The document outlines 6 new strategies for Taiwan to address challenges of a shrinking workforce and competitive pressures: 1) enhancing flagship industries' smart supply chains, 2) encouraging startups, 3) localizing production, 4) achieving autonomy in key technologies, 5) cultivating technical talents, and 6) injecting industrial policy tools. It discusses using smart automation technologies like robots, IoT, big data, and cyber-physical systems to achieve goals like man-machine coordination, extended machine uptime, flexible scheduling, shortened lead times, and zero inventory.

1. PRODUCTIVITY 4.0BY
JAYESH C S PAI

3. SIX NEW STRATEGIES
1
•ENHANCING AND FINE-TUNING FLAGSHIP INDUSTRIES’ SMART-SUPPLY-
CHAIN ECOSYSTEMS
2
•ENCOURAGING STARTUPS
3
•LOCALIZING PRODUCTION AND SERVICES
4
•ACHIEVING AUTONOMY IN KEY TECHNOLOGIES
5
•CULTIVATING PRACTICAL AND TECHNICAL TALENTS
6
•INJECTING INDUSTRIAL POLICY TOOLS

4. PROBLEMS IN TAIWAN
 TAIWAN IS FACED WITH A SHRINKING WORK FORCE AND THE
DUAL CHALLENGES OF DEVELOPING NATIONS CARVING UP
THE MASS-PRODUCTION MARKET AND INDUSTRIALIZED NATIONS
OCCUPYING THE HIGH-END MARKET FOR CUSTOM-MADE
PRODUCTS.
 TAIWAN’S IMMINENT LABOR SHORTAGE
 MAJOR CHALLENGES TO THE NATION’S INDUSTRIAL
DEVELOPMENT INCLUDE HOW TO PROMOTE INNOVATION AND
TRANSFORMATION IN INDUSTRIES, ACHIEVE AUTONOMOUS
CAPABILITIES IN KEY TECHNOLOGIES, AND SUSTAIN
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS

5. KEY-TALENT-2 WAYS
 ONE IS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (R&D) PERSONNEL
THAT WILL HELP FOSTER THE HIGH-LEVEL R&D WORK FORCE
FOR PRODUCTIVITY 4.0
 THE OTHER IS TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL COLLEGES,
WITH THE FOCUS ON SECONDARY EDUCATION, WHERE THERE
IS MUCH ROOM FOR UPGRADE AND TRANSFORMATION OF
CURRICULAR AND TRAINING METHODS AS WELL AS A
NECESSITY FOR NUMEROUS COMPLEMENTARY MEASURES.

6. SMART AUTOMATION
TECHNOLOGIES
ROBOTS
IOT
BIG DATA
CYBER-PHYSICAL
SYSTEMS

7. SMART AUTOMATION
SMART
AUTOMATIC
PRODUCTION
SERVICE
AGRICULTURE

8. GOAL OF INDUSTRIAL
TRANSFORMATION
MAN-MACHINE
COORDINATION
EXTENDED
MACHINE UPTIME
FLEXIBLE
MANUFACTURING
SCHEDULING
SHORTENED LEAD
TIME
ZERO INVENTORY

9. MODULAR ROBOTS
 Modularizing core components of robots avoids the rigidity of robotic total
solutions and grants hardware and software developers with
customizability.
 Modular robots allow more flexibility to meet various orders.
 Modules: controllers, control I/O, ethercat communication, software
development platforms, HMI, and teach pendants.
 Modularization provides flexibility and openness for widening robot
applications and research projects in industrial and academic realms.
 Robot technologies include precision machinery, precise measurement,
intelligent control, digital design, man-machine coordination, and
knowledge feedback.

10. MODULAR ROBOTS

11. Gateway to Big Data Analysis
 IoT and big data relies on gateways, which connect sensors,
machinery, and systems via fieldbus protocols and remote
I/O.
 With real-time operating system, operators can grasp latest
operational status while off-site managers can remotely
monitor manufacturing process with virtual HMI via mobile
devices.
 The IoT gateway allows the convergence of cyber and
physical systems while transferring field data to the cloud for
analytics.
 They allow predictive modelling and behavioural prediction,
data fusion, and data mining, which stimulate smarter
industrial applications.

12. Gateway to Big Data Analysis

13. MAN-MACHINE COORDINATION

14. EXTENDED MACHINE UPTIME

15. FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING
SCHEDULING

16. SHORTENED LEAD TIME

17. ZERO INVENTORY

18. CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS

19. IoT

20. SMART-SUPPLY-CHAIN ECOSYSTEMS

21. ENCOURAGING STARTUPS

22. LOCALIZING PRODUCTION AND
SERVICES

23. ACHIEVING AUTONOMY IN KEY
TECHNOLOGIES

24. CULTIVATING PRACTICAL AND
TECHNICAL TALENTS

25. INJECTING INDUSTRIAL POLICY
TOOLS

26. SMART AUTOMATION

27. SMART AUTOMATIC PRODUCTION

28. AGRICULTURE

29. SERVICE