[June 15, 2017]

ICT Enterprise Spend in Manufacturing South Africa: Emerging Trends Like Enterprise Resource Planning for Manufacturing & Digital Operations and Infrastructure Will Shape Manufacturing Sector by 2019 - Research and Markets

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "ICT Enterprise Spend in Manufacturing, South Africa, Forecast to 2019" report to their offering.

The focus of this insight is to understand the key areas of IT spend within the manufacturing sector in South Africa with the aim of highlighting the chief areas of opportunities for IT service providers. The objectives are to provide an overview of South Africa's macro-environment and its impact on manufacturing; offer insights into the sectors value chain and the adoption of ICT services across participants; discuss the global and domestic challenges facing manufacturing; highlight ICT spend in 2016 and offer future forecast insight; and identify the Growth Opportunities within the manufacturing sector for IT and telecom service providers.

The markt for service providers is highly competitive, especially because they offer similar IT solutions and services to enterprises. Differentiation through innovative pricing models and industry knowledge are key factors. For service providers to remain competitive and for them to differentiate themselves, they must increase industry expertise, build dedicated and industry-focussed teams able to cross-sell, offer innovative branding and price strategies such as pay-per-use models, change their approach from selling services to providing full ICT solutions, that is, augment their business focus, and develop contracts with flexible SLAs.

In addition, enterprises are looking for more flexible contracts that will help accommodate change in their IT strategy as well change in the overall technology landscape. In doing so, enterprises will have better control in terms of cost and the ability to implement innovative IT services, as needed.

Key Topics Covered:

1. Executive Summary

2. Research Overview

3. ICT Spend in the Manufacturing Sector-An Overview

4. Drivers and Restraints

5. Growth Opportunities and Companies to Action

6. The Last Word

For more information about this report visit https://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/4njlqq/ict_enterprise

View source version on businesswire.com: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170615005811/en/

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