Challenges await SMEs in shifting focus to IR 4.0


PETALING JAYA: While small and medium enterprises (SMEs) will play a key role in transitioning corporate Malaysia’s adoption to the Fourth Industrial Revolution (IR 4.0), there are hurdles which need to be ironed out to achieve this goal.

RS Malaysia country general manager Sean Er Lim told StarBiz that as SMEs are the backbone of the economy, they play an important role in the country’s transition to IR 4.0.

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