Shanghai, CN - Lighthouse award in Productivity

A make-to-order manufacturer of laboratory and medical instruments faced rising customer demand for highly customized configurations, long lead times, heavy reliance on engineering specialists and isolated systems that obscured factory performance. The site deployed roughly 50 in-house, low-code 4IR use cases — AI-assisted design, advanced planning, modular automation, IIoT and digital twins, and AI-driven gas-leak detection — to digitize engineering know-how across design-to-production. Productivity rose 56%, lead time fell 31% and Scope 1 & 2 emissions per unit dropped 69%.

Penang, MY - Lighthouse award in Supply-Chain and Resilience

The site faced demand and material-price volatility from disruptive events, a growing portfolio (four M&As, +2.5K SKUs since 2018) and a tight regional labour market. It deployed more than 40 digital solutions — AI in supply chain, low-cost 3D printing, zero-code workflow automation — across its high-mix low-volume manufacturing, lifting productivity 40%, cutting manufacturing cost 32% and shrinking delivery lead time 48% while upskilling 88% of the workforce.

Waldbronn, DE - Lighthouse award in Productivity

Amidst demand fluctuations up to 7x typical, growth above 50% and supply-chain disruptions, the site introduced over 25 4IR-related roles and 20 4IR use cases. Drawing on a toolkit of rapid simulation and prediction, AI and IIoT, the diverse high-volume / high-mix life-science manufacturing platform reported a 35% increase in quality, a 44% boost in productivity and a 48% rise in output, enabling market-share growth.