Future-Proofing Global Value Chains: Country Preparedness and Beyond

Case studies

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To maintain a business and technological edge, Schneider Electric’s more than 60-year-old facility has implemented Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies to achieve a complete end-to-end transformation of its operations from supplier to customer. This has improved customer satisfaction by 20%, demand forecast accuracy by 20%, and reduced energy costs by 26%.
USA | Technology
Schneider Electric - Lexington
In an industry that is rich in data but often fragmented data, the Yanbu team is unique in being the first site in Saudi Aramco to have developed a fully integrated digital performance management system across 25+ systems that has driven yield improvements of ~14% and at the same time reducing energy consumption by 10% through the use of advanced data analytics
Saudi Arabia | Oil & Gas
Aramco - Khurais
Driven by e-commerce booming in CPMG industry, Unilever Hefei site deployed flexible automation, digital & AI use cases at delivery, warehousing, production & E2E performance management to increase flexibility & agility for demanding customers
People's Republic of China, People's Republic of China | Chemicals
Unilever - Hefei
To realize the core mission “make SME easy to do business anywhere”, Alibaba Xunxi implemented end to end 4IR solutions to enable a new apparel C2M (Customization to Manufacturing) business model for SMEs, resulted in significant shorter order lead time and higher productivity in a dramatically customized and smaller order batch size
People's Republic of China | Retail
Alibaba Group - Hangzhou
With volatile commodity prices and market conditions, DCP have been integrating the remote control of field operations with their planning, logistics and commercial systems to optimize in real time product margins
USA | Oil & Gas
DCP Midstream - Denver
Maubeuge 50 year old plant is another example of Groupe Renault ability to deploy 4IR technologies at scale across its production network to protect the plant competitiveness (best-in-class in the Alliance), specifically improving quality variability, increasing its flexibility to deal with the many LCV configurations, and improving efficiency of indirect labor
France | Automotive
Groupe Renault - Maubeuge
With a fast changing and raising demand of biologics products, Janssen has digitally connected the internal and external nodes of a complex, hyper regulated supply chain developing advanced process controls for both the logistics and manufacturing processes, to deliver faster to patients while reducing costs
Ireland | Health
Johnson & Johnson Janssen - Cork
In this time of difficulty, pioneers of connectivity and the telco operators across the world have stepped up to the challenge and have come up with novel ways to utilize 5G— the latest generation in telecom infrastructure. This report provides case examples of how China's government and telecoms have introduced 5G to improve medical assistance during lockdown.
People's Republic of China | Health
5G + Healthcare: Technology in Action
Samena Telecommunications Council
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Romania | Other
Arçelik - Ulmi
Operating in a highly mature industry sector Micron felt the pressure to innovate to maintain its competitive edge; implementing multiple 4IR use cases across automation and advanced analytics with an impact of 100mln USD, that have now scaled across the Micron network globally
Singapore | Technology
Micron - Singapore
First example in Oil & Gas (O&G), a traditionally slow to innovate industry with deep seeded orthodoxies, of multiple, scaled 4IR use-cases connecting in real-time to 9 offshore vessels. As result MODEC turned into a distant market leader in offshore Operations & Maintenance and doubled their market share, transforming the way new clients are won and digital talent is cultivated in industry
Brazil | Oil & Gas
MODEC - Rio de Janeiro
New product introduction (NPI) factory has to deliver:▪Increased number of new product ramp ups (1/month, +50%)▪Faster transfer of new products and technologies to manufacturing network worldwide (3 months → <1 month)▪Doubled production volumes with the same resources
Finland | Technology
Nokia Electronics - Oulu
Petkim, a pioneer global petrochemical industry, has become an industry and geography leader not only in business terms but in digital and analytics space, that focused on throughput and quality improvement, total digitization of asset management, and a major change story to transform a state-owned asset into digital power house
Türkiye | Chemicals
Petkim - Izmir
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Indonesia | Mining & Metals
Petrosea - Tabang
▪Schneider Batam is the 1st Lighthouse Certified by Indo- nesia Ministry Of Industry as a part of Industry 4.0 Vision▪Batam is one of the 6 Pilot Smart Factory in Schneider global network out of 260 sites with own Digital transform- ation team with internal talents from operational background▪Executed the transformation using Ecostruxure (own IOT platform) and developed multiple solutions locally and 3 solutions transferred to other sites.
Indonesia | Technology
Schneider Electric - Batam
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India | Mining & Metals
Tata Steel - Kalinganagar
Aspiring to become the provider of global best-in-class products, Weichai ignited digital transformation across its E2E value chain from production design, procurement, production, supply chain to aftersales service  
People's Republic of China | Other
WEICHAI - Weifang
Company founded with the idea to bring 4IR into an industry dominated by decades of old methodologies. To create value that would otherwise be impossible to achieve
USA | Health
Zymergen - Emeryville
This plant leverages artificial intelligence to drive productivity and quality improvements in the steel industry. It is building its own smart-factory platform through a collaboration with a local ecosystem of academia, SMEs and start-ups.
Republic of Korea | Mining & Metals
POSCO - Pohang
▪Slow growth at automotive industry in China recent years, SAIC makes C2B (Customer to Business) as strategy in order to increase product competitiveness▪To realize C2B, E2E connected value chain carried out: online order, intelligent engineering, digital twin production, digital supply chain & digital quality managementDi
People's Republic of China | Automotive
SAIC Maxus - Nanjing

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