August 8, 2022
27th July, 2022, Johor
Bahru – The Road Ahead with Industry4wrd touched down at Johor Bahru. THe
participation rate has been utmost encouraging where more than 150 SMEs from
various economic sectors came for the briefing and support from relevant
government agencies and solution providers.
MITI, MIDA, MPC and MIDF shared in
details the Industry4wrd programmes, eligibility to apply, how to apply and
what can SME benefit from it. It was reported that the Industry4wrd
Intervention Fund which subsidise Industry 4.0 project with a matching grant of
70 (Government) : 30 (Applicants) up to RM 500,000 is still available.
Manufacturers especially SMEs are urged to immediately take advantage of
Industry4wrd Readiness Assessment Programmes to assess operational status and
opportunities in embarking into smart manufacturing.
2 Smart4wrd Industry 4.0 drivers
shared their Industry 4.0 project experience with the participants. Mr. Tyreal
Tai from Monitor ERP and Mr. Eric from Emerging EPC both given the assurance
that SMEs need not to be big to adopt Industry 4.0. There are many small size
SMEs are already implementing ERP and IIOT generating and processing data to
make informed decisions.
SMEs who are still unsure on how to
start their journey is encouraged to contact MITI or smart4wrd for advice via hello@smart4wrd.my.
