Abstract
This Manufacturing Insights report looks at new IT management approaches in manufacturing that support the movement toward running the organization more like a business. The analysis includes specific recommendations for organizational structures, innovative IT marketing processes, and management software.
Vice President of Research Bob Parker said, "Setting the right cadence for investment will quickly deliver additional services to the organization and allow for not only running IT like a business but running IT like a successful business."
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Manufacturing Insights Opinion
- In This Report
- Situation Overview
- Running IT Like a Business
- Future Outlook
- An Architecture of Architectures
- Figure: Architecture of Architectures Reference Framework
- Physical Delivery Infrastructure - Invest to Optimize
- Figure: PDI Architecture Reference Model
- Datacenter - Virtualizes to Manage Growth
- Network - Convergence Controls Costs
- Client Devices - Portability Presents Problems
- It' s Not All About Cost
- Industry Process Platform: Invest to Integrate
- Figure: Industry Process Platform Architecture Reference
- Collaborative Decision Environments - Creating Corporate Feedback Loops
- Figure: Collaborative Decision Environment Reference Architecture
- Figure: Network Decision Domains
- Table: Domain Structure for Collaborative Decision Applications
- Multienterprise Business Networks - Keep Your Head in the Cloud
- Figure: Cloud-Client-Server Architecture
- Essential Guidance
- Actions to Consider
- Create a Service Catalog, Use Market Based Pricing
- People: Organize Around Services, Put Architects in the Middle
- Figure: Service-Oriented IT Organization
- Process: Communicate, Invest, and Repeat
- Technology: Time for the Cobbler' s Children to Get Their Shoes
- Invest in the Architecture Portfolio
- Actions to Consider
- Learn More
- Related Research
- Synopsis
