Asia/Pacific IT Opportunity: Manufacturing

Manufacturing Insights' Asia/Pacific IT Opportunity: Manufacturing Advisory Service provides an in-depth look into and analysis of the manufacturing sector across key markets in the Asia/Pacific region. It includes an overview of the status of the entire industry and the information and communication technology (ICT) deployment phase of key manufacturing segments. The service also highlights the areas with substantial ICT investments and identifies ICT priorities for this sector in line with business processes and models as market conditions change. Manufacturing Insights conducts an extensive user survey to help clients understand the issues/challenges faced by IT departments of manufacturing organizations and how different technologies can help them achieve their business goals. The methodology adopted for this survey helps to define the size of the total addressable market for key manufacturing segments.

Approach

This 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, as well as 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

Throughout the year, this service will address the following topics:

• Adoption of emerging technologies/solutions
• Best practices and profiles of technology implementations among Asia-based manufacturers
• Business and IT priorities among Asia-based manufacturers
• Competitive landscape in terms of IT vendors/providers selling into this vertical industry
• IT supply-side and demand-side perspectives of the manufacturing marketplace
• Profiles of the manufacturing sector in selected countries
• Review of the addressable markets for the manufacturing industry
• Selected manufacturing segments, including (but not limited to) high tech/electronics, automotive, consumer packaged goods, and chemicals

Key Questions Answered

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

• What are some of the best practices and profiles of technology implementations among Asia-based manufacturers?
• What are the addressable markets for the overall manufacturing industry as well as specific key segments?
• What are the IT investment trends of the manufacturing sectors in selected countries?
• What are the key business and IT priorities among Asia-based manufacturers?
• What is the competitive landscape in terms of IT vendors/providers selling into this vertical industry?

Who Should Subscribe

The Asia/Pacific IT Opportunity: Manufacturing Advisory Service is ideally suited to support the planning and decision making of the Asia/Pacific manufacturing segment. CIOs, VPs of IT, IT directors, and senior IT managers of manufacturing companies, as well as industry-specific IT vendors (manufacturing vertical - focused business units, marketing/market intelligence functions) will benefit by subscribing to this service.

Return on Research Investment

• Benchmarking of IT investments against industry standards
• Case studies and recommendations on best practices in ICT implementations
• Strategies for ICT investments in the Asia/Pacific manufacturing sector

• Guidance for ICT vendors to address the needs of selected manufacturing subsegments
• Market analysis, trends, and IT spending forecast in key manufacturing verticals

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

Debashis Tarafdar has extensive experience in helping organizations use information technology to enhance their manufacturing supply chain efficiency. In his current role, Debashis is responsible for IT opportunity research in Asia/Pacific for the manufacturing industry. He provides in-depth analysis of the industry across key markets in the Asia/Pacific region, ICT deployment phase of key manufacturing segments, and ICT priorities for this sector in line with business processes and models as market conditions change. He also identifies revenue opportunities for ICT providers. Prior to IDC, Debashis worked in various leading organizations in the areas of operations, consulting, planning, and business development. With strong domain expertise in enterprise resource planning, demand planning, supply chain execution, eprocurement, and enterprise application integration, his key role was to help organizations leverage technology and adopt streamlined business processes as well as industry best practices and global standards.

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.