HIGH-TECH

Computing Hardware OEMs

World’s Most Productive Companies

Computing Hardware OEMs

Computing Hardware OEMs design and build PCs, servers, and enterprise computing systems. Productivity tracks unit demand, mix toward higher-value servers and AI infrastructure, and the efficiency of global manufacturing and supply chains. Scale, supply chain mastery, and a tilt toward data-center and AI hardware increasingly drive the leaders' productivity.

The group was about flat in 2025, sitting about 15% above its 2019 baseline. Lenovo and HP led as World’s Most Productive Companies. None of the companies improved on the year, a broad-based decline.


Computing Hardware OEMs peer group IPI trends

Computing Hardware OEMs World's Most Productive Companies

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Productivity Snapshot

  • Computing Hardware OEMs ranks fifth of eight High Tech peer groups in 2025, at an Industrial Productivity Index of 1.15, about 15% above its 2019 baseline.
  • 0 of 5 companies grew productivity in 2025.
  • They are the group’s World’s Most Productive Companies: Lenovo (1.21), HP (1.16).
  • The group sits well above its 2019 baseline, with Lenovo and HP both ranking among the World's Most Productive Companies on scale and supply chain discipline.

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