The Future of Manufacturing - Trends, Challenges and Opportunities

In this video series of ‘Insights, Accessed’, hear from IPI’s Innovation Advisors - Soh Chee Siong, Jeremy Chan and Chok Yean Hung, as they speak on topics related to the manufacturing industry that range from machine implementation, scaling and growth, market development and change management. Gain insights from their experience as they share about the trends, challenges, and opportunities and how they can support companies to uncover roadmaps and leveraging technology and innovation in the process.

With the shift towards Industry 4.0 in advanced manufacturing, Singapore's government continues to invest in the manufacturing ecosystem, build research capabilities and launch new initiatives to attract new talents, to bring the vision of Manufacturing 2030 to life. It is critical for SMEs and startups to tap on available resources to improve their processes, operations and talents to boost their competitiveness.

00:00 Welcome
01:35 Can you share with us your experience in guiding manufacturing companies as an Innovation Advisor (IA)?
03:40 What are some of the key trends or changes in the industry that pivoted how manufacturing is from before?
06:02 In your opinion, what current or future trends should manufacturing companies be aware of? How might these trends benefit or work against companies?
08:40 What is the one thing you want viewers to take away from watching this video?