
Readiness for the Future of Production
Objective: Support economies and industries 4.0 efforts to lead an inclusive transition to the production landscape of the futureProduction has traditionally been an engine for growth, pr...
预测开创性技术、创新性商业模式与全新伙伴关系如何改变企业对经济与社会的影响力。
生产不仅仅是制造这一个环节⸺它涵盖了从研发到设计,再到消费行为和最终使用周期等所有环节,同时也牵涉到汽车、化工、电子、医疗保健和纺织等多个行业。虽然制造业一直是促进全球经济增长、就业与创新的首要动力,但它也是导致二氧化碳排放与气候变化的主要原因。新兴技术正在改变着生产行业⸺不仅让生产过程更加高效,还为行业、社会与环境创造了全新价值。
作为一个多元化社区,该平台汇聚了来自22个行业部门、政界、学术机构与公民社会的130多个组织,旨在加速包容性技术发展,同时推动创新、可持续发展与就业。该社区主要负责评估和拟议试点项目、研究最新技能培养方法、完善合作伙伴关系,并为商业模式转变和下一代工业发展战略提供洞见。
我们的平台能够解决多个行业面临的最严峻挑战,从而加速先进制造业的发展,同时协助利益相关方履行其社会责任。
Objective: Support economies and industries 4.0 efforts to lead an inclusive transition to the production landscape of the futureProduction has traditionally been an engine for growth, pr...
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is transforming the roles of people, technology, and work in industry. While the level of automation on shop floors increases, it is not always effective ...
In order to avert a catastrophic climate disaster, global clean energy investments of approximately $4-5 trillion are required annually by 2030 – a more than threefold increase from exist...
MissionAn accelerator for bringing together tomorrow's industry leaders and support them in designing and driving a responsible industry transformation - while getting the world excited a...
As part of the cross-industry Preparing for the Future of Work initiative, the Advanced Manufacturing Industry Taskforce is high-Level community of Chief Human Resource Officers, policy m...
As organizations in the manufacturing and production ecosystem are rethinking and reimagining their business and operating models to rebuild from covid-19, there is now a window of opport...
Manufacturing industries are on the verge of a data-driven revolution. They collaborate in hyperconnected value networks employing a large variety of data‑and‑analytics applications. Data...
What is Additive Manufacturing’s true potential for industry? Is it really poised to transform global manufacturing to drive resilience and enable more distributed and resilient value cha...
While global mega-trends – including shifting geopolitical and trade alignments, climate change and the emergence of disruptive technologies – affect every corner of the planet, the impac...
ContextGlobal value chains are enormously complex, yet must deliver ever-increasing sustainability goals, drive continued efficiency, and be able to withstand shocks such as the COVID-19 ...
SIRI: The Smart Industry Readiness IndexThe Smart Industry Readiness Index (SIRI) comprises a suite of frameworks and tools to help manufacturers – regardless of size and industry – start...
ContextThe Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) paints a stark picture for the future of our planet. Upcoming regulations will force companies to act on their commitments to n...
To learn more or apply to join the lighthouse network, email us at LighthouseNetwork@weforum.org
Goal: Support companies and governments in navigating global value chain disruption from mega trends related to climate change, geopolitical tensions and technological innovation to incre...
Biomanufacturing continues to grow despite the macroeconomic environment. Innovation and recent advancements in the field of synthetic biology have enabled significant unit cost reduction...
The Global Network of Advanced Manufacturing Hubs (AMHUBs) is a community of communities representing industry ecosystems from around the world that come together to address the most pres...
Biomanufacturing applications are exiting the labs and impacting value chains. Innovation and recent advancements in the field of synthetic biology have enabled significant expansions in ...
In collaboration with Boston Consulting Group
For more than a decade, manufacturing leaders have seen cycles of hype associated with additive manufacturing (AM). Although not all predictions and forecasts have become reality, the ind...
Although technology is an important pillar of organizational strategy, people remain essential on shop floors and will continue to be so in the future.
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link, and when it comes to the current state of global value chains, weakness is evident everywhere upstream and downstream. No industry is insula...
