European Manufacturing CIO Strategies

Manufacturing Insights' European Manufacturing CIO Strategies advisory service guides manufacturing CIOs maximize the business value of technology investments. The research service is specifically designed to help manufacturing CIOs optimize their IT budgets, select IT vendors from the most critical areas of the manufacturing business, and assess the impact of technology investments on their business performance.

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 Manufacturing CIO Strategies advisory service covers a broad range of sectors and topics, including:

• IT budgets based on manufacturing industry benchmarks
• Manufacturing industry "vendor short lists", a timely analysis of providers
• Top 10 IT vendors in manufacturing and a thorough analysis of European manufacturers' IT spending on hardware, software, services, and internal IT staff as a percentage of their total sales
• Key market trends and challenges facing the manufacturing business
• Technology best practices to generate revenue, increase efficiencies, reduce costs, gain competitive advantage, and ensure regulatory compliance
• Competitive assessment of emerging technologies and potential benefits
• Manufacturers' investment plans for enterprise- and industry-specific IT solutions

Key Questions Answered

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

• What should be your IT budget?
• Who are the top IT vendors for your industry?
• What are the key market trends and challenges in your industry?
• What are the emerging technologies for my business and what are the potential benefits one may derive from them?
• What are the technology best practices in my industry?

Who Should Subscribe

The European Manufacturing CIO Strategies service provides exclusive market analysis and direct access to experts, helping subscribers better understand trends and developments related to ICT strategies for manufacturing. Subscribers receive the latest intelligence on the evolving manufacturing marketplace in Europe, enabling them to make better-informed business decisions and develop cost-effective IT strategies and tactics.

Return on Research Investment

• Enables manufacturing organizations to take advantage of commercial best practices in solving project management and engineering business issues
• Helps manufacturing CIOs design and implement more effective IT solutions
• Provides manufacturing CIOs with specific technology trends and best practices, supporting them when they determine IT purchases

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.