stack at enterprise accounts. A much larger, established global incumbent.

Emerging players

• Hanmore (瀚码技术): China-based industrial software vendor focused on MES and industrial IoT for discrete manufacturing. Comparable to IMEfuture's Transparent Factory and AI agents but at an earlier commercialization stage and narrower geographic footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

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Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors2 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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