Environmental Scan 2017: Human Capital Issues within the Medical Devices Sector
Key Issues
Key Recommendations
which the regulatory and compliance requirements are less
stringent.
Many companies and employees in the industry are not
aware of the subsidy/grants that they can tap on for
reskilling / upskilling
The industry is not ready to move towards Industry 4.0
With the manufacturing landscape changing fast due the
convergence of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and the
emergence of new technologies like 3D printing, the local
industry should be prepared to adopt the technology or
otherwise risk losing out to other countries which are
embracing these new technologies fast
7. Help industry better
understand their current
status and gaps, and
prepare them to move
towards Industry 4.0
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