Abstract
This study provides the analysis of results of IDC Manufacturing
Insights' 2009 survey that researched on ICT budgets in Western
Europe.
"The recession has punctured business confidence in the past year.
Budgets are under pressure, and users are focusing on projects
that deliver rapid payback"," said Pierfrancesco Manenti, EMEA Research Director,
Manufacturing Insights. "However, despite the gloom, the discrete manufacturing industry
is one of the largest IT spenders in Western Europe.
It continues to offer large opportunities to those IT vendors
who offer the appropriate solutions in the current climate," adds
Manenti.
Table of Contents
- Manufacturing Insights Opinion
- In This Report
- Situation Overview
- ICT Budgets: Reluctance to Support New or Ongoing Initiatives
- ICT Budgets Marginally Favor External Spending
- Future Outlook
- Business Outlook: Slightly Positive
- Business Initiatives Focus on Quick Payback
- IT Alignment With Business: Improved, Integrated Access to Relevant Information
- Controlling Costs Remains The Key Focus
- ICT Budgets are Under Pressure
- Change in ICT Budget Distribution
- Bleak Outlook for External Budgets
- Essential Guidance
- Actions to Consider
- For Manufacturers
- For Technology Vendors
- Appendix
- Survey Respondent Profiles
- Learn More
- Related Research
- Synopsis
- Table: Western Europe Engineering-Oriented Value Chain Expected Change in ICT Operating Budget in the Next 12 Months by Spending Area and Sub-Vertical Market
- Table: Western Europe Engineering-Oriented Value Chain Vertical Market Quotas
- Table: Western Europe Engineering-Oriented Value Chain Company Size Quotas
- Table: Western Europe Engineering-Oriented Value Chain Number of Completes by Country
- Table: Western Europe Engineering-Oriented Value Chain Survey Respondents Profile by Job Title and Sub-Vertical Market
- Figure: Western Europe Engineering-Oriented Value Chain Current Distribution of ICT Operating Budget Among Spending Areas by Sub-Vertical
- Figure: Western Europe Engineering-Oriented Value Chain Current Distribution of ICT Operating Budget Among Spending Areas by Country
- Figure: Western Europe Engineering-Oriented Value Chain Current Distribution of ICT Operating Budget Between Internal and External Spending by Sub-Vertical
- Figure: Western Europe Engineering-Oriented Value Chain Current Distribution of ICT Operating Budget Between Internal and External Spending by Country
- Figure: Western Europe Engineering-Oriented Value Chain 12-Month Outlook By Sub-Vertical
- Figure: Western Europe Engineering-Oriented Value Chain 12-Month Business Outlook by Country
- Figure: Western Europe Engineering-Oriented Value Chain Leading Business Initiatives to Support IT Decisions
- Figure: Western Europe Engineering-Oriented Value Chain IT Organization' s Improvements to Support the Business for the Next 12 Months
- Figure: Western Europe Engineering-Oriented Value Chain IT Organization' s Improvements to Support the Business for the Next 12 Months by Sub-Vertical
- Figure: Western Europe Engineering-Oriented Value Chain Main areas of Organization' s IT Focus during the next 12 months
- Figure: Western Europe Engineering-Oriented Value Chain Expected Change in ICT Operating Budget in the Next 12 Months by Sub-Vertical
- Figure: Western Europe Engineering-Oriented Value Chain Expected Change in ICT Operating Budget in the Next 12 Months
- Figure: Western Europe Engineering-Oriented Value Chain Expected Change in ICT Operating Budget in the Next 12 Months by Spending Area
- Figure: Western Europe Engineering-Oriented Value Chain Expected Change in the Next 12 Months in the Share of External Spending by Sub-Vertical
- Figure: Western Europe Engineering-Oriented Value Chain Expected Change in the Next 12 Months in the Share of External Spending by Country
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