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GOING GLOBAL WITH AUTOMATION

only 15 per cent of factories are fully automated, but the IT industry as the largest private employer in the
76 per cent are in part. Therefore, the country has country. Between 2013 and 2014, India exported over
room to climb the ranks. $167 billion worth of IT and software services. The
industry is expected to improve further as standard of
The Mighty-Five living continues to improve in the country.
The Asia Pacific region is one of the key players in
automation, with Japan and China relying on
automated factories to ensure a successful
manufacturing industry. Smaller countries are “A group of countries known as
beginning to invest in this technology to experience the Mighty-Five are expected
the benefits and grow their economies.
to rapidly evolve as
A group of countries known as the Mighty-Five are manufacturing competitors”
expected to rapidly evolve as manufacturing
competitors over the next decade. Malaysia, India,
Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam aim to invest in Malaysia aims to adopt advanced technology in order
automation to offer the world low cost labour with bring about the fourth industrial revolution in its own
high quality results. country. The Malaysian government is encouraging
businesses to invest in automation through monetary
These countries aim to replace China as the incentives to support both employers and workers.
destination for the low-cost manufacturing of high The country hopes that this assistance will promote
quality products. According to the Global Malaysia as a hub of intelligent manufacturing and
Manufacturing Competitiveness Index, all five allow it to compete with China to offer low cost
countries are expected to be a part of the top 15 manufacturing, worldwide.
countries in the manufacturing sector by 2020. While
these countries are yet to fully automate their These countries still have a long way to go to
factories, the sector is expected to grow as they adopt compete with manufacturing giants, such as China or
more robotics. the US. Yet the rapid growth of automation in these
countries suggests that the global manufacturing
The countries each excel in different areas of sector may look very different in a few decades.
automation. India’s economy, for example, relies on

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