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Images:Getty Images Contents Executive summary 1Lessons from the latest lighthouses5 1.1. The GLN today: a network of inspirational peers1.2. Introducing the new Lighthouses of 2024: raising the barfor operational excellence 2.1 Preventing process debt132.2 Investing in your capabilities172.3 Assetizing for scale202.4 Localizing adoption with the frontline21 3Beyond productivity: applying AI across value chains for agility24and sustainability 3.1 Intelligent product introduction tools to accelerate product26development cycles 3.2 Driving supply chain agility through intelligent resilience hubs27 3.3 Moving from linear to circular for value chain sustainability30 Conclusion34 Appendix Contributors48 Endnotes 49 The Global Lighthouse Network (GLN) is the leading industry community celebrating theworld’s top-performing production and operations sites. Network members showcase provenperformance improvements and achieve operational excellence across technology, talent andsustainability domains. The Global Lighthouse Network is a World Economic Forum initiative.The initiative was co-founded with McKinsey & Company and is counselled by an advisory Disclaimer This document is published by the World Economic Forum as a contribution to a project, insightarea or interaction. The findings, interpretations and conclusions expressed herein are a resultof a collaborative process facilitated and endorsed by the World Economic Forum but whose ©2025 World Economic Forum. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may bereproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying and recording, Executive summary This white paper celebrates six years of theGlobal Lighthouse Network as the leading The Global Lighthouse Network (GLN) recognizesleaders in the production ecosystem that haveachieved exceptional impact on productivity andsustainability, enabled by digital transformation.After six years, the GLN has expanded from 16 to189 Lighthouses, representing factory, sustainability Amidst the recent AI hype, Lighthouses havecracked the code on site implementation: 77% ofthe top five use cases of this year’s Lighthouseswere enabled by analytical AI and 9% leveragegenerative AI (GenAI). All have unlocked step- How have Lighthouses found impact where othersare still exploring potential? The differentiator is theirapproach to large language models (LLMs) andother new technologies, which remains consistentwith the playbook proven through adoption ofearlier technology, such as the industrial internet ofthings (IIoT). They stay laser-focused on a “value- Among new Lighthouses, 65% cited learningfrom at least three other Lighthouse sites – oftenoutside their own sector – and two other ecosystempartners during their transformation. These 189Lighthouses, 1,000+ use cases and 2,000+ metricsprove the Lighthouse transformation playbook.Those who follow it have moved beyond the “pilot Beyond productivity, Lighthouses also deploytechnology across their value chains to drive agility,resilience and sustainability. Data platforms thatconnect customer, supplier, process, product,market and sustainability data bring visibility and The latest 36 Lighthouses have not only followedthe playbook but are continuing to innovate. They –They are tackling the digital “scaling slump”with a mindset to assetize1use cases asenterprise capabilities, while partnering with their –Intelligent product introduction tool suiteswith capabilities for one-click product design, –They are investing in their frontlineworkforce, focusing on productivity and stabilityin equal parts. Lighthouses design a range of –Integrated resilience hubs that managenumerous spokes with ensembles of AImodels for forecasting demand and disruption, –They are progressing towards end-to-endsustainability, building on top of the tech-enabled eco-efficiency solutions pioneered byearly Lighthouses with investments in value –Technology- and partnership-enabled circularitysolutions to drive lifecycle emissions reduction, For the value chains flowing through Lighthousesites, these approaches have delivered 50%reductions in new product introduction times.Lighthouses have experienced eight times lessrevenue shock than their peers in the wake of performance frontier by innovating with impactthrough technology, talent and sustainability In the next chapter of the Fourth IndustrialRevolution, the focus must shift from learning todoing – the global transformation of industry willrequire millions of production sites, not hundreds.Fast followers should be celebrated for followingthe Lighthouse playbook quickly, efficiently and Lighthouses continue to represent the leadingedge of holistic performance for sites, productionnetworks and value chains. They have proven that“pilot purgatory” can – and should – be surpassed, Lessons from the latest Launched in 2018, the Global LighthouseNetwork (GLN) – a World Economic Foruminitiative co-founded with McKins