Annual Report 2024 2025

The centre seeks to unite global manufacturing and supply chain ecosystem leaders to share best practices, ignite innovation and scale the impact of their efforts. In doing so, it plays an integral role in driving the responsible transformation of industry. To achieve this, it brings together more than 250 partners from business, government, academia and civil society. Through flagship initiatives such as the Global Lighthouse Network and a growing portfolio of collaborative projects, it champions key issues including cutting-edge technology, environmental stewardship and workforce transformation. It operates across four key areas: resilient value chains, technology and innovation, people-centric transformation, and sustainable systems. The centre works to future-proof global value chains by supporting the development of new industrial strategies that build resilience and promote growth in manufacturing and supply chains. It aims to accelerate the adoption of advanced manufacturing technologies at scale through initiatives such as the Global Lighthouse Network, The Next Frontier of Operations and the Lighthouse Operating System. The centre continues to promote emerging practices and tools that enhance diversity, inclusion, workforce development and the attractiveness of industry careers. Key initiatives include Frontline Talent of the Future and the New Generation of Industry Leaders. It also identifies innovative solutions to enable circularity and accelerate the transition to net zero across industry. Major efforts in this area include the Industry Net Zero Accelerator , Circular Transformation of Industries and the SME Sustainability Accelerator. With these programmes as the foundation of its work, the centre achieved success in three priority areas during the reporting period: strengthening its global presence, expanding its influential leader community and the Global Lighthouse Network into a globally impactful platform, and advancing sustainable, resilient, people-centric industrial transformation in a rapidly evolving global landscape.Among the highlights was the continued growth of the Global Lighthouse Network, with 36 new lighthouses added, bringing the total number of best-in-class production sites and value chains to 189. The network’s criteria expanded to include talent and customer centricity, creating a more comprehensive benchmark for excellence in advanced manufacturing. To address barriers to industrial decarbonization, the centre unveiled a framework of eight opportunities for public-private cooperation. In response to industry leaders’ shift towards regionalization, it also launched the Beyond Cost: Country Readiness for the Future of Manufacturing and Supply Chains report, including a Global Readiness Index that outlines seven readiness factors to guide manufacturers’ value chain decisions on their production footprint and inform government industrial policy agendas. The New Generation of Industry Leaders initiative entered its second year, with the latest cohort convening in Boston and Geneva. Following a policy roundtable in Washington, D.C., a new Industry 4.0 career path initiative was announced, aimed at making manufacturing careers more attractive and addressing a projected shortfall of two million workers in US manufacturing. In a major development, the centre’s community of chief operating, supply chain and procurement officers was restructured with a new, focused mandate to support the technological transformation of small- and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs). The community expanded strategically and now includes more than 90 chief experience officers (CXOs), along with a new deputies community to operationalize decisions. The centre expanded its global footprint with new affiliates in Qatar, South Africa and Viet Nam. It convened key community meetings in China, India and the US, and hosted the first Advanced Manufacturing and Supply Chains Forum in Boston – bringing together leaders from industry, government, academia and start-ups to develop strategies for “Resilience and Innovation in the Intelligent Age”. The centre drives actionable solutions, delving into the ‘how’, not just the ‘why’, to lead responsible industry transformation in a time of geopolitical uncertainty. Kiva Allgood, Managing Director Centre for Advanced Manufacturing and Supply ChainsOur Centres Annual Report 2024-2025 Our Organization25