Colin Koh — Industrial AI advisor, author and speaker for manufacturing SMEs across Singapore and ASEAN
Colin Koh has spent more than four decades in and around manufacturing across Singapore and ASEAN, as a builder of enterprises, an advocate for standards, and a teacher of the people who run the floor.
He is a two-time Enterprise 50 award winner (2000, 2001), Past President of AutomationSG, a founding member of the Sustainable Energy Association of Singapore (SEAS).
He holds a Business Administration degree from RMIT University and is an alumnus of the MIT Executive Programme in IoT and AI.Today he is the founder of ORI (Outcome-Ready Intelligence Institute), the author of six books on Smart Manufacturing, Industry 4.0 and Industrial AI, The 99% Factory, and shares his thinking with a community of more than 30,000 professionals. ORIA develop "The 99% Factory", is the method it teaches.
The 99% Factory exists to give small and medium manufacturers a blueprint built for their real constraints and genuine strengths — so they can combine the capability of large firms with an agility the large firms will never have. Given the right map, the 99% don't just survive the age of AI. They build it.The 99% are not behind. They've been measured against the wrong benchmark
-Writes — books, frameworks, and Field Notes for the 99%.·
-Advises — SMEs, MNCs, and policymakers on Industrial AI and transformation.·
-Speaks — keynotes and workshops on AI-ready manufacturing.·
-Teaches — through ORI and “The 99% Factory Executive Masterclass” course.