Key trends and opportunities for 2025 India Despite a 12.4 percent drop in 2020, the Indian construction industry is predicted to expand by 11.8 percent in 2021. Last year, the sector’s impact was evaluated by disease outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19) and consequent lock-ups. Fortunately, government investment in infrastructure development helped revitalize the sector in the fourth quarter of 2020. According to the Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation (MOSPI), i

Industry 4.0 determinants and competitive advantage INTRODUCTION The 4.0 sector aims to achieve a level of high performance, productivity, and automation (Ślusarczyk, 2018; Thames & Schaefer, 2016). Industry 4.0 plays a major and important role in the manufacturing sector; directly linked to efficiency (Imran et al., 2018; Rüßmann, et al., 2015). The core scope of Industry 4.0 incorporates advanced analytics and Internet-based technologies, which combine both competitive adva

Impact of industry 4.0 on Malaysian manufacturing in Refractories As a trading nation, Malaysia continues to seek new ways to grow its market and export highly improved products. The Southeast Asian country has fully developed its manufacturing sectors over the past few years, making it the world’s leading market. This is what made Malaysia the largest industrial nation. The country’s manufacturing industry has undergone a rapid evolution in recent decades, from scale product