Nov 30, 2025

November 2025 Newsletter

What separates the world's most advanced factories from everyone else? Part 2 of our Smart Manufacturing Mindset series with World Economic Forum Lighthouse leaders moves from "what happened" to "what it takes," with lessons learned from Foxconn, Johnson & Johnson, Schneider Electric, Unilever, and Western Digital. Our November newsletter has the episode along with a full slate of updates.

Also in this edition:

Accenture's new Physical AI Orchestrator, unveiled at NVIDIA GTC, blending NVIDIA Omniverse and AI agents to build software-defined factories, already improving warehouse throughput by 20% for one early adopter.
A case study on sustainability product lifecycle management tools cutting CO2 emissions and equipment downtime at a metal foundry.
A preview of CESMII's booth and keynote at PROVEIT! 2026, showcasing how Smart Manufacturing Profiles enable true interoperability.
Enrollment open for the next Smart Manufacturing Acceleration Roadmap Professional Certification cohort, starting January 20, 2026.
An open role for a Smart Manufacturing Instructor and Education Manager to help expand CESMII's national education team.

About CESMII

CESMII – the Smart Manufacturing Institute – has a total current investment commitment of $201M from Department of Energy funding and public/private partnership contributions, with a mandate to create a more competitive manufacturing environment in the US through advanced sensing, analytics, modeling, control, and platforms. CESMII is one of 17 Manufacturing USA institutes on this mission to increase manufacturing productivity, global competitiveness, and reinvestment by increasing energy productivity, improving economic performance and raising workforce capacity. University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) is the program and administrative home of CESMII. For more information about CESMII, its history and Smart Manufacturing, visit cesmii.org.