Future-Proofing Global Value Chains: Country Preparedness and Beyond

Case studies

Total number of case studies

299

Sectors

21

Locations

59

Topics

9

As a 40-year-old steel factory, Baosteel Shanghai was an early bird of digitization (early adaptor MES), and extensively implemented 4IR use cases (especially Artificial Intelligence & Advanced Analytics) to meet growing customer expectations on product quality and customization and to regenerate its industrial competitiveness in the digital era
People's Republic of China | Mining & Metals
Baosteel - Shanghai
Haier Shenyang refrigerator represents the landmark of user-centric mass customization, demonstrates an integrated value chain with digital and intelligent innovation across sales, product design, supply chain and manufacturing, and empowers a scalable c2B delivery model of reduced cost, quicker time to market, more agility and higher quality
People's Republic of China | Other
Haier - Shenyang
Driven by consumer expectations in sustainability and quality, and necessity to improve cost competitiveness in a high labor cost market, Henkel has developed a unique scalable data platform connecting in real time 30+ sites and 10+ distribution centers
Germany | Chemicals
Henkel - Düsseldorf
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
sAGCO is an example of how to leverage 4IR technologies to manufacture high complexity low volume products. Implementing digital solutions, they found the recipe to manufacture 9 different product families on one single assembly line with a batch size of one, leading to significant gains in flexibility and productivityto manufacture high complexity low volume products. Implementing digitalsolutions, they found the recipe to manufacture 9 different product families on one single assembly line with a batch size of one, leading tosignificant gains in flexibility and productivity
Germany | Other
AGCO - Marktoberdorf
To build world class product quality and customer satisfaction, Foton Cummins unleashes IoT and artificial intelligence potentials across end 2 end product lifecycle including design, production, quality assurance and after serviceTT
People's Republic of China | Automotive
Foton Cummins - Beijing
From better to best, GE Hino plant leaps forward next-step operation excellence by integrating digitalization with tradition lean best practice and to make Lean more effectiveness and efficiency
Japan | Health
GE Healthcare - Hino
Renault Curitiba is an example of how approaching 4IR technologies focusing on employee’s accountability and E2E connectivity, engaging workforce and developing an ecosystem across players, can support growth and lead to successful results without requiring major capital deployment
Brazil | Automotive
Groupe Renault - Curitiba
Preparing for the future made of sharp volume increase and cost reduction requirements, GSK set up a digital factory team who implemented a wide range of 4IR technologies (e.g., AI, VR, advanced analytics, smart automation) to tackle successfully the business challenges
United Kingdom | Health
GSK - Ware
Early joiner of the digital revolution, the 60-year old plant Cléon in France managed to increase his productivity by 45% and reducing warranty costs by 20% adopting smart automation solutions and digitalization leveraging the local ecosystem (partnerships with start-ups and local universities).
France | Automotive
Groupe Renault - Cleon
Deployment of a digital thread across the value chain that optimizes the overall operations, synchronizes the market dynamics and ultimately enabling the mass customization model
Japan | Technology
Hitachi Ltd - Hitachi
From the brink of operations closure to a leading smart manufacturing site Infineon has leveraged data, advanced analytics and automation to create a significant impact across the site but also integrating with its supply chain network
Singapore | Technology
Infineon - Singapore
Example of lighthouse network extension: standardizing and expanding best practice of the existing lighthouse to roll out and establish a network of lighthouse sites, to drive a broad-based impact and unleash 4IR potential at scale within the organization
People's Republic of China | Health
Johnson & Johnson MedTec - Suzhou
Example of end-to-end connected value chain from suppliers to consumers in vision care to achieve 24% sales growth and 33% cost reduction. In addition, introduced flexible modular platform to introduce new products in record time. 
USA | Health
Johnson & Johnson MedTec - Jacksonville
This site leverages digital manufacturing and advanced automation to move beyond lean, increasing its output by 6% and employee engagement by 45% without additional capital expenditure investment.
Türkiye | Automotive
Ford Otosan - Kocaeli
Market demand shifting towards smaller lot sizes and higher level of customizationDigital transformation touches own operations as well as product portfolio15 internal top priority digital transformation projects in progress
Germany | Other
Phoenix Contact - Blomberg
Transformation driven by changing demand in product mix and desire to remain operational for the next 140 years
Czech Republic | Chemicals
Procter & Gamble - Rakona
Di
Italy | Other
ROLD - Cerro Maggiore
Sandvik Coromant in Gimo produces large volumes of cutting tools at very competitive cost. This is only possible through continuous improvement and smart automation.
Sweden | Other
Sandvik Coromant - Gimo

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