An essential prerequisite for the rapid fulfillment of customer requirements is knowing them in the first place. For this reason, 72% of those surveyed expect customers to be more involved in research and development in the future. As many as 85% believe that suppliers, some of whom are already highly integrated, will play an even greater role in R&D processes in the future. A good two thirds (67%) believe that Industry 4.0 will shorten development times. However, four out of ten companies doubt that the number of new products developed per year will increase in future.