Designing The Factory Of The Future World Manufacturing Forum 2012 Stuttgart, 17 October, 2012 Pier Manenti | Head - EMEA Research | IDC Manufacturing Insights

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 Develops industry research, benchmarking projects and advisory services on business process best practices and on the use of IT in manufacturing  Helps manufacturers improving their capabilities in key business process areas  Helps IT vendors to assess the market opportunities and better focus offering toward end-users’ needs

The Factory of the Future report  Factory of the future – Analysis of major business drivers – Most critical Manufacturing Operations trends – Definition of future factory models – The role of IT and IT investments

 Research statistics – More than 90 interviews. Mainly from developed economies (US and Western Europe) – Equally distributed between discrete and process manufacturing industries – Company size:  50% SMB (