How to stand out in a company’s global manufacturing network
De Meyer, Arnoud Ferdows, Kasra
De Meyer, Arnoud
Ferdows, Kasra
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2025
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Global manufacturers are constantly revamping their network of plants. Surviving over the long term for a factory—especially one located in a high-cost country—can be extremely difficult. But an exception to the rule—a Pfizer plant in Belgium that ended up producing its mRNA Covid-19 vaccine—demonstrated that it can be done. An extensive study of the steps that the plant’s leaders took beginning in the mid-2000s—revealed how a plant can become indispensable. They took the facility through five stages: 1) improve operational excellence, 2) improve capabilities for making new products, 3) specialize, 4) increase responsiveness, and 5) build a knowledge network.
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Global Manufacturing