Blueprint for Brilliance: Takeaways for Joining the Ranks of the World’s Most Productive Companies

LNS Research recently released its2025 Benchmarking the Journey of the World’s Most Productive Companies report, and the findings are a wake-up call for the industrial sector. While the "Top 100" companies grew their productivity by 13.9% and saw an 18.5-point increase in operating margins over the last five years, the rest of the industry continues to grapple with a multi-decade productivity decline.

The secret isn’t just buying more robots or building bigger plants. The report reveals that the "Productivity Pathfinders" succeed because they invest in people and decision intelligence as deliberately as they invest in capital and automation.

For companies in major sectors like Food & Beverage and Industrial Equipment, the path to this list starts on the production floor. Here are six takeaways on how a Connected Worker Platform like Dozuki can help you bridge the gap and join the ranks of the world’s most productive companies.

The Dozuki Difference: Leaders Already Among the Ranks
Before we dive into the strategy, it’s worth noting that this isn't theoretical for us. We are proud to share that over a dozen Dozuki customers were named to the LNS Research Top 100 list this year. These category leaders, spanning high-growth Food & Beverage brands to complex Industrial Equipment manufacturer, are already using the Dozuki Connected Worker Platform to outpace their peers and redefine what industrial productivity looks like in 2026.

1. Turn "Tribal Knowledge" into "Decision Intelligence"

LNS highlights that the most productive companies don’t just have data; they have intelligence that empowers their people. In many facilities, critical process knowledge often lives in the heads of a few veteran workers. When they retire, that productivity retires with them.

The Connected Worker Path: By using Dozuki, you capture that expertise digitally. You aren’t just giving workers a manual; you’re giving them "decision intelligence" — real-time, visual, and interactive guides that ensure every worker, from a day-one hire to a ten-year veteran, makes the right call every time.

2. Scale Innovation Beyond "Pilot Purgatory"

A key differentiator for the Top 100 is their ability to simplify digital architecture so innovation scales. Many companies test a new technology in one corner of one plant, but it never reaches the rest of the enterprise.

The Connected Worker Path: A platform like Dozuki is built for scale. Whether you are managing five sites or fifty, you can push a global process update to every single worker simultaneously. For Industrial Equipment manufacturers with complex, multi-stage assemblies, this ensures that an engineering improvement made in HQ is instantly reflected on every assembly line worldwide.

3. Reduce Variance through Real-Time Information Sharing

Productivity is often killed by "variance," the slight differences in how three different shifts perform the same task. LNS Research notes that leaders share information across the value chain to increase speed and reduce this variance.

The Connected Worker Path: In industries like Food & Beverage, where consistency is the difference between a high-yield batch and a massive recall, Dozuki ensures total process adherence. By digitizing work instructions and capturing data at the moment of execution, you eliminate the "middleman" of paper logs and ensure every shift follows the "One Best Way."

4. Address the Workforce Crisis with Digital Upskilling

The report points to a global productivity crisis driven by dramatic shifts in workforce demographics. We are seeing a "Great Reset" of talent. The World’s Most Productive Companies treat people as their most powerful lever for growth.

The Connected Worker Path: You can’t wait six months for a new hire to become productive. Dozuki accelerates the "time-to-floor" by integrating training directly into the workflow. When instructions are the training, you can upskill workers in days rather than weeks, allowing your human capital to create measurable value from their very first shift.

5. Deploy AI with Practical Guardrails

While AI is the buzzword of 2025, LNS warns that it must be deployed within guardrails that protect stability and trust.

The Connected Worker Path: Dozuki Creator Pro AI is a perfect example of "Practical AI." It doesn't replace the worker; it empowers the Subject Matter Expert (SME). By using AI to automatically draft documents and translate guides into multiple languages, you remove the administrative burden of documentation, allowing your smartest people to focus on solving operational problems rather than formatting PDFs.

6. Transition from "Cost-Cutting" to "Value Creation"

Finally, LNS Research notes that Pathfinders don't just cut costs; they rethink how value is created. They treat productivity as the primary driver of free cash flow and enterprise value.

The Connected Worker Path: When you empower a worker with a Connected Worker platform, you aren’t just saving money on paper or reducing errors. you are increasing throughput, improving First Pass Yield (FPY), and creating a more engaged, resilient workforce. For industrial leaders, this means faster lead times and higher quality, the ultimate drivers of market cap growth.

The Bottom Line

The LNS Research 2025 report proves that world-class productivity growth is not only possible, it is the single most powerful lever for profitable growth. At Dozuki, we’ve spent since 2011 helping companies realize that productivity starts with the person.

By connecting your frontline workers to the knowledge they need, you aren’t just improving your operations; you’re building a foundation that could land your company on the list of the World’s Most Productive Companies.

Ready to start your journey to the Top 100? Book a demo with Dozuki today.