Dr Azlan Nithia have more than 40 years of experience in manufacturing and in key leadership positions, especially in leading and managing high volume multi-national manufacturing operations, product and tooling advanced automated operations, innovations and digitally connected manufacturing. Dr Azlan have successfully led manufacturing organization’s major transformation in several countries to achieve global competitiveness. Dr Azlan have previously written two other books related to manufacturing competitiveness, Factory of the Future and Smart Manufacturing. He is also a Six Sigma Black Belt and Professional Certified in Industry 4.0 (MIT, USA. 2023).