S$38m initiative for hyper-personalised manufacturing among new Industry 4.0 moves
A*Star-led public-private partnership to develop ways to achieve 'minimum order quantity of one' and provide platform for firms to test them, among other things
Janice Heng
Singapore
TO help firms achieve a "minimum order quantity of one", S$38 million will be invested in research and development for hyper-personalisation in manufacturing, in a public-private partnership announced on Tuesday.
Led by the Agency for Science, Technology and Research's (A*Star) Advanced Remanufacturing and Technology Centre, the initiative will develop solutions for hyper-personalisation and provide a platform for firms to test-bed these.
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