Kearney labs let you put AI and other technologies to the test in a hands-on environment. You can turn a business priority—such as throughput, right-first-time quality, energy intensity, or workforce safety—into a tested transformation pathway, with a clear KPI and a route to implementation. In the labs, you test digital twin, inspection, and automation approaches that can move those KPIs, using your own operating context.

Our team also draws on Kearney’s broader capabilities, including the Product Excellence and Renewal Lab (PERLab) for product-first innovation and process engineering expertise, to bring the right expertise to your challenge.  

Every demonstration on the floor is calibrated to your business.   

Inside the labs, you can:  

• Identify the operational value at stake across productivity, quality, cost, safety, and sustainability, and focus on the priorities that matter most.
• Turn opportunities into credible, quantified business cases by testing how specific interventions can move the KPIs that define performance.
• Select proven solutions and partners that fit your operating context, investment priorities, and path to scale.
• De-risk implementation by developing and validating solutions offline without disrupting plant operations.  

Experience the future of manufacturing

Three physical locations and the option to go virtual

Technologies in an integrated factory setting, not in isolation

Use cases are selected with your operations and challenges in mind. Examples include but are not limited to: