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Industry 4.0 in the Malaysian Construction Industry and Its Adoption Challenges
The last few decades have seen an exponential growth in the industrial revolution. At present, many developing countries are trying to adapt themselves to the current trend of Industry 4.0 and this also includes Malaysia. Despite that, there is a lack of attention given towards its application in the construction sector especially for the small and medium-sized enterprise (SMEs). An extensive literature review regarding the current state of the Industry 4.0 concept in Malaysia and the construction industry including the challenges of adopting it was conducted. Only a limited number of documents were found in Malaysia in answering the call for Industry 4.0 such as the ‘Industry 4ward’ policy by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) and ‘The Race Towards Industry 4.0’ by the Malaysian Productivity Corporation. The silver lining of this however showed that there is a growing interest in the academia world between the subject of Industry 4.0 and the construction industry over the years. There exist few challenges for the adoption but the main challenges found were lack of resources, market issues and organization issues. Thus, future studies should focus on overcoming these challenges first in order to successfully adopt it to the industry. This could also help in forming up the foundations for the adoption of Industry 4.0 in the construction industry too through a proper framework in the near future.
Industry 4.0 in the Malaysian Construction Industry and Its Adoption Challenges
The last few decades have seen an exponential growth in the industrial revolution. At present, many developing countries are trying to adapt themselves to the current trend of Industry 4.0 and this also includes Malaysia. Despite that, there is a lack of attention given towards its application in the construction sector especially for the small and medium-sized enterprise (SMEs). An extensive literature review regarding the current state of the Industry 4.0 concept in Malaysia and the construction industry including the challenges of adopting it was conducted. Only a limited number of documents were found in Malaysia in answering the call for Industry 4.0 such as the ‘Industry 4ward’ policy by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) and ‘The Race Towards Industry 4.0’ by the Malaysian Productivity Corporation. The silver lining of this however showed that there is a growing interest in the academia world between the subject of Industry 4.0 and the construction industry over the years. There exist few challenges for the adoption but the main challenges found were lack of resources, market issues and organization issues. Thus, future studies should focus on overcoming these challenges first in order to successfully adopt it to the industry. This could also help in forming up the foundations for the adoption of Industry 4.0 in the construction industry too through a proper framework in the near future.
Industry 4.0 in the Malaysian Construction Industry and Its Adoption Challenges
Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
Belayutham, Sheila (editor) / Che Ibrahim, Che Khairil Izam (editor) / Alisibramulisi, Anizahyati (editor) / Mansor, Hazrina (editor) / Billah, Muntasir (editor) / Tayib, Mohd Afiq Azinuddin Bin (author) / Bakhary, Nor Azmi (author) / Ibrahim, Che Khairil Izam Che (author)
International Conference on Sustainable Civil Engineering Structures and Construction Materials ; 2020
2022-04-07
11 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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