Charting the Course for Global Value Chain Resilience

The report introduces a framework based on the 'resiliency compass' to categorize manufacturing companies into five profiles: the collaborator, the planner, the enhancer, the adapter, and the provider. Each profile is defined by specific strengths and weaknesses across eight dimensions of resilience, such as supplier diversity and manufacturing adaptability. The document provides strategy playbooks for each profile and argues that future-proofing value chains requires strengthened public-private cooperation across regulations, technology, strategic investments, and the demand environment.

• The 'resiliency compass' framework assesses manufacturing resilience across eight dimensions: portfolio excellence, customer orientation, financial viability, go-to-market versatility, logistics flexibility, manufacturing adaptability, supplier diversity, and advanced planning.
• Analysis of surveyed firms indicates a significant gap in resilience levels: only 12% are considered resilience leaders, while 36% are resilience laggards requiring immediate action, and 52% are mainstream players.
• Manufacturing companies can be categorized into five distinct resilience profiles based on their attributes: the collaborator (strong supplier relationships), the planner (sophisticated risk management), the enhancer (production and distribution flexibility), the adapter (product portfolio simplification), and the provider (go-to-market agility).
• Resilience leaders are distributed across the five profiles as follows: 24% are enhancers, 21% are adapters, 19% are collaborators, 19% are planners, and 17% are providers.
• The climate crisis, geopolitical tensions, and emerging technologies are cited as disruptive megatrends that challenge the foundations of global value chains.

APA

World Economic Forum (2022). Charting the Course for Global Value Chain Resilience. https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Charting_the_Course_for_Global_Value_Chain_Resilience_2022.pdf

Chicago

World Economic Forum. Charting the Course for Global Value Chain Resilience. 2022. https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Charting_the_Course_for_Global_Value_Chain_Resilience_2022.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldeconomicforum2022charting, author = {{World Economic Forum}}, title = {{Charting the Course for Global Value Chain Resilience}}, institution = {World Economic Forum}, year = {2022}, month = jan, url = {https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Charting_the_Course_for_Global_Value_Chain_Resilience_2022.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }