Abstract
This Manufacturing Insights report draws on the results of Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) Manufacturing Vertical Market Survey, carried out in September-November 2007, among 98 organizations in the automotive manufacturing segment across nine countries in the Asia/Pacific region. The focus of the study is on both business and IT priorities, as well as the initiatives of the automotive manufacturers in Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) or APEJ in 2007 and 2008.
"Automotive manufacturing represents one of the key sectors of growth in APEJ in recent years, fueled by a surge in global demand, booming macroeconomic factors, increasingly affluent middle-class population, and low-cost manufacturing. However, both OEMs and component manufacturers in the automotive industry need a clearly defined strategy to take advantage of this growth and maintain sustainable profitability," says Debashis Tarafdar, senior research manager, Manufacturing Insights Asia/Pacific.
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Manufacturing Insights Opinion
- In This Report
- Methodology
- Survey Sample and Respondent Profile
- Sampling Unit: Geography
- Figure: Respondents by Country
- Sampling Unit: Company Size
- Figure: Breakdown by Company Size
- Respondent Profile
- Figure: Respondents by Role
- Situation Overview
- Current Business Objectives
- Figure: Top 3 Business Objectives
- Business Initiatives for 2007 and Beyond
- Figure: Top 3 Business Initiatives, 2007 and Beyond
- Collaboration Initiatives
- Figure: Current Levels of Collaboration
- Figure: Importance of Collaboration Technologies
- Figure: Plans for Implementing Collaboration Technologies
- Figure: Challenges of Trading Partner Integration
- IT Trends and Priorities
- IT Adoption Profile
- Figure: Adoption of IT
- Manufacturers' Top IT Focus
- Figure: Key Areas of IT Focus
- Current Levels of Application Adoption
- Figure: Current Levels of Application Adoption
- Current IT Initiatives
- Figure: Current IT Initiatives
- Preferences for Software Application Solutions
- Figure: Preferences for Software Application Solutions
- IT Vendor Attributes
- Figure: IT Vendor Attributes
- Obstacles to Purchase Decisions
- Figure: Obstacles to IT Purchase Decisions
- IT Budget
- Figure: External IT Spending
- Future Outlook
- Figure: Economic and Business Outlook
- Figure: IT Budget Outlook
- Essential Guidance
- Actions To Consider
- For the Manufacturers
- For the IT vendors:
- Actions To Consider
- Learn More
- Related Research
- Synopsis
