The International Data Corporation (IDC) Manufacturing Insights, at the weekend, launched the Manufacturing Commerce Strategies Research Advisory Service to examine the key trends, technologies and best practices in eProcurement, B2B integration, commerce networks, and supplier and customer relationships.
In today’s global environment, IDC said, manufacturing companies are increasingly looking to enhance business value through more effective sourcing strategies, improved supplier management, and enhanced customer relationships.
The new service will offer forward-looking research, combined with fact-based analysis of successful global B2B commerce strategies and provide practical ways to better manage sourcing risks, improve supplier management, and enhance the customer experience for channel partners.
Lead by IDC Manufacturing Insights Research Manager, Heather Ashton, the Manufacturing Commerce Strategies advisory service develops unique analysis through focused primary and secondary research projects, along with ongoing communications with industry experts, manufacturing executives, and practitioners, as well as IT product and service vendors.
To ensure relevance, IDC Manufacturing Insights analysts work with industry insiders to identify and prioritize specific topics that are covered in research reports.
Throughout the year, the Manufacturing Commerce Strategies service will address the following topics like Trends and predictions for global sourcing, B2B commerce, and commerce networks; Current and emerging B2B commerce software providers and their strategies; Business, organizational, and infrastructure priorities for each geographic region; Best practices surrounding supplier relationships, partner relationships, and customer relationships; Global strategies for B2B commerce and how to balance risks and benefits and Emerging technologies to support eProcurement, B2B commerce, and channel management.
IDC Manufacturing Insights assists manufacturing businesses and IT leaders, as well as the suppliers who serve them in making more effective technology decisions by providing accurate, timely, and insightful fact-based research and consulting services.
Staffed by senior analysts with decades of industry experience, our global research analyzes and advises on business and technology issues facing asset intensive, brand oriented, technology oriented, and engineering oriented manufacturing industries.
International Data Corporation (IDC) is the premier global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events for the information technology market. IDC is a subsidiary of IDG, the world’s leading technology, media, research, and events company.