2007 Trends to Watch: Manufacturing Technology

Table of Contents

• CATALYST
• SUMMARY
• 2007 TRENDS TO WATCH: MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY
  • Top 3 business issues facing your industry
    • New product development and introduction is increasingly determining the success of companies
    • Business agility is being constrained by a lack of information flow between the plant floor and back-office
    • Managing supply-chain risk is becoming increasingly complex as globalization increases
  • Supporting product development with cutting edge IT
  • Linking plant-floor and enterprise systems for greater manufacturing agility
  • Managing supply-chain risk to ensure streamlined global operations
• DATAMONITOR' S TAKE
  • Product development is nothing new, but is seen as a challenge to further refine
  • Plant-floor integration will continue to be a hurdling block for manufacturers
  • Risk needs to be dealt with in the short-term as the consequences of failure are high
• APPENDIX
  • Definitions
  • Methodology
  • Further reading
  • Ask the analyst