Mapping Malaysia's Resource Centres

42 MAPPING MALAYSIA’S RESOURCE CENTRES MALAYSIA AUTOMOTIVE, ROBOTICS & IoT INSTITUTE (MARii) Introduction An agency under the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI), Malaysia Automotive, Robotics and IoT Institute (MARii) was established to lead the development of the Malaysian automotive sector and the overall mobility ecosystem through the adoption of Robotics and IoT. Being an independent and corporatised organisation established in 2010, its main objective is to enhance the competitiveness of the automotive industry and overall mobility including Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) and Related Services. Serving as the focal point, coordination centre and think tank for the nation’s automotive industry, it functions to enhance technology, human capital, supply chain, market outreach and after sales capabilities of all automotive stakeholders and ecosystems. To date, MARii’s achievements in this arena has been commendable. Area of Expertise Since its establishment, MARii has strengthened its institutional capacity by positioning itself as an Automotive Manufacturing Innovation Centre, with 4 Centres of Excellence established to date: 1. MARii Academy of Technology, 2. MARii Design Centre, 3. National Emission Test Centre (NETC), and 4. MARii Satellite Sabah. In its ethos, 4 pillars were identified as a central philosophy in implementing MARii’s capacity building programmes. These pillars consist of job opportunities, career advancement, business opportunities and business enhancement. With this as its framework, all improvement activities developed for the industry serves at least one of these pillars, if not more. Strengths and Achievements Having been in the automotive sector for close to a decade, its expertise is vast and wide. MARii has a strong commitment to continuously developing the national automotive sector towards global competitiveness. This includes enhancing the application and development of Robotics and IoT within the Big Data Analytics (BDA) architecture platform which includes the Intelligent Transportation System (ITS). A U T O M O T I V E A N D T R A N S P O R T A T I O N