On September 16, 2025, as a benchmark for digitalization in overseas expansion, Midea Air Conditioning's Thai factory was awarded the World Economic Forum (WEF) Supply Chain Resilience Lighthouse Factory. It is not only Midea Air Conditioning's first overseas Lighthouse Factory, but also the first in the home appliance industry. Coupled with the previous "Green Factory" certification from the Thai Ministry of Industry and the AMO "Asia's Best Mobile Technology Breakthrough Award", it has achieved a rare "Triple Crown" in the industry.
2025年9月16日，作为出海数字化标杆，美的空调泰国工厂获评世界经济论坛（WEF）供应链韧性灯塔工厂，不仅是美的空调海外首个，也是家电行业首个海外灯塔工厂。叠加此前的泰国工业部 “绿色工厂” 认证与 AMO “亚洲最佳移动技术突破奖”，成就行业罕见的“三冠王”。 
 


What is a supply chain resilience lighthouse factory? This type of lighthouse factory achieves excellent service and agility through supply chain transformation encompassing various links such as planning, order fulfillment, and logistics. It enhances transparency and improves working capital management, representing the highest level of digitalization and intelligence in global manufacturing.
何为供应链韧性灯塔工厂？这类灯塔工厂通过涵盖规划、订单履约和物流等各环节的供应链转型，实现了卓越的服务和敏捷性，提高了透明度并改善了营运资金管理，代表全球制造业数字化与智能化的最高水平。 



According to the World Economic Forum, in order to address the issues of inflexible cross-border supply chains, slow response to customer quality feedback, and training barriers, Midea has deployed 72 digital/AI solutions to establish a more resilient global supply chain network, closed-loop quality improvement, and workforce capability enhancement enabled by generative AI. As a result, the end-to-end order lead time has been reduced by 43%, and employee certification time has been reduced by 62%.
世界经济论坛评价，为了解决跨境供应链不灵活、客户质量反馈响应慢以及培训障碍，美的部署了72个数字/人工智能解决方案，以建立更具韧性的全球供应链网络、闭环质量改进和生成式AI赋能的劳动力能力提升，从而将端到端订单前置时间缩短43%，员工认证时间减少62%。 
 
The Midea air conditioning factory in Thailand, situated in the eastern economic corridor of the country, spans an area equivalent to 45 standard football fields. By 2025, its production capacity had surpassed 5 million air conditioning units. This single factory's output exceeds the annual demand for air conditioning in most medium-sized countries. The implementation of quality intelligence systems ensures precise and accurate quality inspection, while intelligent scheduling ensures scientific and reasonable production. The production pace is accurate to the second, with an average of one air conditioning unit being assembled every 6 seconds.
美的空调泰国工厂，坐落于泰国东部经济走廊，规模相当于45个标准足球场，2025年产能已突破500万套空调。仅这一座工厂，产能就超过多数中等国家全年空调需求。品质智能体让质检精准无误、智能排产科学合理，生产节拍精准到秒，平均每6秒就有一台空调完成组装。 

97.8% of the employees in this factory are from Southeast Asia, and they have established cooperation with 691 local suppliers, effectively driving the upgrading of the regional industrial chain. McKinsey said that Midea's multi-national employee training system, built using AIGC tools and tailored for overseas scenarios, has certain reference value for Chinese enterprises going global.
该工厂内97.8%的员工来自东南亚地区，并与691家本地供应商建立了合作，有效带动区域产业链升级。麦肯锡表示，美的利用AIGC工具构建的适配海外场景的多国籍员工培训体系，对于出海的中企而言具有一定的参考价值。 

In addition to setting a benchmark in smart manufacturing, Midea's air conditioning factory in Thailand has also achieved far beyond global standards in terms of green and sustainable development. By utilizing a photovoltaic paired with water storage microgrid system, the factory has achieved a 40.2% energy saving per air conditioning unit and a 68.3% reduction in carbon emissions. In the field of sustainable development, Midea is transitioning from a follower to a leader, injecting new green connotations into Chinese manufacturing.
除了在智能制造上树立标杆，美的空调泰国工厂在绿色可持续发展方面同样实现了远超全球标准。通过光伏搭配水储微电网系统，工厂实现单台空调节能40.2%，碳排放降低68.3%。在可持续发展领域，美的正从追随者转变为引领者，这也为中国制造注入了新的绿色内涵。 



It is worth mentioning that this factory brings together industrial solutions for ToB from companies such as KUKA, Meiyun Zhishu, Ande Zhilian, Hekang Xinneng, and Louyu Technology. The photovoltaic project of the Thai factory, undertaken by Hekang Xinneng, is expected to save approximately 13,600 tons of standard coal annually. The overall green electricity ratio of the factory exceeds 50%, significantly reducing the factory's operating costs and becoming a benchmark factory for photovoltaic applications in Thailand and the industry. Relying on Ande Zhilian's lean production logistics solutions, it precisely matches inventory planning and production plans to support lean manufacturing, achieving seamless collaboration in supply, production, and distribution.
值得一提的是，这座工厂集聚了库卡、美云智数、安得智联、合康新能、楼宇科技等ToB的工业解决方案。其中泰国工厂光伏项目由合康新能承建，预计每年可节约标准煤约1.36万吨，工厂整体绿电比超过50%，能大幅降低工厂运营成本，成为泰国及行业光伏应用的标杆级工厂；依托安得智联的精益生产物流解决方案，精准匹配库存规划和生产计划以支持精益制造，实现供应、生产及流通环节的无缝协同。 

"We have built Thailand's Lighthouse Factory into a digital benchmark for 'going global', setting a direction for Midea's overseas factories," said Zhang Xiaoyi, Vice President and Chief Digital Officer of Midea Group. In order to better understand the needs of local digital transformation, while closely collaborating with overseas local markets, the digital system needs to be more modularized and provide more flexible deployment services. In the future, Midea's green industry will integrate ToB industrial solutions for external output, replicate the 'Lighthouse Model' in more overseas markets, and promote global industrial upgrading with Chinese smart manufacturing.
“我们将泰国灯塔工厂打造成‘出海’数字化标杆，为美的海外工厂设立了方向。”美的集团副总裁兼首席数字官张小懿表示，为了更好地洞悉本土数字化转型的需求，在与海外本土市场紧密协作的同时，数字化系统要做更多的模块化，服务更灵活的部署。未来，美的绿色工业将整合ToB工业解决方案对外输出，在更多海外市场复制“灯塔模式”，以中国智造推动全球产业升级。

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