In November 2017, Britain published its industrial
strategy “Building a Britain Fit for the Future”. The four grand challenges
addressed for Britain were as follows:
On 31 October 2018, Malaysia launched
the country’s Industry 4.0 policy or Industry4WRD. This National Policy focuses
mainly on digitally transforming Malaysia’s manufacturing sector and its
related services to embrace Industry 4.0. The policy envisions Malaysia as a
strategic partner for smart manufacturing. The manufacturing sector contributed
about 23% to GDP over the last five years. Growth is seen to be about 5% over
the next 2-3 years. It places emphasis on SMEs as a significant proportion are
in manufacturing. The Industry4WRD Council is in charge of implementing,
monitoring and managing action plans under the policy.
Essentially, the Industry4WRD is depicted as follows:
It acknowledges other countries have embarked on their
Industry 4.0 transformation and are in advanced stages of implementation. As
such it suggests the following:
To succeed in a fast-changing environment we need to
re-order our education eco-system. We cannot rely on existing policies and
processes in the education sector to deliver an aspiration in the industry
front. We have to be brave to revamp the secondary and tertiary levels or at
least regenerate some schools and universities with focus on the future – AI,
Big Data Analytics and Advanced Materials. Unless we do so, the Industry4WRD
will just remain a good document!
References:
1. Industry4WRD – National Policy on Industry 4.0,
Ministry of International Trade and Industry
2. University College London (https://www.ucl.ac.uk)
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