From Disruption to Opportunity: Strategies for Rewiring Global Value Chains

The report identifies a significant gap between the strategic intent of manufacturers to rewire their value chains and their actual operational delivery. It outlines five key trends—shifting toward multi-local networks, digital integration, skill-based economies, innovative sustainability, and customer-value drivers—and provides a set of proven strategies used by 'leading' manufacturers to bridge this gap. The document emphasizes that a holistic, proactive approach to rewiring is necessary to manage trade-offs between cost, performance, resilience, and sustainability in an era of constant disruption.

• There is a notable discrepancy between the strategic ambitions of manufacturers and their operational execution across five key value chain trends, driven by the complexity of changes and resource constraints.
• While a vast majority of executives prioritize regionalization, very few have achieved a fully regionalized operational model, with only 28% planning for region-for-region operations by 2030.
• Artificial Intelligence is viewed as a primary driver for supply chain improvement by 64% of respondents, yet actual full automation remains extremely low at 1% due to legacy systems and cultural barriers.
• A critical skills gap exists in the global workforce, with 60% requiring significant training; 'leading' manufacturers are responding by increasing upskilling efforts to improve future preparedness from 41% in the past to 72% in the future.
• Sustainability is a top priority for CEOs, but operational implementation lags, with only 14% of respondents redesigning networks to eliminate indirect greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 3).
• Leading manufacturers are increasingly prioritizing sustainability over price when selecting suppliers, with 66% doing so.
• Despite 60% of respondents identifying customer value as a key driver for rewiring, only 15% can provide tangible examples of actions that simultaneously optimize performance, resilience, and sustainability for the customer.

APA

World Economic Forum (2024). From Disruption to Opportunity: Strategies for Rewiring Global Value Chains. https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_From_Disruption_to_Opportunity_2024.pdf

Chicago

World Economic Forum. From Disruption to Opportunity: Strategies for Rewiring Global Value Chains. 2024. https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_From_Disruption_to_Opportunity_2024.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldeconomicforum2024from, author = {{World Economic Forum}}, title = {{From Disruption to Opportunity: Strategies for Rewiring Global Value Chains}}, institution = {World Economic Forum}, year = {2024}, month = may, url = {https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_From_Disruption_to_Opportunity_2024.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }