Capabilities and Services Offered by Malaysian Learning Centres in Assisting Manufacturing Enterprises in Their Digital Transformation Journey

Industry 4.0 encompasses a plethora of notions and technologies aimed at assisting manufacturing entities, particularly small medium-sized firms, in gaining competitive edge. Hence, an effective implementation technology the domains asset integration, digitization, automation is dependent on meeting plenty demanding requirements. The role learning centres these firms critical to ensuring country's overall digital transformation success. An exploratory quantitative survey was carried out Malaysia ascertain centres' strengths gaps aiding country spearheading (I4.0) agenda. survey's primary result that must further equip themselves act as catalyst industry realising I4.0 potential, albeit there also need strengthen commercialization between enterprises. Additionally, discovered should their collaboration affiliation with industries order accelerate adoption Malaysia. Another significant outcome call for establishment one-stop-centre services such funding policy inquiries, well promotion centres’ services, which are enterprises journey.