Managing Automation - January 2008 - (Page 20) OUTLOOK: 2008 business ma poll CONFIDENCE IN U.S. ECONOMY SHOWS SUBSTANTIAL DECLINE Q: In 2008, does your company expect the U.S. economy to: Decline sharply: 2.5% Decline somewhat: 13.5% Don’t know: 5% Improve strongly 4.7% Light impact: 15.1% Don’t know: 5.1% ONE-THIRD BEGIN TO FEEL THE MORTGAGE/ CREDIT CRISIS HEAT Q: Has your company’s business been affected by the mortgage/housing crisis? Significant impact: 6% Moderate impact: 13.1% 2008 Remain flat: 35.4% Improve moderately: 39% No discernible impact: 60.8% Decline sharply: 1.1% Decline somewhat: 8.8% Don’t know: 2.7% Improve strongly: 4.4% FOR THE FIRST TIME, COST REDUCTION LOSES THE TOP-PRIORITY SLOT Q: What emphasis will your company place on these activities in 2008? 55% 30.4% 31% 54.6% 53.5% 57% 59.7% 56% 48.6% 52% 44.9% 44% 43.6% 44% 53.5% 50% 48.4% 48% 22% 19% 51.5% 49% 54.6% 61% 46.5% 44% 46.3% 47% 43.6% 44% 37.7% 45% 42.9% 47% 26.4% 32% 28.8% 22% 27.5% 24% 20.8% 23% 14.4 2008 17% 2007 2008 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2007 Remain flat: 29.9% Improve moderately: 53.2% Offshoring production 53% Better business execution 5.2% 19% 40.3% Supply chain management 19% MANUFACTURERS’ BUSINESS CONFIDENCE SOFTENS Q: As you prepare to enter 2008, what level of confidence do you have regarding the health of your business? Significantly less confident: 1.9% Somewhat less confident: 12.7% Don’t know: 0.3% 19.6% Business model transformation 20% 4.8% Improving key business processes 4% 8.8% New market penetration Significantly more confident: 14.6% 8% 12.7% New product introductions 2008 Becoming agile About the same as last year: 35.4% 12% 9% 6% Somewhat more confident: 35.1% 8.8% Cost reductions Significantly less confident: 3% Somewhat less confident: 7.4% Significantly more confident: 16.1% 5% Regulatory compliance 2007 About the same as last year: 34.4% Somewhat more confident: 39.1% Worker re-education, skills improvement 16.7% 16% Low = Percentages may have been rounded and may not equal 100%. Medium = High = ma 20 2008 January
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