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The medical device industry is in the midst of fundamental change. Mature and emerging markets are growing at very different paces. Disparate regional and country-specific regulations are on the rise and subject to rapid change. And industry consolidation is reshaping the entire sector. | 21 Jan 2009 |
IBM conducted face-to-face and phone interviews with chief marketing officers (CMOs) and top marketing executives of leading consumer electronics firms worldwide. IBM ran surveys to gauge consumer buying behavior. | 16 Dec 2008 |
Across the electronics industry, effects of the reeling financial markets are likely to be quite different, reflecting the enormous diversity of the industry itself. Industry sub-segments will have to respond — each in its own way — to lower consumer spending and stricter access to capital. | 24 Nov 2008 |
In the 2008 Global CEO Study, IBM spoke with 1,130 CEOs, general managers, business leaders and public sector heads about what they see as the characteristics of the enterprise of the future. This paper highlights the views of 74 CEOs of electronics companies to understand their views about change in the industry. | 16 Oct 2008 |
"Green" is more than a passing trend in operations. Rising energy costs, stricter carbon regulations and demands for corporate social responsibility are making going green a valued business aim. This report presents a visual diagram of where IBM can help electronics companies create a "greener" supply chain. | 06 Oct 2008 |
Since 2002, slowing demand and falling prices have resulted in declining earnings and market share for mobile device makers. Market share growth has stagnated and few among the big five are seeing marked growth. This paper explores an emerging opportunity for mobile device makers—the provision of mobile Internet services. | 11 Sep 2008 |
At IFA 2008, the world's leading trade show for the general public and the consumer electronics industry's number one venue for doing business, IBM presents its most recent thought leadership findings in three executive panels. Here you can find the handouts, white papers and other materials from this event. | 27 Aug 2008 |
Explore IBM's extensive set of resources to help your medical devices company develop optimized, innovative products, meet demand and maintain compliance. | 25 Aug 2008 |
Explore IBM's extensive set of resources to help your electronics company align business and IT—realize a greater impact on business agility, flexibility and profitability. | 25 Aug 2008 |
Becoming a globally integrated organization is a must for electronics OEMs, but their IT systems may be standing in the way. A service oriented architecture (SOA) can help enable an integrated IT architecture to help. This podcast provides 3 scenarios for how SOA can help electronics OEMs compete in the global marketplace. | 15 May 2008 |
Explore IBM's extensive set of resources to help your company learn how to optimize capabilities in areas such as customer centricity, collaboration and integration. | 12 May 2008 |
Skyrocketing costs. Convergence. Connectedness. A changing competitive landscape. This IBM Institute for Business Value brochure examines the disruptive trends on the semiconductor industry that mandate innovative changes to existing business models to sustain a competitive advantage. Moore’s Law is no longer enough to win. | 12 May 2008 |
IBM's Bruce Anderson and Christian Seider meet with John Lively, a Vice President from Ovum, for a joint discussion about the business trends affecting Network Equipment Providers today. | 29 Apr 2008 |
In this podcast, the speakers discuss what global integration is and why it is particularly important for electronics companies. | 29 Apr 2008 |
Is a changing global marketplace driving your electronics company to find innovative ways to collaborate? Support profitable, sustainable growth with collaborative innovation from IBM. This brief explores how you can nurture a culture of innovation by using the right tools and staying focused. | 18 Apr 2008 |
IBM Electronics industry podcast series — Hear what thought-leaders from IBM's Electronics Industry are saying about the business trends and global dynamics affecting the electronics industry today. | 15 Apr 2008 |
Being a global company is good first step. But integrating your global operations—becoming a globally integrated enterprise—is the key to success in today's electronics market. What's the difference? This paper describes the concept of a globally integrated enterprise and the challenges and benefits of this new model. | 03 Apr 2008 |
Explore IBM's extensive set of resources to help your electronics company embrace a new business model and become a globally integrated enterprise. | 03 Apr 2008 |
Explore IBM's extensive set of resources to help your electronics company prepare for the future of electronics—implement strategies to support changing technology and customer demands. | 28 Mar 2008 |
Boost collaboration within your business ecosystem to meet global electronics industry competition and short production lifecycles with service oriented architecture (SOA). Learn more about positioning your business as highly efficient and unified enterprises, in this brochure about SOA for the electronics industry. | 20 Mar 2008 |
Explore IBM's extensive set of resources to help your consumer electronics company map a strategy to compete in an evolving industry—and stay in the lead. | 07 Feb 2008 |
Fluctuating supply and demand. Promotions. Shifting buying trends. Faster production. Short product lifecycles. These issues require optimized supply chain processes. This executive brief discusses how SOA can help improve collaborative planning, forecasting and replenishment (CPFR) to deliver a competitive advantage. | 07 Feb 2008 |
Explore IBM's extensive set of resources to help your electronics company become a green sustainable enterprise, making a smaller impact on the environment—and a bigger impact on your business. | 25 Jan 2008 |
