Centre for Advanced Manufacturing and Supply Chains

This community of manufacturers shows leadership in using Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies to transform factories, value chains and business models, for compelling financial and operational returns.

Supporting industries to accelerate their decarbonization journey to achieve Net Zero emissions by or before 2050.

A global community of private and public leaders committed to advancing societal and economic outcomes by leveraging solutions for attraction, skilling, and retention of manufacturing talent.

As industries navigate rapid change and digital transformations, workforce stability and productivity have become critical to long-term success. This report explores how organizations can unlock productivity and stability by investing in frontline talent, drawing insights from leading manufacturers and global case studies.

Discover how AI agents drive tangible value in industrial operations, bringing the vision of self-controlling, near-autonomous systems to life. This report explores the transformative potential of two types of AI agents—virtual AI agents and embodied AI agents—featuring insights and case studies from leading industries.

The Global Lighthouse Network (GLN) recognizes companies that have achieved exceptional impact on productivity and sustainability, enabled by digital transformation. This white paper reports on the leading-edge lessons learned by the latest 36 Lighthouses to join the network.

This paper suggests enabling strategies that can help navigate complexities and unlock economic value. Developed in consultation with the World Economic Forum’s Circular Transformation of Industries community, these offer a roadmap for achieving a circular transformation of industries at scale.

This white paper introduces a framework of eight opportunities for public-private collaboration for decarbonization, including through public financial mechanisms, facilitating carbon tracking adoption, harmonizing carbon accounting standards, implementing net-zero solutions across value chains and co-investing in climate technologies and market creation.

Global value chains are undergoing a profound transformation in the wake of recent elections, escalating global conflicts, shifting sustainability priorities and the rapid adoption of transformative technologies like AI. This report identifies seven country readiness factors driving private sector investment and shaping countries' attractiveness amidst the ongoing rewiring of global value chains.

This white paper outlines strategies that represent a playbook of proven best practices and can enable global value chains to navigate future market turbulence while encouraging a step-change in collaboration between the public and private sectors.

The paper offers guidance on embracing the opportunity to gain first-mover advantage by forging strategic circular partnerships with industry peers, competitors and value-chain stakeholders.

This report reveals the views of an often overlooked source – the workers on the ground – asking them how the process of technology introduction looks from their perspective.

This white paper explores the evolution of the Fourth Industrial Revolution through the lens of the Global Lighthouse Network’s 172 Lighthouses and examines the transformative manufacturing innovations of the 21 newest Lighthouses.

This white paper serves as a practical roadmap for businesses navigating the intricate terrain of Scope 3 decarbonization and accelerating their contributions to global climate efforts.

This white paper sheds light on recent advances in the field of generative AI, its potential and its application areas in manufacturing, and presents a new guidebook for harnessing the AI revolution in industrial operations.