Quantum Technologies: Key Opportunities for Advanced Manufacturing and Supply Chains
Global manufacturing and supply chains face rising disruption – in 2024 alone, supply chain disruptions jumped 38%, with extreme weather, geopolitical tensions and cyberattacks straining resilience. Traditional digital tools are hitting their limits in solving such complex, interdependent challenges. These challenges are precisely where quantum technologies offer a new paradigm of solutions.
Global manufacturing and supply chains face rising disruption – in 2024 alone, supply chain disruptions jumped 38%, with extreme weather, geopolitical tensions and cyberattacks straining resilience. Traditional digital tools are hitting their limits in solving such complex, interdependent challenges. These challenges are precisely where quantum technologies offer a new paradigm of solutions.
Written by the World Economic Forum in collaboration with Accenture, Quantum Technologies: Key Opportunities for Advanced Manufacturing and Supply Chains explores how quantum technologies can unlock new capabilities across product design, factory operations and supply chains. The report outlines a strategic roadmap for scaling adoption, from hybrid quantum-classical pilots to policy, talent and security measures. It draws on early case studies, including Ford Otosan’s 50% faster scheduling, the Port of Rotterdam’s quantum-secured network and Boeing’s corrosion-resistant materials research.
By adopting quantum solutions early, leaders can improve precision, cut costs and build agility into critical industrial systems. The report shows how coordinated action on technology, standards and workforce development can help industries move from experimentation to real-world impact.