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Product Life-cycle

The number of new products introduced each year is exploding while research & development budgets shrink. Corporate boards and shareholders are putting increased pressure on management to improve the yield on new product investments. Research from the Manufacturing Insights Product Life-cycle Strategies service focuses on what investments introduce operational efficiencies to the domain while improving the responsiveness to customer requirements.

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Product Life-cycle Strategies

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Demand Management

Whether focused on pre-sales, sales execution, or post sales service, existing processes must be overhauled and investment in new customer information capabilities undertaken. And as corporate objectives tack toward profitable growth, progress is a priority. Manufacturing Insights will provide actionable advice on improving pricing management, channel coordination, and promotion resource allocation decisions across the demand management process.

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Demand Management Strategies

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Supply Chain

The Supply Chain across all manufacturing and retail segments is shifting from “plan and push” to “sense and respond” as companies calibrate their supply chain operations to actual demand signals. These initiatives hold the promise of improving service levels to customers while reducing waste. Manufacturing Insights research will provide benchmarks, best practices, and business cases to guide companies in their journey.

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European Supply Chain Strategies

Supply Chain Strategies

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IT Portfolio

Information Technology organizations don’t want to be relegated to mere custodians of the IT assets, they want to be agents for change within the enterprise. Success will depend on building credibility as a component function and will require better management of the whole IT value chain – from prioritizing demand from the business functions to improving delivery service levels to effectively managing costs. By applying the IDC concept of Dynamic IT, Manufacturing Insights supports initiatives to create world class IT organizations.

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IT Portfolio Strategies

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