PANDEMIC DISRUPTS INDONESIA’S TEXTILE AND CLOTHING DIGITISATION PUSH
September 1st, 2021
The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted Indonesia’s efforts to digitalise its textile and clothing sector, with only a few large companies adopting new industrial revolution 4.0 technologies amid a slump in exports, government officials and industry executives have warned.
Three years ago (2018), Indonesia’s industry ministry unveiled an ambitious ‘Making Indonesia 4.0’ plan to encourage manufacturers to adopt virtual reality, 3D design, automation and internet of things technologies. In this way, the government wanted to make Indonesia one of the world’s ...
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