Building Innovation Technology Concept in Creative Industry into Vocational Education Study Case in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand Industries

Printing education has made significant progress in Southeast Asia over the last 15 years. The paradigm has been totally changed by yearly development. The Indonesian and Malaysian printing industry have entered the information technology era. The main challenge in this industry is the stiff competition in printing quality. Since the academiaand industry share the vision and mission of the Government and Printing Association, the printing companies in both countries are unified by their pursuit of the same goal. Small and medium enterpriseshave also changed their mindset from labor-based to innovation-based. They have also shifted their focus from processing aspects to product aspects.. The processing aspect today has been replaced by technology, and a large number of workers/laborers is no longer needed in this area. Automation in production will decrease labor cost and optimize production in terms of cost value. The consequence of technology implementation is standardization in the field of education. Vocational education has become the new trend in industry, and this model will boost the industry for future development. This research shows that both Indonesia and Malaysia lack engineering expertise to support this industry. Within this collaborativeresearch, we developed a collaboration program called Asian Printing Training Center that compensates for academic weaknesses through industrial strength, and industrial weaknesses through academic strength. Thailand is our referencefor developingMalaysia and Indonesia. In the end, our hope is that the Asian Printing Training Center Project will help other countries upgrade their human resources quality and skills to meet or reach the Asian standard.