Asia/Pacific Manufacturing 2010 Top 10 Predictions

Asia/Pacific Manufacturing 2010 Top 10 Predictions published by IDC Manufacturing Insights in January, 2010. This report consists of Pages: 15 and the price starts from US $ 4500.

Introduction

Abstract

This IDC Manufacturing Insights Report discusses the issues and initiatives that manufacturers in the Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan), or APEJ, region will face in 2010. The manufacturing landscape has been through a turbulent period in 2009. The doom and gloom of the 1Q09 has been replaced with a wave of cautious optimism as 2010 approaches. What initiatives will manufacturers in the region will adopt? What issues will the manufacturers be looking to address?

"Priorities this year is around efficiencies. We will see a greater emphasis on process control and management; particular emphasis will be placed on gaining visibility into the supply and demand chain and on gaining control of the product development process," said Dr. Christopher Holmes, Vice-President, Asia/Pacific Manufacturing Research. "We will also see a greater use of technology to manage the increasing complexity that the manufacturing enterprise has to operate in, facilitating a move to fact-based decision making at the shop-floor level and ensuring compliance."

Table of Contents

• Predictions
• In This Report
• Situation Overview
• IT Spending
• Future Outlook
• Prediction #1: Manufacturers Will Rethink Their China Strategy
• Prediction #2: Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Countries Will Seek to Drive Innovation in Small and Medium-Sized Businesses Through the Use of New Application Delivery Models
• Prediction #3: Compliance Will Be a Must
• Prediction #4: Manufacturers Will Drive for Efficiency in the Product Development Process
• Prediction #5: Visibility Will Become the Key Mantra for Supply and Demand Chains
• Prediction #6: Manufacturing Operations Will Become Transparent
• Prediction #7: Emerging Countries Will Embrace Automation
• Prediction #8: Fact-Based Decision Making, Empowered by a Seamless Flow of Information, Will Become the Norm
• Prediction #9: Social Networking Will Be Embraced by Manufacturing Enterprises
• Prediction #10: Manufacturing IT Departments Will Embrace Green IT as a Key Initiative to Reduce Cost
• Essential Guidance
• Advice for Manufacturing Companies
• Advice for Technology Vendors
• Learn More
• Related Research
• Synopsis
• Table: Year-Over-Year (YoY) Changes
• Table: Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Manufacturing IT Spending by Segment, 2009–2013 (US$M)

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