2018 UEM Edgenta Annual Report

EQUIPMENT AUTOMATION & MECHANISATION In 2018, we invested heavily by introducing machinery and robots to automate and mechanise work where it will be able to address 3 areas of concern described as follows: • • Reducing financial costs; • • Lowering reliance on manpower; and • • Minimising exposure to health and safety risks. An overview of some of the investments: 1. MULAG Grass Cutter The MULAG Grass Cutter will be introduced in 2019 to get ‘boots-off-the-ground’ and eliminate Exposure to Live Traffic to our highway maintenance workers. The MULAG Grass Cutter mows grass around posts and crash barriers support fixtures. It not only enhances safety but drastically improves operational efficiency as the MULAG Grass Cutter can complete about 84,000m² per day for 7 hours (without lane closure). This is equivalent to 14-man power output per day for manual cutting. Additional results that can be expected of mechanisating our manual grass cutting operations is tabulated below: 3. Radio Frequency Identification (“RFID”) tagging In our laundry plants, each linen has a RFID tag, an ultra-high frequency transponder that, when used with a scanner, provides real time information on its movement, stock status and usage, and thus, enhances linen management and control towards work efficiency and increased productivity. This eliminates manual counting and human error and also automates the process of data entry into the system. Ultimately this will result in ZERO loss of linen. Reduce manpower from 14 to 2 Reduce ETLT* by Increase productivity by more than 88% 100% * Exposure To Live Traffic 40% 20% in time taken in time taken Linen Requisition Linen Issuance >50% in time taken Linen Inventory 33% >65% <5 sec in staff deployment in staff deployment in scanner detection 2. Autonomous floor scrubber In transforming the manual way of cleansing where labour is required and brooms and mops are used, we invested in an autonomous floor scrubber called Avidbot. It only requires to be switched on and it will automate the cleaning process using intelligent, dynamic mapping and obstacle & collision avoidance technology. Use of the equipment has resulted in 80% reduction in manpower requirements and 48% savings in manpower costs. MATERIAL Pavement Research Centre Development of new asphalt mixes and innovative techniques & pavement design where results have shown: • • 47% increase in productivity in terms of pavement length. • • 20% reduction of costs of repavement. Financial Review Stakeholder Information AGM Information 33 Governance Review of Sustainability Activities