en.Wedoany.com Reported - Schneider Electric has recently received two new certifications from the Global Lighthouse Network, bringing its total number of lighthouse factories within the network's 238 facilities to 11.

Mourad Tamoud, Chief Supply Chain Officer at Schneider Electric, acknowledged the team's achievements, stating that the transformation is about building capabilities that the world will soon consider standard, and both teams have delivered exactly that.

One of the newly certified factories is located in El Paso, Texas, USA. This facility produces low-voltage and medium-voltage electrical products used to distribute power from the public grid to industrial, commercial, and residential sites. Growing demand from data centers increased complexity across the entire Engineer-to-Order (ETO) value chain, leading to bottlenecks in production, testing, and logistics. Schneider addressed these issues using data engineering, integrated logistics, Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), and Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions. According to CEO Olivier Blum, the El Paso factory, as the first ETO lighthouse factory, improved on-time delivery rates from 61% to 97%, reduced lead times by up to 35%, and eliminated $43 million in backlog orders.

Another newly certified factory is located in Beijing, China. This facility faced dual pressures of emission reduction and expansion due to a 30% business growth, increased internal production ratio, and stricter sustainability requirements. The factory deployed products free of sulfur hexafluoride (SF₆) gas, supported supplier decarbonization, and advanced energy optimization and circular economy initiatives. According to Olivier, the factory achieved zero Scope 2 emissions, while reducing Scope 1 emissions by 65%, Scope 3 emissions by 43%, and improving energy efficiency by 36%.

Schneider Electric has previously had multiple factories certified as Global Lighthouse Factories. The Wuhan, China factory joined in January 2026. Facing workforce challenges and high turnover of skilled technical talent due to increased automation and expanded product portfolios, the company partnered with schools to establish digital apprenticeships, conducted AI upskilling training, and formed a generative AI-assisted maintenance team. These measures reduced onboarding time to 15 days, upskilled 56% of employees, and decreased technician turnover by 42% over five years. The Evreux, France factory joined in September 2025, transformed into a circular distribution center equipped with a digital customer platform for ordering and recycling over 3,000 products, implementing circular solutions in packaging, transportation, and energy, reducing single-use plastic by 40% and energy consumption by 18%. The Wuxi, China electronics manufacturing center joined in January 2025, achieving net-zero Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions in 2022 through sustainability initiatives including AI-driven eco-design, closed-loop CO₂ tracking, and machine learning models, reducing Scope 3 emissions by 65% and water usage by 15%. The Monterrey, Mexico factory joined in October 2024, employing machine learning-driven predictive and autonomous robotics, reducing defect rates by 20% and water usage by 30%. The Shanghai, China factory also joined in October 2024, increasing automation levels by 20% and integrating machine learning, generative AI-driven maintenance, and other technologies, accelerating time-to-market by 63%, reducing lead times by 67%, and improving productivity by 82%. The Hyderabad, India factory joined in December 2023, targeting zero carbon emissions for Scope 1 and Scope 2 by 2030, implementing a supplier CO₂ tracking system based on cloud analytics, IoT, and AI monitoring, reducing energy consumption by 59%, CO₂ emissions by 61%, water usage by 57%, and waste by 64%. The Le Vaudreuil, France factory joined in March 2022, deploying industrial IoT sensors, optimizing energy management by 25%, reducing waste by 17%, CO₂ emissions by 25%, and operating a zero-emission water recycling station connected to a cloud analytics platform and monitored by AI models, reducing water usage by 64%. The Lexington, Kentucky, USA factory joined in September 2021, using IoT with power meters and predictive analytics to optimize energy costs, reducing energy consumption by 26%, net CO₂ emissions by 30%, water usage by 20%, and earning performance certification from the US Department of Energy. The Batam, Indonesia factory joined in January 2020, adopting Schneider Electric's IoT-based, plug-and-play, open, interoperable architecture and platform to track operational performance and preventive maintenance needs in real time, helping reduce maintenance time and waste.