European IT Opportunity: Manufacturing

Manufacturing Insights' European IT Opportunity: Manufacturing advisory service provides detailed insight into the IT adoption and purchasing trends in the Western European manufacturing sector, with a particular focus on solution priorities, including developments in collaborative design and manufacturing, PLM/PDM, logistics, advanced warehouse and inventory management, mobility/wireless developments, and back-office and customer-facing solutions.

This service provides IT spending by country and manufacturing subindustry and the results of primary end-user research. Continuous monitoring of the market allows for the identification of key opportunity areas for IT vendors targeting the Western European discrete and process manufacturing sectors.

Approach

This advisory service develops unique analysis and comprehensive data through Manufacturing Insights' proprietary research projects, along with ongoing communications with industry experts, manufacturing CIOs and line-of-business executives, and information and communication technology (ICT) product and service vendors.

To ensure relevance, our analysts work with subscribers to identify and prioritize specific topics to be covered in research reports. Our analysts are also available to provide personalized advice for manufacturing executives and ICT vendors to help them make better-informed decisions.

Topics Addressed

The European IT Opportunity: Manufacturing advisory service covers a broad range of sectors and topics, including:

• Structure and economic performance indicators of the European manufacturing sector
• European manufacturing IT spending and purchasing patterns by country, solution, and subindustry
• Impact of the changing business environment on IT demand and priorities (manufacturing software, logistics, PLM, SRM, collaborative)
• Strategies for mobility, collaboration, and integration
• Vendor competitive assessment
• Review of case studies and major ICT deals
• Emerging wireless and mobile technologies' impact on manufacturing business processes

Key Questions Answered

Our research addresses the following issues that are critical to your success:

• What are the key manufacturing industry trends in ICT?
• What is the IT investment by manufacturing industry and by country and/or application area?
• What are the IT adoption and spending patterns in these industries by major country and by solution?
• What are the best practices in terms of IT adoption in this industry?

Who Should Subscribe

The European IT Opportunity: Manufacturing advisory service is ideally suited to support ICT vendors targeting the European manufacturing market. Industry-specific software providers and system integrators will find this service valuable in gaining additional insight into the needs and investment trends in manufacturing in Europe.

Return on Research Investment

• Strategies for focusing on the European manufacturing sector

• Recommendations for sales strategies and key performance indicators with the organization's strategic goals
• Guidance for increasing focus on selected countries or sub segments

Standard Subscription Deliverables

Manufacturing Insights values building client relationships and strives to foster a partnership with each client through continuous analyst interaction; concise delivery of current, timely, and relevant research; as well as custom research when needed. Each advisory service delivers strategic research covering business and technology issues. A summary of the basic service deliverables available to subscribers includes the following:

• Analyst inquiry time specific to the advisory service area
• 24 x 7 research access via manufacturing-insights.com
• Discounted admission to specific Manufacturing Insights or IDC conferences
• Complimentary forum invitations (Webcasts, telebriefings, industry briefings)
• Dedicated client service representatives

Lead Analyst

Pierfrancesco Manenti is the EMEA research director for Manufacturing Insights. In this role, he provides insight into the key issues and trends affecting the manufacturing industry verticals in Western Europe, including discrete manufacturing, process manufacturing, automotive, CPG, and supply chains. Manenti has developed strong market experience in understanding industry-specific process challenges and vertical-specific technology trends to provide strategies on IT demand from both the end-user perspective and the vendor perspective. He analyzes and anticipates key trends in industry-specific business process challenges, forecasts IT strategies and spending in specific subverticals in Western Europe, and provides consulting and advisory support to end-user organizations as well as IT vendors.

Related Offerings

Related offerings to our industry-specific research practices include IT Spending Guides - segmented regional and country-level analysis by solution area; Go-To-Market Services (GMS) - a modular set of deliverables to assist clients in extending their market reach, validating their market strategy, and producing more responsive customer-centric marketing campaigns; Global IT Advisor (GITA) - a flexible, cross-disciplinary research service providing granularity in market information and analysis across a wide range of technology areas; and IT Management Service (ITMS) - a best-practices research service covering IT governance, portfolio management, vendor procurement, and more. In addition, Manufacturing Insights experts are available for individualized consulting engagements to address specific challenges or to customize the results of our syndicated research offerings.