The Application of TRIZ in The Development of Readiness Assessment Model for The Malaysian Industry4WRD Program

TLDR: In this paper, the authors focus on the challenges in developing the Industry 4.0 readiness assessment model by adopting innovative methodology called TRIZ, which is useful in helping the Malaysian government agencies to guide and facilitate the transformation program of Industry4WRD.

Abstract: The global industrial revolution has become a major concern for most organizations in the effort to innovate and improve towards competitiveness and sustainability. This initiative has been considered as a disruptive change in manufacturing and also services. Many countries have taken proactive action to learn and adopt the concept of Industry 4.0 in order to be at the front edge of transformation. However, various countries and government agencies are trying to support the local industries with limited knowledge and resources, especially in developing countries such as Malaysia. This paper focuses on the challenges in developing the Industry 4.0 readiness assessment model by adopting innovative methodology called TRIZ. This model is useful in helping the Malaysian government agencies to guide and facilitate the transformation program of Industry 4.0 that has been given a new brand name which is Industry4WRD. The Malaysian industries are able to identify the gaps within the organization and the benchmark with the best practiced Industry 4.0 company by using the readiness assessment tools that have been developed from the research. TRIZ has been the core concept of the readiness assessment model and has also effectively shown result from a case study that is presented in this paper