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Supplier Positioning MarketMap

September 23, 2026 BY Greg Gorbach

Autonomous Execution Agents

Autonomous Execution Agents are moving beyond conversational assistance to perform work, orchestrate workflows, and execute operational decisions across industrial environments. ARC’s MarketMap for Autonomous Execution Agents provides a structured view of the market to help technology and business leaders assess options, identify relevant suppliers, and make more informed investment decisions.

Industrial Humanoid Robots

Manufacturing Execution Systems in Pharmaceutical & Biotech Industries

Autonomous Exception Management in Logistics Execution

Market Intelligence Highlights

August 21, 2026 BY Jim Frazer

Engineering Design Tools for Plants, Infrastructure, and Building Information Modeling

The Engineering Design Tools (EDT) and BIM market continues to evolve as organizations accelerate digital transformation across the architecture, engineering, and infrastructure sectors. EDT/BIM global market research delivers current market analysis plus a five-year market and technology forecast.

Warehouse Management Systems

Level Devices - Capacitance

Human-Machine Interface (HMI) Software & Services

Oct
06
2026

Chantal Polsonetti — Technology Trends

Updated FDI Specifications Target the Complexity Behind Connected Field Devices

FieldComm Group’s updated FDI specifications enable more consistent access to field devices across complex, gateway-based industrial network architectures.

Oct
06
2026

Rosy Rai — Industry Trends

From AI to Autonomous Operations: AstraZeneca’s Supply Chain Transformation

AstraZeneca’s supply chain transformation demonstrates how connected data, AI-enabled automation, and strong governance can support more predictive, resilient, and increasingly autonomous operations.

Oct
06
2026

Larry O'Brien — Acquisition or Partnership

Dragos Broadens Its xOT Cybersecurity Platform Strategy

Dragos is expanding from an OT cybersecurity specialist toward a broader xOT platform spanning connected devices, asset exposure, firmware risk, and OT threat operations.

Oct
06
2026

Asha Suparna — Technology Trends

Taming Industrial AI Starts with Great Data

Cognite’s Ravi N. Mishra and Pawan Mishra explore why contextualized industrial data and knowledge graphs are essential for moving from AI experimentation to scalable agentic workflows.

Oct
06
2026

Bob Gill — Company and Product News

Enhancing Industrial Cyber Resilience in a Rapidly Evolving Threat Environment

Yokogawa’s new Industrial Cyber Resilience Center supports industrial organizations in strengthening OT cybersecurity preparedness, workforce capabilities, and incident recovery.

Oct
06
2026

Rosy Rai — Industry Trends

From AI to Autonomous Operations: AstraZeneca’s Supply Chain Transformation

Oct
06
2026

Larry O'Brien — Acquisition or Partnership

Dragos Broadens Its xOT Cybersecurity Platform Strategy

Dragos is expanding from an OT cybersecurity specialist toward a broader xOT platform spanning connected devices, asset exposure, firmware risk, and OT threat operations.

Oct
06
2026

Bob Gill — Company and Product News

Enhancing Industrial Cyber Resilience in a Rapidly Evolving Threat Environment

Yokogawa’s new Industrial Cyber Resilience Center supports industrial organizations in strengthening OT cybersecurity preparedness, workforce capabilities, and incident recovery.

Oct
06
2026

Asha Suparna — Technology Trends

Taming Industrial AI Starts with Great Data

Cognite’s Ravi N. Mishra and Pawan Mishra explore why contextualized industrial data and knowledge graphs are essential for moving from AI experimentation to scalable agentic workflows.

Oct
06
2026

Santosh Kumar — Industry Trends

Reliability as the Ultimate KPI: High-Pressure Regulator Performance Moves from the Plant Floor to the Strategic Agenda

Reliability is becoming a strategic differentiator as high-pressure regulator and valve customers prioritize uptime, lifecycle performance, and operational risk reduction.

Oct
06
2026

Asha Suparna — Technology Trends

Taming Industrial AI Starts with Great Data

Cognite’s Ravi N. Mishra and Pawan Mishra explore why contextualized industrial data and knowledge graphs are essential for moving from AI experimentation to scalable agentic workflows.

Oct
06
2026

Bob Gill — Company and Product News

Enhancing Industrial Cyber Resilience in a Rapidly Evolving Threat Environment

Yokogawa’s new Industrial Cyber Resilience Center supports industrial organizations in strengthening OT cybersecurity preparedness, workforce capabilities, and incident recovery.

