Singapore’s manufacturing base has been gearing up to adopt the Industry 4.0 model, to enable digitalisation and automation of its processes, enhancing its efficiency and long-term competitiveness on the global stage. As part of national I4.0 strategy, Smart Manufacturing Group in ARTC is leading the research and development (R&D) projects.The group leads and supports these projects across the full spectrum of its core expertise such as IIoT, Machine Learning, Visual Computing, Automation and Digital Twining. The Industry 4.0 innovation focus areas are predictive maintenance, smart energy consumption, routing flexibility, remote monitoring and control, human-robot collaboration, digital performance management, real-time supply-chain optimisation, advanced process control, digital quality management and data-driven demand prediction.