Building smart factories will soon no longer be a luxury for companies who want to remain competitive. The Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) has also recently launched the Singapore Smart Industry Readiness Index to help companies learn about Industry 4.0 and to evaluate the state of their facilities.

 

To help the overall furniture industry become "more productive, more innovative and more manpower-smart", SFIC has appointed The Know How.In Pte Ltd (a joint venture between Lignar Engineering Pte Ltd and Aaron Boo) to introduce the PYTHA Software Solutions initiative.

Albert Einstein had famously said “Play is the highest form of research”.

The need for exploration extends beyond adolescence and the best creative ideas can come from engaging in playful activities. In ‘’SingaPlural 2018 - A State in Play’’, there are no failed experiments, only experiments with unexpected outcomes.

For the pioneer batch of Nanyang Polytechnic Design & Make Specialist Diploma students, it's time to put aside textbooks and head for the workshop.

The Earn-and-Learn programme was jointly launched by SFIC, SFIC Institute and Nanyang Polytechnic in August and lessons started in September last year. Commune, Grandwork Interior, Hometech, Jarrod Lim Design, Renovator Hub and Star Furniture were among the companies who have signed up for the programme.