When it comes to industrial advancement, Malaysia is
left behind compared to countries like South Korea and Japan after late
the 1980s. Recently, Vietnam has shown increments in Gross Domestic
Production due to low cost of labour which incentiveses foreign
investors to open factories.
To increase Malaysian competency, we need to stop being an adopter
and start being an inventor. We need to export our own premium products
which are valuable and limited. We start with small targeted consumers
around the world. This it to reduce the cost since it is low volume
manufacturing. For example, Sumitomo Heavy Industries is based in Japan
and they supply solutions worldwide such as injection molding machine.
Therefore, it is advisable to introduce a new invention in the market
and patent it to stay out of the competition. Otherwise, make an
existing one isolated by innovating a better product.
In the secondary economic sector, since Malaysia is low in manpower
wanting to perform blue-collar work, we should setup a “Smart Factory”,
where it is run by automation and robots. An advantage is that
companies can avoid human work in hazardous environment, while promoting
productivity and consistency in quality. Malaysian engineers working
with foreign companies in the factory are tasked with maintaining
production. However, in the future this task will be replaced by
Artificial Intelligence in analysis and immediate troubleshooting. If we
are able to develop our own automated machines, this will give
opportunity to our vibrant engineers in designing new technologies.
Those machines are semi-automated so it can complement human work by
increasing productivity. It allows flexibility in product design and
enables the manufacturing of complex parts with precision. Those
machineries will be supplied in local heavy industries before proceeding
to the international market. The client’s machine will be customized
depending on their manufacturing process. Other responsible government
bodies such as MITI, will enforce data protection to stay trustworthy
for manufacturers. Furthermore, this machine will benefit our local
companies to mass produce their hardware products with less manpower.
This automation should be implemented gradually while the education
system simultaneously moves school syllabus to become more focused in
STEM. Hence, technology will reshape jobs. Humans are no longer doing
repetitive tasks. We play an important part in forecast planning so the
machine will perform up to our expectations. Therefore, to develop the
latest technology, the country needs intelligence. This can be achieved
by cementing innovative culture in our young generation. “Estidotmy”, a
free magazine should be brought back to school. The magazine will be
filled with information regarding latest technologies and successful
technology entrepreneurs as role models. The syllabi should be
redesigned by teaching essential skills such as coding languages and 3D
modelling. Encourage schools to organise competitions requiring students
to pitch ideas through prototypes that are aligned with a given theme.
This can increase awareness about student creativities in developing
technologies that can impact society’s lifestyle. Through the
reinforcement of innovation by supporting human capital, introduction of
new technologies will improve our economy.
(Last edited: 31st March 2018)
P.S. This is just my opinion regarding the topic when applying for PF'18. Cheers!
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