Fact-based Research for the Dynamic Enterprise

Manufacturing Insights, an IDC company, provides fact based research, benchmarks, best practices, and business cases for using information technology to improve manufacturing processes including IT for Green, RFID, Sustainability, Warranty and Quality Management.

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Bob Parker
Vice President of Research
Manufacturing Insights

"TOVC segments represent industries in the midst of tremendous change and opportunity. Product management strategies are still centered on balancing costs and product capabilities, but larger organizations are also investing in faster decision making and penetrating new geographic markets."

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Sustainability Excellence Brings Profits to Manufacturers — Linking Going Green with Financial Health

New Product Introduction in the Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Automotive Manufacturing Sector

Profitible Proximity — Enablers Revisited!

Lessons Concerning Collaboration from SAP

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Industry Focus

	Discrete Manufacturing Discrete manufacturers use Information Technology and continuous...
	Process Manufacturing Process manufacturers must deal with excess capacity, competitive markets, and...
	High Tech/Electronics Manufacturing High Tech markets are in transition as most segments mature...
	Consumer Packaged Goods and Retail CPG companies and their retail partners maintain a tenuous balance...

Domain Focus

	Product Life-cycle The number of new products introduced each year is exploding while Research...
	Demand Management Whether focused on pre-sales, sales execution, or post sales service, existing processes must...
	Supply Chain The Supply Chain across all manufacturing and retail segments is shifting from "plan and push"...
	Operations Technology Strategies Information Technology organizations don't want to be relegated to mere custodians of...

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