Industry 4.0, also known as the Fourth Industrial Revolution (IR4.0 or 4IR), calls for a shift in how industries operate, focusing on increased automation and data exchange in manufacturing technologies.

This changing industrial landscape presents opportunities for Malaysian industries, especially small and medium enterprises (SMEs), to invest in and adopt new technologies and processes in order to become more competitive and efficient.

Hence, there is a need to encourage SMEs to embrace IR4.0 to maximise their potential and make a bigger contribution to the country’s export value and eventually become the engine of economic growth.