新兴经济体需要在2030年前获得66万亿美元的大规模基础设施投资。“一带一路”倡议通过投资绿色基础设施提供了一种新的发展模式,避免了碳锁定将对全球气候变化产生的不可逆转的影响。这份洞察报告强调了“一带一路”绿色发展所需的低碳技术、金融工具、有利环境以及更广泛的利益相关方生态系统。基于对“绿色投资原则”(Green Investment Principles,GIP)签署方...
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 ...
Supply chains have been disrupted and altered over the past years in an unprecedented way as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and megatrends such as emerging technologies, sustainability...
Lighthouses have established themselves as beacons of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, adapting to four durable shifts – agility and customer centricity; supply chain resilience; speed a...
Leadership teams are facing a pivotal shift. To compete effectively, companies need full visibility throughout their value chains. This paper presents a framework for understanding how tr...
Beyond the unprecedented health impact, the COVID 19 pandemic has been catastrophic for the global economy and businesses and is disrupting manufacturing and Global Value Chains (GVCs), d...
Manufacturing companies have been forced to adapt to COVID-19 and the challenges are far from over. An acceleration of megatrends including climate change, geopolitical tensions and emerg...
The Global Network of Advanced Manufacturing Hubs engages manufacturing ecosystems at the local, state/province or national level to allow regions to share their best practices and case e...
Digital is no longer optional. Global disruptions and instabilities impose a pressing need and opportunity for quantitative and qualitative growth amidst shifts in supply, demand, and cus...
In collaboration with Boston Consulting Group
The Forum has created the Regional Action Group for Latin America, consisting of a committed group of trusted partners, including the foremost CEOs, public figures, civil society represen...
The World Economic Forum’s Global Lighthouse Network comprises 54 leading companies that have succeeded in the adoption of Fourth Industrial Revolution technology at scale, at individual ...
The COVID-19 global crisis continues to disrupt manufacturing and global supply chains with severe consequences for society, businesses, consumers, and the global economy. While the pande...
While powerful megatrends like global trade tensions, climate change, new technology innovations, and the current COVID-19 crisis impact all parts of the globe, the reality of those impac...
Sinking, swimming or surfing: Perspectives on operating and business models
Robots welding in a car factory
While the manufacturing and production sectors comprise 16% of global GDP and are key drivers for economies around the world, the complex network of supply chains on which these sectors r...
In collaboration with Boston Consulting Group
Over the past years, a leading group of manufacturers have made impressive progress scaling Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies within the manufacturing plant environment. The World...
3D printing (3DP) might revolutionize the way products are made by disrupting manufacturing patterns, creating novel visual forms that were never possible before, enabling mass customizat...
Unlocking Manufacturing Innovation
Recent years have seen Michigan’s economy grow consistently, with its manufacturing industry a main driver of this economic prosperity. The automotive sector has long been a cornerstone o...
This White Paper is the product of a joint effort by the Inter-American Development Bank and the World Economic Forum’s System Initiatives on Shaping the Future of Production and Shaping ...
Fourth Industrial Revolution trends are disrupting long-established business models. Growing demand for customized products. Shifts and skill mismatches in production value chains. Digiti...
The World Economic Forum, in collaboration with McKinsey and Company, has identified 16 “Manufacturing Lighthouses”; production sites which are world leaders in the successful adoption an...
The future of manufacturing is at an inflection point. Consumers are demanding personalized products and services, instantly fulfilled. Industry incumbents are racing to adjust to this ne...
The Fourth Industrial Revolution has transformed production industries with breathtaking speed and scale. Driven by macro and industry trends, global production value chains are shifting,...
This white paper serves as a guide for optimizing the benefits of the Fourth Industrial Revolution in production, helping countries and businesses identify ways to transform their product...
After a decade of stagnated productivity, the Fourth Industrial Revolution is expected to create up to $3.7 trillion in value by 2025. Technologies such as the internet of things, advance...
Disruptive technologies are transforming all end-to-end steps in production and business models in most sectors of the economy. The products that consumers demand, factory processes and f...
The nature of production is undergoing unprecedented change as new technologies transform cost structures, make new business models and methods of production available, and bring entirely...
The transformative potential of technology in production systems is widely recognized, even while the precise configuration and extent of the possible transformation remain unknown. Produ...