Managing Automation - January 2009 - (Page 32) [SPECIAL REPORT] b ma pollusiness CONFIDENCE IN U.S., EUROPEAN ECONOMIES SHOWS SUBSTANTIAL DECLINE Q: In 2009, does your company expect the U.S. economy to: Decline sharply: 9% Decline somewhat: 25% Remain flat: 35% Decline sharply: 2.5% Decline somewhat: 13.5% Remain flat: 35.4% Decline sharply: 13% Don’t know: 3% Improve strongly: 1.9% THE FINANCIAL CRISIS IS HAVING A HUGE IMPACT Q: Has your company’s business been affected by the economic downturn? Significant impact: 12.5% Don’t know: 3.5% Moderate impact: 23.6% Don’t know: 5.1% Significant impact: 6% Moderate impact: 13.1% Don’t know: 5.5% Significant impact: 20.3% Moderate impact: 31.3% 2009 2008 Light impact: 15.1% 2009 Europe 2009 Improve moderately: 26.1% No discernible impact: 19.6% Light impact: 40.8% No discernible impact: 60.8% No discernible impact: 11.7% Light impact: 31.3% Don’t know: 5% Improve strongly: 4.7% NOT SURPRISINGLY, COST REDUCTION RECLAIMS THE TOP-PRIORITY SLOT Q: What emphasis will your company place on these activities in 2009? 2008 Improve moderately: 39% Offshoring production Don’t know: 1.5% Improve strongly: 1.5% Decline somewhat: 37.4% 3.6% 56.7% 55% 37.1% 50% 40.3% 58.4% 53.5% 53.5% 55.6% 31.4% 30.4% 50.9% 46.3% 54.6% 36.4% 11.8% 2009 14.4 2008 12% 2009 Europe 2009 Europe Better business execution 5.2% Improve moderately: 13% Remain flat: 33.6% 5.1% 2009 2008 2009 Europe 2009 2008 2009 Europe 2009 2008 2009 Europe 2009 2008 2009 Europe 2009 2008 2009 Europe 2009 2008 2009 Europe 2009 2008 2009 Europe 2009 2008 2009 Europe 2009 2008 2009 Europe 2009 2008 2009 Europe Supply chain management 21% 19% 17.9% 27.9% 19.6% 21.4% 6.4% 25.5% 27.5% 26.4% 19.3% 20.8% 18.8% 40.7% 46.5% 46.2% 42.6% 46.3% 36.6% 40.7% 43.6% 35% 37.2% 37.7% 26.7% 48% 42.9% 47.1% 23.7% 26.4% 25.5% 25% 28.8% 23.9% MANUFACTURERS’ BUSINESS CONFIDENCE SOFTENS Q: As you prepare to enter 2009, what level of confidence do you have regarding the health of your business? Significantly less confident: 5.1% Somewhat less confident: 28% About the same as last year: 37% Significantly less confident: 1.9% Somewhat less confident: 12.7% About the same as last year: 35.4% Significantly less confident: 4.7% Somewhat less confident: 27.9% About the same as last year: 41.9% Don’t know: 0.3% Significantly more confident: 14.6% Somewhat more confident: 35.1% Don’t know: 0.8% Significantly more confident: 3.1% Don’t know: 1.6% Business model transformation 52.8% 59.7% 59.8% 52.7% 48.6% 49.6% 45.4% 44.9% 53.7% 44.8% 43.6% 50.8% 52.7% 53.5% 65.8% 46.4% 48.4% 42.9% 53.2% 51.5% 58.7% 54.1% 54.6% 62% Improving key processes 4.8% 4.3% 12% Significantly more confident: 4.3% New market penetration 8.8% 9.8% 14.6% 2009 Somewhat more confident: 24.1% New product introductions 12.7% 14.2% 10.2% Becoming agile 9% 7.5% 5.7% 2008 Cost reductions 8.8% 10% Regulatory compliance 23.2% 22% 15.8% 21% 16.7% 14.1% 2009 Europe Somewhat more confident: 21.7% Worker re-education, skills improvement Low = Medium = High = ma 32 2009 Percentages may have been rounded and may not equal 100%. January
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