For Network Equipment Providers (NEPs), consolidation and convergence will drive growth in today's competitive market. As a result, however, only a handful of NEPs will survive. This paper from the IBM Institute of Business Value explores how innovation and proper positioning will determines who wins—and who loses. | 14 Nov 2007 |
Explore IBM's extensive set of resources to help your company discover how to strike a balance between growth and differentiation with a more consolidated customer base. | 14 Nov 2007 |
IT supports functions enterprise wide, so there are many issues to consider when implementing IT systems for a divested company. This is the time to take a holistic approach to IT. Read this executive brief to learn how IBM can help you design and implement the right IT solutions as part of the divestiture process. | 30 Oct 2007 |
Global sourcing and competition, intense cost pressure and high performance expectations have challenged linear supply chains in the electronics industry. This paper explores how dynamic supply networks can help meet industry challenges by allowing managers to “pull” demand with greater precision through chosen points. | 13 Aug 2007 |
This report from the IBM Global Business Services 2007 Mainland China Value Chain Study examines the status of supply chain forward-planning in Mainland China. This report highlights the key survey findings related to three functions: supply chain planning, new product development and sourcing/procurement. | 11 Jul 2007 |
This report from the IBM Global Business Services 2007 Mainland China Value Chain Study examines the status of supply chain fulfillment in Mainland China. This report highlights the key survey findings related to three functions: customer order management, manufacturing and logistics. | 11 Jul 2007 |
Innovative business models can lead to competitive advantage in the electronics industry. But what is an innovative business model? This IBM Institute of Business Value paper explores how innovative industry models, revenue models and enterprise models combined with the right strategy and strong execution can bring success. | 09 Jul 2007 |
Even though the demand for electronic gadgets is growing exponentially, many consumer electronics companies are running on razor-thin profitability. This study by the Economist Intelligence Unit and IBM explores what it takes to be an innovation leader in an industry where originality is valued and competition is intense. | 29 Jun 2007 |
For decades, consumer electronics (CE) manufacturers have focused on creating products and retailers have focused on selling them. But things are changing. | 11 Jun 2007 |
The growing bifurcation of the marketplace between the two extremes of product commodity and customer needs-based solutions will make rapid losers and winners across different industries. | 11 Jun 2007 |
In this interview, Paul Brody from IBM explains how product design can be leveraged to develop product differentiation and battle commodization in the marketplace. Additionally, he brings his insight from working directly with many of the world's leading Consumer Electronics companies and how they perceive product design impacts their business. | 11 Jun 2007 |
CEOs today face mounting pressures to innovate; yet finding ways to actually enable innovation remains a challenge for many. Top companies with successful track records of innovation, however, have discovered one possible solution. | 11 Jun 2007 |
For decades, the consumer has been the beneficiary of many technologies originally vetted in the enterprise marketplace. But the tide has turned. | 11 Jun 2007 |
Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) is becoming a necessity for successful supply chain execution. With globalization of sourcing and manufacturing, shifting resources, facilities and inventories across the world, more and more companies are relying on effective supply chain planning to truly synchronize supply. | 11 Jun 2007 |
Increased competition, changing workforce demographics and a shift toward knowledge-based work are requiring companies to place an increasingly higher priority on improving workforce productivity. | 11 Jun 2007 |
These days, everyone can attest to the importance of being innovative. | 11 Jun 2007 |
A conventional view may hold the CEO accountable for innovation. After all, he or she is the strategic pacesetter, the visionary and ambassador to the market. | 11 Jun 2007 |
Many manufacturers are so focused on designing, manufacturing and selling products that they can overlook a surprisingly large opportunity: service. | 11 Jun 2007 |
Your workforce is one of the key ways to differentiate your company from their competition, but is your workforce strategy aligned with your business goals? This paper from the IBM Institute of Business Value, lays out seven capabilities that organizations need to effectively build a global workforce. | 29 May 2007 |
China's mass markets present tremendous opportunities—and challenges—for electronics companies. This paper from the IBM Institute for Business Value in China and the Economist Intelligence Unit addresses many questions leaders of multinational companies have as they look to China to fuel growth in coming years. | 18 Apr 2007 |
Continuing innovation can be a significant challenge. This Institute of Business Value paper explores how the Lean Six Sigma approach can not only improve processes, but help uncover opportunities for innovation beyond basic operations. | 27 Mar 2007 |
Given the electronics industry's track record, few would question whether electronics companies are innovative. But when we spoke to electronics industry CEOs in our 2006 Global CEO study, we were surprised to learn just how confident they were. | 31 May 2006 |
Growth is a key strategic objective for companies in Asia Pacific, as recent studies show. With customers looking for ever more sophisticated products and services, a key component of capturing growth will be the ability to provide new and clearly differentiated products to the customer. | 07 Aug 2005 |
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