Industrial IoT (IIoT) PLUGFEST 2018

Competency enhancement for SMEs

• Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) PLUGFEST 2018 was a three-day event which was held from the 27th till 29th November 2018, at Penang Skills Development Centre (PSDC), Bayan Lepas, Penang.

• This event was organized by EEPN’s Key Strategy #3 sub-team, which is to accelerate the adoption of Industry 4.0.

• The workshops aimed to educate and empower the talent within the E&E Industry by bringing industry players, ecosystems providers and key government agencies together to coach, prepare and enable participants to carry out Proof of Concept (POC) projects each at their company using IIoT technology with the goal to improve productivity.

• The event was split into 2 phases, which was conducted over 3 days, namely: - 1.5 days workshop on introduction to I4.0, IIoT, project consideration and productivity

methodologies. - 1.5 days hands-on session on IoT devices setting up, configuring dashboard and system integration

using various protocols.

• The event was complemented by supporting technical partners who acted as coaching resources

• A total of 32 engineers (plus 6 lecturers) attended from 17 companies (SME & MNCs).

• Together, they managed to generate 17 IIoT Proof Of Concept (POCs).

“I am glad that I took time to attend this training as I have learnt a lot from the

best practices of various instructors”

Mr. Mano Subramaniam,Executive Director of Packaging

Sales & Service (M) Sdn. Bhd.

This event was organized by EEPN’s Key Strategy #4 sub-team, which is to strengthen the development of SMEs

Event Details

• 9~10 Nov, 15 ~ 17 Nov and 23~24 November 2018 • at Qliq Hotel, Damansara Perdana

Objectives

• To give an eye-opener for SMEs to understand what to do to help themselves to move forward, thereby reducing the dependency on the Government• To enhance competency of SMEs, leading to higher productivity

Course content:

1. Strategic change and business ethics 2. Enlarging your boundaries (mergers, acquisitions and listing)3. Selecting your game changer and be competitive 4. Business acumen of winning deals5. Enhancing your client, improving customer satisfaction 6. International business and market access 7. Financing and growing your business for non-financial wizards Wrap-up Session

• On the last-day wrap-up session on 24th November 2018, we had a panel discussion. Which was hosted by Dato’ Seri Wong Siew Hai, together with Mr. KC Lau (Executive Director and Group CEO of Inari Amertron Berhad) and Dato' Ooi Kok Seng (KPMG)

• Followed by closing remarks, by Dato’ Abdul Latif Abu Seman, Deputy Director General, MPC and Dato’ Seri Wong Siew Hai, Chairman, EEPN

• The event ended with a certificate award ceremony to all the successful participants of the course

• A total of 22 participants from 21 companies attended this course• Participants were invited to participate in MPC's Business Excellence (ezBE)

Survey

EEPN Newsletter 2/2018

• EEPN co-hosted with Penang Skills Development Centre (PSDC) in their annual Industry 4.0 week, which was held on the 13th and 14th of November 2018.

• This objective of the event was to create awareness on the new wave of Industrial Revolution and provided a platform for networking, forming future collaborations, and driving market adoption among manufacturers or suppliers, vendors, system integrators, and consumers.

• Themed 'Start Small, Win Big‘, this year's Industry 4.0 Week focused on the success stories of local industries and SMEs. This event also addressed major concerns and setbacks faced by SMEs in embarking in Industry 4.0 journey, and provided better insights of the Industry 4.0 technologies and solutions available.

• The event was officially launched by YAB Tuan Chow Kon Yeow, Chief Minister of Penang.

• Dato’ Seri Wong Siew Hai, as Chairman of EEPN, gave a talk entitled ‘Enhancing E&E Competitiveness in Malaysia’.

• There were four sharing sessions on I4.0 implementation success stories, namely from Inari Technology, Nationgate Solution, Kobe Precision Technology and Jabil.

• There was also panel discussion with the theme 'Start Small and Win Big: What, Why and How?

• This year’s Industry 4.0 Week managed to attract a total of 430 participants.

PSDC Industry 4.0 Week ELECTICAL AND ELECTRONICSPRODUCTIVITY NEXUS

Under EEPN’s Key Strategy #4 sub-team, which is to strengthen the development of SMEs, MPC visited 3 SMEs which have been identified for development, namely

Enabling SMEs

• NSW Automation Sdn. Bhd. is located at Diamond Valley Light Industrial Park, Batu Maung, Penang

• We were hosted by Mr. KC Tai, Marketing Director• NSW Automation is a design center and manufacturer of industrial automation

equipment and machineries.• They specialize in dispensing technology, particularly in the semiconductor

and Light Emitting Diodes (LED) sub-sectors

NSW Automation Sdn. Bhd.

• TT Vision is located at Phase 4 FIZ, Bayan Lepas, Penang• We were hosted by Mr. Goon Koon Yin, Director of TT Vision• TT Vision is a premier equipment provider, specializing in automated machine

vision and inspection systems

TT Vision Technologies Sdn Bhd

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• Located in Kawasan Perindustrian Pulai Jaya, Ipoh, Perak• We were hosted by Mr. Alan Tan Hock Lee (Senior Manager, Human

Resources)• Listed on Bursa Malaysia Main Market since 1998• Total employees 7,800

• Unisem has four 4 main operations in three locations; two in Ipoh, namely, Unisem Ipoh and Unisem Advanced Technologies (UAT), and one in Batam, Indonesia and one in Chengdu, China

• Unisem offers a very wide range of components and boards assembly and test portfolio, including leaded packages, Quad-Flat No-leads (QFNs), Ball Grid Arrays (BGAs), Wafer Level Chip Scale Packages (WLCSP), Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS), Modules, Flip Chip and Bumping

• Unisem Advanced Technologies (UAT) is one of the first independent wafer bumping service providers in Malaysia.

Packaging Sales & Service (M) Sdn. Bhd.• We were hosted by Mr. Mano Subramaniam, Executive Director of

Packaging Sales & Service (M) Sdn. Bhd.

• PSS provides a full suite of services for packaging, marking and automation in the manufacturing sector

• A majority of their solutions are Industry 4.0 ready, which enable their customers to track individual packages throughout their entire supply chain.

Packaging Sales & Service (M) Sdn. Bhd.

Leaderonomics Article (extracts) “The large local companies(LLCs) and multinational corporations(MNCs) are already highly competitive.We are now focusing to change themindsets of the SMEs. We haveorganized numerous seminars and workshops to provide the necessary education and training”.

Dato' Seri Wong Siew HaiEEPN Chairman to

Leaderonomics

Visit to UNISEM (M) Berhad

“There is room for growth and improvement among the SMEs and engineering community in Malaysia. With timely and adequate intervention and development programs by the MPC, far more can be accomplished on a global scale. “

Article published by LeaderonomicsE&E on the Next Level dated 26th October 2018

SemiconductorEcosystemAnalysis • This is a graphical representation of the complexity of the eco-system for the semiconductor industry

• The analysis depicts the readiness of Malaysian E&E companies in completing the whole eco-system

• And how it helps to prioritize our activities in developing the local semiconductor industry

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