Manufacturing thought leadership themes – Topics that are trending
Innovation drivers in manufacturing

Source: IDC, 2018
- End Users 3-years implications:
- Implications of ecosystem strategies, information-based products and services leveraging dynamic, potentially real time business ecosystems
- Next generation automation and collaboration (IDC InTech model)
- Realizing IoT value
- Exploiting networked factories & distributed manufacturing capabilities
- BOVC & automotive: convergence of direct-to-consumer and future of commerce business models and its impact on digital supply chains
- Vendors 3-years implications:
- Guide customers around business model reimagination, using agile approaches.
- Creating user-centric IT Support end users building digital value propositions, infusing intelligence into products and processes.
- Becoming trusted advisors
- Transform developing / support teams to stay relevant in the market: from a programming approach to consulting approach
The Smart Factory

Source: IDC, 2018
Ecosystems’ Impact on Manufacturing SMBs

Source: IDC, 2018
The augmented worker

Source: IDC, 2018
Jobs of the Future – Featuring: job demand peak

Source: IDC, 2018 | Note: *colors of the Peak of the Job Demand Curve / Job Growth Curve change according to the position on the chart
Jobs of the Future – Featuring: capabilities

Source: IDC, 2018
Jobs of the Future – Featuring: technologies used

Source: IDC, 2018 | Note: *next-gen materials
How European governments support the growth of Industry 4.0 in manufacturing
Funding initiatives

Note: The vertical axis should be interpreted as follows:
- Bottom-up: the government sets only the general guidelines while companies autonomously decide how to implement Industry 4.0 initiatives;
- Top-down: the goverment sets both guidelines and detailed policies for intervention and implementation of Industry 4.0 initiatives.
For further information on each country’s postioning, please refer to the notes section below.
How European governments support the growth of Industry 4.0 in manufacturing
Funding initiatives & industrial production growth rates

Note: The vertical axis should be interpreted as follows:
- Bottom-up: the government sets only the general guidelines while companies autonomously decide how to implement Industry 4.0 initiatives;
- Top-down: the goverment sets both guidelines and detailed policies for intervention and implementation of Industry 4.0 initiatives.
For further information on each country’s postioning, please refer to the notes section below.
Ecosystems’ Impact on Manufacturing SMBs

Source: IDC, 2018
Shifting to new revenue models
The transformation in European industrial machinery segment

Source: IDC, 2018