Abstract
This IDC study explores the impact of increasing environmental concerns and
increased legislation on manufacturing companies in the Asia/Pacific (excluding
Japan) or APEJ region. Manufacturers now not only have to comply with new
legislation but also have to satisfy customers who are demanding increasingly
Green products, and also manage an environment where increased costs of raw
materials and consumables are impacting. Companies are increasingly looking to
IT to support their Green initiatives whether it be from investing in new
applications or to seek the support of the vendors to assist them in deploying
applications to support Green initiatives.
"We expect manufacturing companies in APEJ to adopt product life-cycle
management (PLM) applications to support decision making as companies
increasingly have to consider sustainability factors as well as cost,
availability, and performance into the decision process," says Chris Holmes,
vice president, Asia/Pacific Manufacturing Research.
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Manufacturing Insights Opinion
- In This Report
- Methodology
- Methodology: Weightage for Ordered Multiple Response Questions
- Weighting Assumptions for Questions with Top 3 Mentions
- Calculation of Weighting
- Table: Asia/Pacific IDC Weight Allocation for Ordered Multiple Responses Questions
- Methods
- Survey Sample and Respondent Profile
- Table: Industry and Country
- Figure: Respondent Profile by Revenue
- Figure: Respondent Profile by Function
- Situation Overview
- Introduction
- Management Challenges
- Current Levels of Green Initiatives
- Figure: Overall Future Plans for Green or Environmental Sustainability Initiatives
- Reduce Greenhouse Emissions
- Figure: Future Plans for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction
- Internal Recycling Program
- Figure: Future Plans for Internal Recycling Programs
- Energy Efficiency Tracking
- Figure: Future Plans for Energy Efficiency Tracking
- Increase Use of Renewable Energy Sources
- Figure: Future Plans for the Use of Renewable Energy Sources
- Packaging Redesign
- Figure: Future Plans for Packaging Redesign of Products/Redesign of Shipping/Transport Cartons
- Product Redesign
- Figure: Future Plans for Product Redesign
- Developing New Criteria for Suppliers
- Figure: Future Plans for Developing Green Criteria for Suppliers
- Improve Efficiency of Distribution and Transportation
- Figure: Future Plans for Improving the Efficiency of Transportation and Distribution
- Business Strategies
- Importance of Green Initiatives to the Organization
- Figure: The Overall Importance of Green Initiatives to the Organization
- Importance of Green Initiatives to Company Management
- Figure: The Importance of Reducing the Organization Environmental Impact to Senior Management
- Drivers for China Manufacturers
- Drivers for Green Initiatives
- Figure: Key Reasons for Actively Pursuing Green Initiatives
- Measuring Green Performance
- Figure: Green Key Performance Indicators
- Technology as a Green Enabler
- Figure: The Importance of IT in Going Green
- Applications to Support Green Initiatives
- Table: Green Manufacturing Applications
- Figure: IT Application Support for Going Green
- Green Applications
- Figure: Current Usage of Green IT Applications
- Legislation Drivers
- Figure: Environmental Compliance Requirements
- Table: Legislation by Country
- Figure: Supplier Environmental Compliance Requirements
- Green Manufacturing Compliance Practices
- Figure: Green Manufacturing Compliance Adoption
- Table: Green Manufacturing Compliance Practices
- Partners for Going Green
- Figure: External Support for Going Green
- The Green Organization
- Figure: Ownership of Green Initiatives Within the Organization
- Figure: Management of Green Initiatives Within the Organization
- Future Outlook
- Management Challenges and Internal Management Issues
- Figure: The Changing Importance of Green Initiatives Within the Organization
- Figure: The Changing Importance of Green Initiatives Within the Organization by Country
- Table: The Future Impact of Green Initiatives by Country
- Technology Action Plans
- Figure: The Use of IT and IT Vendors to Support Green Initiatives
- Figure: Future Changes to the IT Budget to Support Green Initiatives
- Figure: Future Planned IT Expenditure on Green Initiatives
- Figure: Expected Cost Recovery for Investments in IT Applications to Support Green Initiative
- Essential Guidance
- Actions to Consider: Vendor
- Actions to Consider: Manufacturer
- Learn More
- Related Research
- Synopsis
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