Service providers are helping automakers transform vehicles and semiconductor companies adapt to geopolitical and pandemic disruptions, ISG Provider Lens™ report says STAMFORD, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– $III #Automotive –U.S. manufacturers are increasingly engaging with service providers to address significant challenges around supply chains and new product requirements, according to a new research report published today by Information Services Group ( ISG ) (Nasdaq: III ), a leading global technology research and advisory firm. The 2022 ISG Provider Lens™ Manufacturing Industry Services report for the U.S. finds that manufacturers in two major sectors — automotive and semiconductors/hi-tech — have begun outsourcing a growing number of capabilities as each industry has gone through major changes over the past few years. “U.S. manufacturers are operating under vastly different conditions than they faced before the pandemic,” said Bob Krohn, partner, manufacturing, at ISG. “In the case of the automotive industry, the fundamental focus of the product is simultaneously shifting from hardware to software.” Automotive manufacturers in all markets, including the U.S., are in the midst of a long, complex transition from hardware-defined to software-defined vehicles, the report says. This revolution is driven partly by demand for a new generation of vehicles that will be autonomous, […]