Ministry of SMEs Opens Smart Factory Specialized Training Center in Indonesia

Establishing a Hub to Lead Digital Innovation in Indonesia

Based on Korea's accumulated experience and know-how, a hub will be established locally to lead the digital transformation and manufacturing innovation of Indonesian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Since last year, Korea has been promoting a cooperation project in the form of official development assistance (ODA) with the Indonesian government and others, utilizing the IT technologies of domestic suppliers with rich experience in building smart factories to support process improvement and professional workforce training at Indonesian small manufacturing sites.

On the 2nd, the Ministry of SMEs and Startups announced that it completed the establishment of a smart factory education center and held an opening ceremony at Binus University located in Bekasi, Indonesia, together with the Indonesian Minister of SMEs, Deputy Minister of Cooperatives, and others, along with the Korea Technology Innovation Association for SMEs (InnoBiz Association), which is carrying out the project.

The newly opened center is Indonesia's first dedicated smart factory education center, equipped with exclusive lecture facilities for theoretical education and a practical training room where participants can directly experience the smart factory construction process and operational results. It is expected to be used as a practical education platform for training smart factory professionals in Indonesia going forward.

The curriculum consists of understanding solutions applied to smart factories, introducing Korea's construction cases, and establishing and presenting action plans for smart factory adoption, with full-scale training conducted for company practitioners and others. Within the center, a separate space will also be prepared to permanently exhibit solutions from companies that participated in Korea's smart factory construction projects.

Choi Won-young, Global Growth Policy Officer at the Ministry of SMEs and Startups, said, “The Indonesian smart factory transfer project is the first overseas transfer of our manufacturing innovation achievements based on advanced IT infrastructure and technology, and I hope it will become a great stepping stone for productivity innovation at Indonesian small manufacturing sites and further for their leap to an economic powerhouse.” He added, “Through this project, we expect the local entry of Korean smart factory specialized companies with excellent technology to be activated.”

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