Tomorrow (4/4), Ministry of Industry Launches Roadmap of Industrial Implementation 4.0

By : Ridwan And Aldi Firhand. A | Tuesday, April 03 2018 - 21:55 IWST

Secretary General of the Ministry of Industry Haris Munandar on the inauguration of the third production line of PT. Nichias Rockwool Factory Indonesia
Secretary General of the Ministry of Industry Haris Munandar on the inauguration of the third production line of PT. Nichias Rockwool Factory Indonesia

INDUSTRY.co.id - Jakarta, the Ministry of Industry will launch Making Indonesia 4.0 as a roadmap or a road map of Indonesia's strategy for implementation of entering Industry 4.0 on Wednesday (4/4) morning at the Jakarta Convention Center.

This launch is included in the series of Indonesia Industrial Summit 2018 event which was inaugurated by President Joko Widodo.

"The event will be held for two days, filled with various speakers for talkshows and also attended by relevant stakeholders such as from ministries and institutions, industry players and academics," said Secretary General of Ministry of Industry Haris Munandar in Jakarta, Tuesday (3/4/2018) .

Haris said that besides the Minister of Industry, it is also scheduled that some ministers will give exposure, such as Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Minister of National Development Planning / Head of National Development Planning Agency, Minister of Finance, Minister of Communication and Informatics, and Minister of Research, Technology and Higher Education.

Furthermore, from industry players, among others PT SIEMENS Indonesia, Barry Callebaut, PT GE Indonesia, PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical, Tbk., PT Pan Brothers, PT Sri Rejeki Isman (Sritex), IBM Indonesia, PT Astra Otoparts, PT Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indonesia, PT Cisco Systems Indonesia, and PT Samsung Electronics Indonesia.

Meanwhile, the representatives of academia, among them Prof. Drajad Irianto from Institut Teknologi Bandung, Prof. Teuku Yuri Zagloel from Universitas Indonesia, and Astra Manufacturing Polytechnic.

"We are also inviting a global consultant, AT Kearney to provide exposure on benchmarking of Industrial 4.0 implementation," said Haris.

Secretary General of Ministry of Industry said, Industry 4.0 needs to be implemented immediately to answer the challenges of the industry sector today.

"Revitalization of the industrial sector needs to be done so that Indonesia is not left behind from other countries that are increasingly competitive," he said.

For that, one of Indonesia's strategy to enter Industry 4.0 is to prepare five manufacturing sectors that will be a pilot to strengthen the fundamental structure of the country's industry.

The five sectors, namely Food and Beverage Industry, Automotive Industry, Electronic Industry, Chemical Industry, and Textile Industry.

"Through the commitment and active participation of the government, the private sector and the public through the right partnership, we are all confident that Industry 4.0 will bring benefits to the nation and the country, especially the performance of national industry," he explained.

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