Companies urged to assess IR4.0 readiness

KUCHING: Out of the 508 companies nationwide approved under the Industry4WRD Readiness Assessment (RA) of the Malaysia Productivity Corporation (MPC), only 17 are from Sarawak. MPC Sarawak director Sarimah Misman thus urged Sarawakian companies in the manufacturing and services sector to apply for the Industry4WRD RA to know where they stood and what they needed […]

Top 10 world ranking achievable

KUCHING: Malaysia Productivity Corporation (MPC) is optimistic of positioning the country in the top 10 for ease of doing business. MPC director-general Datuk Abdul Latiff Abu Seman said this target could be achieved with concerted effort from the business community at all levels to create a more conducive business environment. “With our previous experience, we […]

Take part in AKI 2020, companies urged

KUCHING: Companies in Sarawak are encouraged to participate in the “Anugerah Kecemerlangan Industri (AKI) 2020” or Industry Excellence Awards. Malaysian Productivity Corporation (MPC) board director Datuk Abang Abdul Karim Tun Openg said to date, there were about 20 companies taking part – double the targeted number. “MPC will continue to organise sessions with local companies […]

Big Data — UiTM, MPC need to work closely

KOTA SAMARAHAN: Faculties at Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) Kota Samarahan are urged to work with the Malaysian Productivity Corporation (MPC) to produce Big Data related to population in Sarawak. According to its rector Prof Datuk Dr Jamil Hamali, the Big Data is very important to be recorded in an easily accessible form. “For example, if […]