Abstract
This Manufacturing Insights report provides Manufacturing Insights' opinion
about what important issues will shape the high-tech industry in 2007. A number
of external pressures are impacting corporate strategies, including:
- New and evolving environmental regulations
- Shifts in the patterns of global supply and demand
- Increasing pricing pressures from little-known players
According to Jay Holman, Manufacturing Insights program manager, "The high-tech
industry continues to pump out innovative products, and customers continue to
be impressed enough to buy, creating hope for a year of robust growth for the
industry in 2007. However, optimism for 2007 must be tempered by the risks
associated with delivering so many new products to so many fickle customers,
with particular attention paid to the high levels of inventory that have
accrued in anticipation of a blockbuster holiday season."
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