Zhongshan, CN - Lighthouse award in Productivity

In response to high-mix/low-volume business challenges, the site used AI, IoT and flexible automation across more than 24 4IR use cases to improve labor, asset and energy productivity in production, cut pipeline inventory and improve quality by partnering with suppliers. The headline impact: USD 24m/year (~26% of total manufacturing cost) versus a 2016 baseline.

Kunshan, CN - Lighthouse award in Supply-Chain and Resilience

A high-mix, high-volume electronics site responded to opaque, untimely production data with a multi-year programme of AI, IoT and flexible automation. More than 24 4IR use cases were deployed across the plant, lifting labour, asset and energy productivity, shrinking pipeline inventory and tightening supplier quality.