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Industry 4.0 Adoption and Diffusion in Manufacturing SMEs in Malaysia

Abstract— The world is at a moment of transformation that will change humans’ well-being and workplaces in the near future. Companies in various sectors and countries should expect big changes as a result of this technological transformation. However, it is believed that this transition would be unique due to the scope and volumes of the transformation are based on digital technologies adoption. Thus, many industries around the world are considering how to embrace the increasing prevalence of technological optimization in conventional manufacturing systems, which has led to intelligent manufacturing. Therefore, the main objective of this paper is to explore the industry 4.0 technologies adoption employed by the manufacturing SMEs Malaysia and the issues and challenges considered to be the game changer and pave the way for increased efficiencies as well as transforming existing relationships in manufacturing SME Malaysia.

Index Terms— industry 4.0, manufacturing, small medium enterprises, digital transformation.

Mohan Selvaraju
Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (Kampar Campus), Malaysia
Peter Yacob
Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (Kampar Campus), Malaysia
Khairul Rizuan Suliman
Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (Kampar Campus), Malaysia
Rameshkumar Rasappan
Murata Electronics Malaysia Sdn Bhd Perak, Malaysia
Prakash Nadarajah
Peninsula College Shah Alam, Malaysia
Darren Peter
Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (Kampar Campus), Malaysia

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Cite: Mohan Selvaraju, Peter Yacob, Khairul Rizuan Suliman, Rameshkumar Rasappan, Prakash Nadarajah, and Darren Peter, " Industry 4.0 Adoption and Diffusion in Manufacturing SMEs in Malaysia, " WCSE 2022 Spring Event: 2022 9th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Applications, pp. 906-912, Sanya, China, April 15-18, 2022.