Infosys commissioned an independent market research company, Vanson Bourne, to investigate the use of digital technologies and key trends in nine industries. We surveyed 1,000 senior decision makers from business and IT, from large organizations with 1,000 employees or more and annual revenue of at least US$500 million. The report aims to discover: a) the surging tide of digital technology adoption in organizations – what is used and where? b) the promised land of digital technology use, and the hurdles organizations face to get there c) the biggest disruptive digital trends within the next three years and why organizations see them as vital to future success The summary here presents the survey results and highlights the digital outlook that will define the automotive industry strategy over the next three years.

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THE RESEARCH
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1,000
Senior IT and business decision makers were
interviewed from organizations, which use digital
technologies, with
1,000+
employees and
US$500M
or more global annual revenue.
Survey covered a range of industries, across Australia,
China, France, Germany, India, the UK, and the US.
The research investigates the use of digital
technologies and key trends in nine different
industries, namely, automotive, banking, consumer
packaged goods, healthcare, industrial manufacturing,
insurance, life sciences, retail, and utilities.
The study reveals
• The surging tide of digital technology adoption in organizations - what is
used and where?
• The promised land of digital technology use, and the hurdles organizations
face to get there
• The biggest disruptive digital trends within the next three years and why
organizations see them as vital to future success

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TOP AUTOMOTIVE TRENDS THAT WILL
MAKE MOST IMPACT WITHIN
NEXT THREE YEARS
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The three trends receiving most
mentions, as making a positive
impact on the business, show that
automobile companies are quite focused
on the revolutionary and disruptive
digital trends that are sweeping their
business.
1 Digital supply chains
2 Clean technologies
3 Autonomous vehicles

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DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES THAT AUTOMOTIVE
INDUSTRY USES THE MOST
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Automotive companies utilize six digital technologies on average.
The most deployed technologies in the industry are:
71% Artificial intelligence
66% 3D printing
57% Cyber security
57% Enterprise cloud
55% Big data analytics
46% ERP and enterprise application
implementation/modernization

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KEY GOALS OF IMPLEMENTING DIGITAL
TECHNOLOGIES
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For automotive manufacturers, the most important purpose of implementing the digital technologies is
to improve existing business operations and then to solve new business problems.
3D printing
68% are implementing
it to improve existing
business operations
41% to solve new
business problems
38% to create new
opportunities
Cyber security
67% are implementing
it to improve existing|
business operations
57% to solve new
business problems
33% to create new
opportunities
Enterprise cloud
63% are implementing
it to improve existing
business operations
46% to solve new
business problems
33% to create new
opportunities
Artificial intelligence
54% are implementing
it to improve existing
business operations
54% to solve new
business problems
49% to create new
opportunities

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THE AREAS THAT ARE ATTRACTING
INVESTMENTS ARE…
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67% Richer, connected cars
65% Digital supply chains
55% Direct to consumer
data collection,
analyses, and insights
66% Autonomous vehicles
56% Smart factories
…BUT
The automotive industry will need to improve both existing skills and technologies in preparation for implementing
the top trends within the next three years.
A greater proportion of
respondents from
Europe - Germany (88%)
and France (67%) - said
they were investing in
environment-friendly
automotive technologies
than the industry
average (50%).

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