IDC Launches Manufacturing Commerce Strategies Service
IDC Manufacturing Insights launches the Manufacturing Commerce Strategies Research Advisory Service to examine the key trends, technologies and best practices in e-procurement, B2B integration, commerce networks, and supplier and customer relationships. In today's global environment, 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.
Led 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:
· 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
· Emerging technologies to support e-procurement, B2B commerce, and channel management
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Led 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:
· 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
· Emerging technologies to support e-procurement, B2B commerce, and channel management
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