Middle East and Africa (MEA) manufacturers are becoming more mature in their use of IT.

Until now, they were the poor-parents of this industry, but henceforth, Mobility and Big Data analytics are currently regarded as the new factors that bring the most value to the MEA manufacturing industry.

 As, a top-notch objective reference for modern organizations and professionals, when it comes to Tools, Supports and Solutions for drawing value in their daily activities, Connectikpeople.co is seduced by enthusiasm for IT in the Middle East and Africa

(MEA) manufacturers.

Connectikpeople.co has captured a recent end-user survey conducted across MEA by IDC Manufacturing Insights, which shows that manufacturers in the Middle East, now view IT as an area that can help accelerate their manufacturing maturity.

IDC Manufacturing Insights' survey findings revealed the following key insights into manufacturing value chains:

• Asset-oriented manufacturers are generally less dynamic with their IT investments and less flexible in terms of undergoing internal change; however, they are showing signs of transformation, driven primarily by the changing external environment and stronger competition.
• Brand-oriented manufacturers are most visibly strengthening their customer orientation by enforcing supply-chain collaboration and business intelligence in an effort to succeed in the more competitive and demanding consumer markets.
• Engineering-oriented manufacturers continue to pursue quality and manufacturing excellence, with cost featuring at the top of mind for most of their IT decisions.
• Technology-oriented manufacturers form the most dynamic manufacturing value chain; they easily recognize the value of utilizing IT within the manufacturing process, and consequently show the most enthusiasm for adopting 3rd Platform technologies.

Connectikpeople.co recalls that, IDC Manufacturing Insights' 'Centraland Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Africa Manufacturing Value Chains: ITFocus' report provides an IT focus across manufacturing value chains and CEMA sub-regions. It leverages IDC Manufacturing Insights' extensive annual survey of CEMA manufacturing organizations to ascertain what 2014 will hold for enterprises in terms of business trends and technology initiatives.