TrendWatch Graphic Arts Reports: Computer Integrated Manufacturing is Breeding Fear - But Not Investment
TWGA looks at the most recent survey data on CIM as a sales opportunity, CIM as a business challenge, and CIM as a planned investment. Data are analyzed in light of related technology, such as “networked digital infrastructure” and “building a JDF workflow.”
NEW YORK (PRWEB) April 21, 2005 -- New survey numbers for Computer Integrated
Manufacturing (CIM), released by TrendWatch Graphic Arts, show that perception
of CIM as a sales opportunity and planned investment in CIM are lower today than
six months ago. But the same survey also shows that concerns about building a
CIM infrastructure, and understanding and integrating the CIM concept, as
business challenges have doubled over the same time period. What does this mean
for the industry?
These are the issues being tackled in TrendWatch GA’s
latest Special Report, “Computer Integrated Manufacturing: Time to Call 911?” In
its pages, TWGA looks at the most recent survey data on CIM as a sales
opportunity, CIM as a business challenge, and CIM as a planned investment. Data
are analyzed in light of related technology, such as “networked digital
infrastructure” and “building a JDF workflow.” The report also includes detailed
data on respondents’ attitudes toward, and current levels of adoption of, CIM
taken from the TWGA’s 2004 CIM report.
Data are provided in historical
fashion, with the current data compared to data from the prior two surveys in a
side-by-side comparison.
Notes Heidi Tolliver-Nigro, TrendWatch Graphic
Arts analyst and author of the report, "While much of the data in the current
report may be alarming, especially to technology vendors (printers may actually
breathe a sign of relief!), the outlook for CIM is not dire. In fact, we believe
CIM to be an extremely important -- and perhaps inevitable -- technology for the
long-term. In the meantime, these numbers provide an accurate snapshot of where
CIM in the graphic arts industry stands today, and provide a window into where
greater industry education needs to be done and what will be required before CIM
can take hold on a widespread basis. It also provides a window into where the
current pockets of adoption and opportunity lie."
News Highlights...
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1% of graphic arts firms see CIM as a sales opportunity -- down from 4% one year
ago;
- 20% of these same firms see CIM as a business challenge, nearly triple
six months earlier.
- 5% of graphic arts firms have taken steps to
incorporate CIM into their workflows, rising to 23% of periodical
printers;
Availability
"Computer Integrated Manufacturing: Time to
Call 911?" is available for purchase by visiting the secure TrendWatch Graphic
Arts eStore online at www.trendwatchgraphicarts.com or by phone at 866-873-6310. The
price for the 111-page report is $995. TrendWatch Graphic Arts eStore customers
can download this report in PDF Acrobat format immediately after
purchase.
Editor's Note
Additional information pertaining to each
report is available for editorial purposes. Please make inquiries directly to
Judie Ryer.
About TrendWatch Graphic Arts
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specializes in the assessment of trends and changes in graphic communications
markets by providing timely and strategic information, hard-hitting market
analysis and concise expert opinion. The reports have earned the reputation for
containing the most reliable and timely industry intelligence in the graphic
arts and graphic design marketplaces.
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