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Thrust 1 - Promote Digital Engineering
Digital engineering is a process to realize highly
complex product designs and production process
design capabilities through computer, information,
modelling technology and simulation applications
that includes Computer Aided Design (CAD),
Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) Product
Lifecycle Management (PLM) etc.
Failure of some automotive vendors to invest
or to exploit the digital engineering system for the
design and development of their parts contributes
to many acute problems faced by the OEMs in
their vehicle design endeavours.
The Malaysian automotive manufacturing
community has no alternative but to aggressively
pursue Digital Engineering Practices as soon as
possible in order to remain competitive.
Thrust 2 - Adopt and adapt technical
engineering-based education
While academic education is important for
the development of research and technology
in the country, technical education is crucial to
support the Government’s vision to become an
industrialised country by year 2020.
Technical education based on advanced
technology is particularly important for the
automotive industry. Competent personnel with a
technical background are required in the design,
prototype development, manufacturing, service
maintenance, remanufacturing and recycling.
Thrust 3 - Leverage on vocational-based
training
The Government has a vision to transform the
technical education and vocational training (TEVT)
sectors to make TEVT more appealing to students.
The automotive industry manufacturing
sector alone requires 55,500 technical workers
(technician, skilled and semi-skilled workers) by
2020 to develop Malaysia into a regional hub for
EEVs.
The automotive industry needs a skilled
workforce specializing in automated production,
autonomous maintenance and quality control
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