The Ministry of Industry focuses on accelerating the implementation of the Making Indonesia 4.0 roadmap. The main goal is to make Indonesia into the top 10 countries that have the strongest economy in the world by 2030. Minister of Industry Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita said that in order to achieve this target, there are seven industrial sectors that will spur it, namely the food and beverage industry, textile and clothing, automotive, chemical, electronics, pharmaceutical, and medical equipment industries.

"The implementation of Making Indonesia 4.0 is one of the major projects in the National Medium-Term Development Plan (RPJMN) for 2020-2024. Various programs and policies have been carried out by the Ministry of Industry, including the implementation of the 2023 Hannover Messe (HM)," said Minister of Industry Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita at the opening of the Indonesia 4.0 Conference & Expo 2022, Wednesday (24/8).

He said Indonesia's participation as an Official Partner Country is in line with the strategic initiative of Making Indonesia 4.0 in order to answer the challenges of the 4th industrial revolution.

Not only is Indonesia the first country in ASEAN to become an official partner of Hannover Messe, but also supports national branding efforts for Indonesia's position as one of the new world economic powers and a global manufacturing player.

The next step, the Ministry of Industry has built the Indonesian Digital Industry Center 4.0 (PIDI 4.0) to prepare human resources in the industrial 4.0 sector and accelerate the transformation of industry 4.0 in the manufacturing sector.

"PIDI 4.0 was established as a one-stop solution for the application of industry 4.0 in Indonesia, as well as being the Window of Indonesia 4.0 to the world," said Agus.

Furthermore, in the 2022 G20 Presidency, Indonesia initiated the establishment of the Trade, Investment and Industry Working Group (TIIWG). This is based on the belief in the importance of an integrated approach to accelerate the implementation of industry 4.0, as well as to facilitate innovation and digital transformation to achieve inclusive and sustainable industrialization.

Acceleration of Making Indonesia 4.0 was also supported through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Minister of Industry and the Minister of SOEs regarding the implementation of the Indonesia Industry 4.0 Readiness Index (INDI 4.0) assessment for State-Owned Enterprises.

"The signing of the MoU is a form of the government's strong commitment in accelerating the Making Indonesia 4.0 roadmap," said Agus.

According to him, the synergy and collaboration between the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of SOEs in supporting the implementation of digital transformation in SOEs is believed to be able to accelerate the achievement of the aspirations of the Making Indonesia 4.0 roadmap.

In addition, the Ministry of BUMN also directs BUMN companies to accelerate digital transformation more quickly by adopting industrial technology 4.0 and information technology in carrying out their business processes.

"Therefore, we have submitted an INDI 4.0 assessment certificate to state-owned companies. This is not the end of everything, but the beginning of the transformation towards industry 4.0. One of the shareholder's mandates was conveyed that by 2024 state-owned companies must have transformed towards Industry 4.0 which is marked by an INDI 4.0 score of at least 3.5," said the Minister of Industry.

In addition to these main programs, several achievements from the Making Indonesia 4.0 activity, including 903 manufacturing companies have conducted self-assessment INDI 4.0.

There are 28 state-owned companies that have conducted INDI 4.0 assessments, 45 manufacturing companies that received INDI 4.0 awards, and two industries that received the Global Lighthouse Network from the World Economic Forum (WEF), namely PT Schneider Electric Manufacturing Batam and PT Petrosea.

Furthermore, there are four manufacturing industries appointed by the Ministry of Industry as National Lighthouses, namely PT Pupuk Kaltim, PT Indolakto, PT Akebono and PT Infineon. A total of 108 industries have participated in the industry 4.0 mentoring program, and 17,778 SMIs have participated in the e-Smart IKM Workshop.

Then, there are eight Capability Centers, namely the Digital Capabilty Center for Industry 4.0 (PIDI 4.0), four Satellite Capability Centers (STTT Poltek, STMI Poltek, ATK Poltek, Furniture Poltek), and three Learning Factories (BBIA, BBLM, BBIHP). A total of 2,171 manufacturing industry participants and 3,394 state-owned companies participated in the Industry 4.0 Transformation Training.