Oct
06
2026

Rosy Rai — Industry Trends

From AI to Autonomous Operations: AstraZeneca’s Supply Chain Transformation

Oct
01
2026

Patrick Arnold — Company and Product News

Agility Robotics Advances Industrial Humanoids with Digit 5

Digit 5 reflects Agility Robotics’ effort to make humanoid robots safer, more versatile, and more viable for industrial deployment at scale.

Oct
01
2026

Chantal Polsonetti — Acquisition or Partnership

ZEDEDA and Ambarella Partner to Bring Cloud-Orchestrated AI to Billions of Devices at the Physical Edge

ZEDEDA and Ambarella are connecting edge AI silicon and cloud orchestration to simplify secure, fleet-scale physical AI deployments.

Oct
06
2026

Larry O'Brien — Acquisition or Partnership

Dragos Broadens Its xOT Cybersecurity Platform Strategy

Dragos is expanding from an OT cybersecurity specialist toward a broader xOT platform spanning connected devices, asset exposure, firmware risk, and OT threat operations.

Oct
06
2026

Bob Gill — Company and Product News

Enhancing Industrial Cyber Resilience in a Rapidly Evolving Threat Environment

Yokogawa’s new Industrial Cyber Resilience Center supports industrial organizations in strengthening OT cybersecurity preparedness, workforce capabilities, and incident recovery.

Sep
30
2026

Fox Chen — Industry Best Practice

Building the Autonomous Operating Plant: SUPCON’s Blueprint for Industrial Autonomy

SUPCON explains how UCS and TPT can connect industrial intelligence with control as process manufacturers progress toward more autonomous operations.

Sep
30
2026

Craig Resnick — Industry Trends

ICC 2026 Shows Ignition’s Evolution into an Industrial Application Platform

ICC 2026 showed how Inductive Automation is expanding Ignition from HMI/SCADA into a broader industrial application, data, historian, and AI-enabled automation platform.

Sep
30
2026

Larry O'Brien — Podcasts/Videos

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Meet the Expert

Jan brings more than 20 years of experience across discrete and process manufacturing, as well as supply chain. His background includes roles as both a consultant and analyst, with a focus on digital transformation, smart manufacturing, maintenance strategies, engineering, and quality management.

Recent Research

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From Visibility to Predictability: MES on the Ground

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Supplier Positioning MarketMap

Autonomous Execution Agents

Market Intelligence Highlights

Engineering Design Tools for Plants, Infrastructure, and Building Information Modeling

Viewpoints

Updated FDI Specifications Target the Complexity Behind Connected Field Devices

From AI to Autonomous Operations: AstraZeneca’s Supply Chain Transformation

Dragos Broadens Its xOT Cybersecurity Platform Strategy

Taming Industrial AI Starts with Great Data

Enhancing Industrial Cyber Resilience in a Rapidly Evolving Threat Environment

From AI to Autonomous Operations: AstraZeneca’s Supply Chain Transformation

Dragos Broadens Its xOT Cybersecurity Platform Strategy

Enhancing Industrial Cyber Resilience in a Rapidly Evolving Threat Environment

Taming Industrial AI Starts with Great Data

Reliability as the Ultimate KPI: High-Pressure Regulator Performance Moves from the Plant Floor to the Strategic Agenda

Taming Industrial AI Starts with Great Data

Enhancing Industrial Cyber Resilience in a Rapidly Evolving Threat Environment

From AI to Autonomous Operations: AstraZeneca’s Supply Chain Transformation

Agility Robotics Advances Industrial Humanoids with Digit 5

ZEDEDA and Ambarella Partner to Bring Cloud-Orchestrated AI to Billions of Devices at the Physical Edge

Dragos Broadens Its xOT Cybersecurity Platform Strategy

Enhancing Industrial Cyber Resilience in a Rapidly Evolving Threat Environment

Building the Autonomous Operating Plant: SUPCON’s Blueprint for Industrial Autonomy

ICC 2026 Shows Ignition’s Evolution into an Industrial Application Platform

Digital Transformation Viewpoints Podcast: Robert Jackson of Moxa Discusses CRA Regulations and OT Cybersecurity

Logistics Viewpoints

Before the Vendor Shortlist: How to Structure the Decision Intelligence Market

Transportation Leaders See AI Moving From Experiment to Operating Model at the Descartes Innovation Forum

Descartes Takes Agentic AI Into the Logistics Workflow at the Descartes Innovation Forum

Upcoming ARC Forums

ARC Industry Leadership Forum Brazil

ARC Industry Leadership Forum

ARC Industry Leadership Forum Europe

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