Putting automation in motion


Technological help: SMEs are increasingly seeing the value in deploying technological solutions to solve some of the long-standing problems in the manufacturing sector.

MALAYSIA’S economy has long been reliant on cheap labour with many of its major industries like plantation, manufacturing, construction and services employing a high number of migrant workers.

But with the tightness in the labour market and an increasing shift towards automation over the last two years, companies are looking at options to mechanise parts of their operations to reduce their reliance on manual labour as well as to increase efficiency.

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