This is how a smart factory actually works | World Economic Forum
Jun 25, 2019 · Cloud computing enables smart factories to generate, process, and store large data sets cost-effectively. The scalable and secure cloud architecture meets requirements of …
How AI is transforming the factory floor | World Economic Forum
Oct 22, 2024 · AI is transforming factories, optimizing production, cutting costs and boosting sustainability – the Global Lighthouse Network provides examples.
Keeping up with Smart Factories - The World Economic Forum
Jan 22, 2025 · From AI-powered autonomous production lines and digital twins that simulate entire supply chains to next-gen robotics, manufacturers are eager to leverage frontier …
Global Lighthouse Network: Transforming advanced manufacturing
Jan 11, 2024 · 132 factories are now engaged in the network, implementing advanced manufacturing technologies and boosting productivity, sustainability and resilient supply chains.
Why should manufacturers embrace AI agents now?
Jan 22, 2025 · To succeed, manufacturers must embrace artificial intelligence (AI) and its latest advancement – AI agents – which push the boundaries of innovation and transform factories. …
Made in China 2.0: The future of global manufacturing?
Jun 26, 2025 · In smart factories, AI optimizes energy consumption, predicts maintenance needs, and fine-tunes production in real time. In logistics, it orchestrates fleets and warehouses with …
Why workers are key to the sustainable, smart factories of the future
Sep 17, 2020 · Factories from top companies like Unilever and Alibaba are adopting Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies. Learn why their efforts earned them spots among the World …
These innovations from China are improving resiliency and ...
May 23, 2022 · The manufacturers of the Global Lighthouse Network (GLN) came together to place environmental, social, and governance (ESG) on top of their agenda. There are 103 …
Driving the digital transformation of manufacturing through skills
Apr 3, 2025 · The digital transformation of manufacturing needs a workforce highly skilled in digital technologies to meet the growing demands of modern manufacturing.
What are lighthouse factories and how are they shaping …
Sep 17, 2020 · 10 new manufacturing sites have joined the World Economic Forum’s Global Lighthouse Network. There are now 54 ‘Lighthouses’, the world’s most advanced factories, …