Lenovo has achieved its highest-ever ranking of seventh globally in the Gartner Supply Chain Top 25 for 2026, improving from eighth place in the previous year. The company’s ascent in the renowned annual ranking underscores its operational excellence and the effectiveness of its AI-driven supply chain strategy during a period marked by global disruptions. Lenovo ranked eighth in 2025, 10th in 2024, and eighth in 2023.

AI-Driven Resilience

The company strengthened its position by evolving its Supply Chain Intelligence "digital nervous system" into iChain, a continuously learning orchestration system. This system coordinates thousands of suppliers and more than 30 manufacturing sites globally. The implementation of iChain has delivered measurable operational improvements, including 60% faster decision-making and near real-time disruption response. Additionally, the automation of network simulations has reduced the time required for manual analysis from two to three weeks down to two to three hours.

Business Performance and Expansion

Lenovo’s supply chain resilience has translated into strong business results. The company retained its number one position in global PC market share, with the gap to the second-ranked competitor widening to its largest level in 15 years. Integrating the Infrastructure Solutions Group supply chain into the broader global network has accelerated growth in Lenovo’s infrastructure business, supporting record operating profit and margins.

To meet hypergrowth demand for AI infrastructure, Lenovo is scaling AI server manufacturing, expanding liquid-cooled server capacity, and strengthening its global-local manufacturing network. The company’s supply chain spans more than 30 manufacturing sites in 10 markets across Asia Pacific, China, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, North America, and South America.

Strategic Global Investments

Lenovo is actively expanding its global manufacturing footprint. Last year, the company broke ground on a new manufacturing base in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Once operational, the facility will manufacture PCs, smartphones, and servers for the Middle East and Africa market and will include a research and development center. In September 2025, Lenovo announced a major investment and job expansion at its U.S. manufacturing and fulfilment campus in Whitsett, North Carolina, which spans more than 800,000 square feet and employs approximately 1,100 people.

The company’s manufacturing site in Monterrey, Mexico, was recently recognized as one of 12 new additions to the World Economic Forum’s Global Lighthouse Network. It is the second Lenovo site to receive this recognition, following the site in Hefei, China, which was recognized in January 2023.