While the figure below shows aggregate investment priorities across all industry verticals surveyed, there are significant differences in prioritization by industry vertical:
In chemicals, 28% of the manufacturing budget will be applied to advanced process control and simulation.
In aerospace and defense, 50% of the manufacturing budget will be applied to quality management systems.
In pharmaceuticals, almost 45% of the manufacturing spending will be applied to quality management (if LIMS is included), 20% on recipe/formula/specification management and 20% on enterprise manufacturing intelligence (EMI).
