Due to its global reach and impact, the world-wide manufacturing industry is uniquely positioned to address the big challenges of our time. As companies in the production ecosystem are forced to transform to adapt to the profound disruptions impacting supply chains, how can manufacturing pivot to become the center of innovation and unlock pathways towards a more resilient, sustainable, and inclusive society?
Council Manager
Kyle Winters, Initiatives and Community Specialist, Shaping the Future of Advanced Manufacturing, World Economic Forum
Global value chains are undergoing a seismic transformation driven by disruptive geopolitical events, climate shocks and technological breakthroughs. Drawing on extensive survey data and ...
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 tra...
Fully automated operations are rarely feasible or the most efficient processes, making humans an essential differentiating factor in manufacturing. But without mastering the art of succes...
This paper, developed by the World Economic Forum’s Advanced Manufacturing Industry community, shows how advanced manufacturing can offer solutions to global disruptions and a path to mor...
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the critical role that manufacturing and supply chain systems play in powering the global economy. To navigate current and future market and climate ...
“Essential” means something necessary, indispensable or unavoidable. And yet when COVID struck, governments scrambled to define what an essential service was.
Ten months ago, the first cases of COVID-19 were detected. In the time since, companies, supply chains and entire economies have been disrupted and forced to adapt to a "new normal" where...
Faced with major disruption events, decision makers need to get their heads around the why and when to act (the reaction) before working out how best to mitigate the impacts (the response...
