From Factory Floor to Lighthouse Leader: What Mid-Market Manufacturers Can Learn from the 2025 WEF Global Lighthouse Network

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The 2025 WEF Global Lighthouse Network highlights how 189 factories have achieved operational excellence through strategic digital transformation. They emphasize investing in workforce capabilities, integrating technology across operations, and localizing change. Mid-market manufacturers can adopt these principles to enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and successfully implement digital solutions without exorbitant budgets.

The New Era of Industrial Strategies

by Nick LeederIGNITEit!, Thought Leadership, World Economic ForumPosted on Comments are Disabled

We are excited to share that Nick Leeder & Co. has contributed to the new report The New Era of Industrial Strategies: Tackling Grand Challenges through Public-Private Collaboration in collaboration with the World Economic Forum, UNIDO and Cambridge Industrial Innovation Policy. The background of the report looks at the impact on industrial strategies as the …

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Reducing the carbon footprint of the manufacturing industry through data sharing

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A really interesting read about the need for data sharing needs to drive sustainability changes. Global manufacturing and production sectors are responsible for 20% of the world’s carbon emissions! While the need to reduce the industrial carbon footprint is high, the Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) is a first step to successfully measure and determine the …

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Unlocking Business Model Innovation through Advanced Manufacturing

by Nick LeederACCELERATEit!, Thought Leadership, World Economic ForumPosted on Comments are Disabled

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 change disruptions and stay competitive, the leaders must go beyond the transformation of manufacturing operations and leverage investments in technology to reinvent their business models. Aggregating the …

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How to rebound stronger from COVID-19: Resilience in manufacturing and supply systems

by Nick LeederACCELERATEit!, World Economic ForumPosted on Comments are Disabled

The COVID-19 global crisis continues to disrupt manufacturing and global supply chains with severe consequences for society, businesses, consumers, and the global economy. What short term actions do companies take to ensure business continuity and protect employees? How do they prepare for the rebound and increase the resilience in their manufacturing and supply systems? What …

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