PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia is on the right path for a productivity-driven economy as it seeks to fully utilise aspects from the Fourth Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0). The forum will also address policy challenges for higher productivity growth and discuss the implementation of productivity-enhancing programmes. Azman said in order to boost and sustain the Malaysia's productivity, the government has also launched the Malaysia Productivity Blueprint (MPB) with the objective of achieving a 3.7 per cent productivity growth target, as was set in the Eleventh Malaysia Plan (11MP). The blueprint presents a holistic approach towards unlocking the potential of productivity of the nation by addressing productivity challenges at national, sectoral and enterprise levels, he added. "APO collaboration has enabled MPC to continuously serve the country's public and private organisations by introducing various productivity improvement programmes.

Source: New Strait Times September 12, 2017 05:03 UTC