2019年1月10日 · “Lighthouse factories are found in companies large and small, in all industries and regions. Rather than replacing operators with machines, lighthouse factories are transforming work to make it less repetitive, more interesting, diversified and productive," explains Helena Leurent, Head of the Shaping the Future of Production System ...

2023年6月23日 · Francisco Betti, Head of Global Industries at the World Economic Forum, emphasises the need for closer collaboration between companies and governments in the face of manufacturing disruptions caused by geopolitics, climate change and the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR).

2024年10月22日 · Mengniu’s “digitalization 1.0” focused on digitalizing dairy farms and factories to achieve comprehensive digital coverage on the supply side, from raw milk to production. Digitalization 2.0 shifted to optimizing management by building a digital marketing and consumer-side operations system, creating precise consumer profiles to enhance ...

2020年9月17日 · But in 2020, a fleet of 10 diverse factories – in industries from pharmaceuticals to electronics – have been able to do just that by adopting the technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) at scale. They now join 44 others in the World Economic Forum’s Global Lighthouse Network.

2022年3月23日 · One-fifth of the world's carbon emissions come from the manufacturing and production sectors; Determining a product's carbon footprint helps benchmark decarbonizations efforts, but is also challenging due to a lack of data transparency

2024年1月11日 · A total of 153 factories are now engaged in the network, implementing advanced manufacturing technologies and boosting productivity, sustainability and supply chain resiliency The impact of scaling advanced manufacturing technologies.

2024年3月4日 · Microfactories consume less power and require fewer people to operate than traditional factories because they use new technologies that are more efficient. AI, machine learning, big data and other innovative technologies, helps microfactories with waste elimination, process optimisation and personalisation for their customers.

2019年8月26日 · For example, in fast fashion, geographic proximity to major markets has become critical: once a dress goes viral on Instagram, companies need to rush new production into stores, a commercial reality at odds with three-week shipping times from factories in South and East Asia.

2024年12月10日 · What is it, at a country level, that manufacturers are looking for? Company-centric strategies and collaborations with suppliers can go far; however, a multistakeholder approach along the journey to rewire value chains requires …

2015年7月16日 · In the future, factories may become agile enough that the entire business proposition could change, moving from a service-based business to a shared-ownership one, as perhaps dozens of co-owners “time-share” the factory week by week or even day by day. Give them time, and flexible factories may deliver a flexible industry, too.