Manufacturing Leadership Journal

The Manufacturing Leadership Journal June 2025

Bold Ideas for a Better Future

Digital Culture Begins with Executive Intent

CESMII’s John Dyck shares why manufacturers must align culture, improve data quality and bridge IT and OT with clear intentionality.

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Building a Practical Sustainability System

Success with sustainability requires a new, strategic way of thinking about and managing the business.

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The Business Case for Circularity

Product design, processes and partnerships optimize circularity to close the supply chain and manufacturing loop.

Digital Tools for Manufacturing Resilience

Investments in technology can help manufacturers navigate economic uncertainty and geopolitical challenges

Decarbonizing Scope 3 Emissions through Circular Strategies

Circular economy strategies offer potential benefits and opportunities to decarbonize scope 3 GHG emissions.

Why Smart Manufacturers Are Betting on Sustainability

Industrial leaders are turning to digital technologies to drive profits and cut emissions.

Laying the Foundation for More Circular Manufacturing Supply Chains

Fostering collaborative partnerships, incentivizing customer engagement, and assessing global risk all play important roles in improving circularity.

Profit by Design

AI helps manufacturers turn sustainability into bottom-line advantage.

Profit by Design

AI helps manufacturers turn sustainability into bottom-line advantage.

“If you want to drive value creation through digital transformation, it’s going to take a culture where leaders at every level are moving away from making assumptions about their operations.”

John Dyck,
CEO, CESMII – The Smart Manufacturing Institute

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Also in this issue

Schneider Electric Plant Tour

In Mexico, Schneider Electric Showcases “Lighthouse” Accomplishments

Welcome New Members of the MLC June 2025

Introducing the latest new members to the Manufacturing Leadership Council

2025 Manufacturing Leadership Awards

Finalists Recognized for Achievements in Digital Transformation

Survey: Tariff Tumult Roils Supply Chains

More than 40% are already seeing a negative impact from tariffs, resulting in rising costs, a new MLC survey shows.…

Survey: M4.0 Appears Poised for A Significant Leap

As they climb up the maturity curve, manufacturers see a host of benefits as well as challenges with AI, says…

Survey: Leadership Preparedness Improves, but Gaps Remain

As they climb up the maturity curve, manufacturers see a host of benefits as well as challenges with AI, says…

Manufacturers See AI as a “Game-Changer” as They Ramp Up Investments

As they climb up the maturity curve, manufacturers see a host of benefits as well as challenges with AI, says…

For Manufacturers, Digital Maturity Hasn’t Yet Come of Age

Manufacturers are at an early stage of understanding how far advanced they are with Manufacturing 4.0, as they grapple with…

Survey: Smart Factories Are Still a Work in Progress

Manufacturers are moving ahead with creating smarter factories as they grapple with cultural resistance and integrating new technologies.

SURVEY: Manufacturers Go All-In on AI

A growing number of manufacturing organizations have brought AI to the shop floor, and as usage grows, so do aspirations…

SURVEY: Choppy Supply Chain Seas Making Skilled Sailors

MLC’s latest survey reveals continued disruptions and challenges but big shifts in digital technology deployments and supply network geography

Survey: On Board with Technology, At Sea with Strategy

Manufacturing executives want to know what digital transformation can do for their businesses, but an overall plan to find out…

Survey: Data Mastery is Slow to Mature but Essential

Manufacturers show some progress with data mastery efforts, but much opportunity for growth exists.

Survey: Smarter Factories Are on the Way

Manufacturers will be pressing ahead with their M4.0 investments as they expand their digital deployments in operations, a new MLC…

Survey: Sustainability Momentum Surges Dramatically

Sustainability is rapidly becoming one of the key drivers of industrial transformation for the rest of the decade, reveals the…

Survey: More Expect M4.0 Tech Adoption to Increase

A new MLC survey reveals that rapid technology adoption continues as manufacturers deploy transformative technologies to reshape how work gets…

SURVEY: Manufacturers Get Tough on Cybersecurity

More companies are taking a disciplined approach to dealing with the growing threat of cyber attacks, a new MLC survey…

SURVEY: Digital Leadership Playbook Still Work in Progress

In manufacturing’s new digital era, the requirements for leadership are evolving just as rapidly as the technology that is underpinning…

SURVEY: Manufacturing Supply Disruptions to Last Well Into 2023

A new MLC survey warns that disruption could continue for as long as two years as manufacturers strive to adopt…

SURVEY: Future Outlook: Hazy

While pandemic disruptions created a rush to move to M4.0, MLC’s latest Factories of the Future survey finds those plans…

Manufacturing’s Sustainability Challenge: The Race is On

The desire to adopt more sustainable and environmentally responsible practices is now an overwhelming sentiment among manufacturing executives, reveals the…

Pedal to the Metal

Manufacturers see data’s massive potential to improve operations, predict disruptions, and bring about new revenue streams, but realizing that promise…

Growing Pains

Manufacturers see data’s massive potential to improve operations, predict disruptions, and bring about new revenue streams, but realizing that promise…