This in-depth market data research is split into two key modules: Market Growth Outlook and Competitive Analysis. Each of these modules is further configured into several sub-modules to meet the needs of executives as well as marketing, sales, and product development managers. All of these modules and sub-modules may be purchased as a bundle or separately. A brief description of these modules, sub-modules, and their use cases is included below.
The Warehouse Management Systems Consulting Specialists market research delivers current market analysis plus a five year market and technology forecast.
Warehouse Management Systems Consulting Specialists: A Critical Resource for Logistics Excellence
ARC Advisory Group recently completed new research focused on independent warehouse management systems (WMS) consulting specialists, defined as organizations that derive 15 percent or more of their business from WMS-related consulting and systems integration/implementation services. The market for qualified WMS consultants has been tight for several years. As a result, many large IT consultancies have acquired WMS consultancies to capture their in-demand capabilities. As these dynamics play out, ARC believes that the WMS consulting specialists market will grow more rapidly than the consulting service revenues of WMS suppliers. The research is focused on those independent consultancies that offer implementation services for Blue Yonder (RedPrairie) WMS, Infor WMS, Koerber (HighJump) WMS, Manhattan Associates WMS, Oracle WMS, and SAP WMS (SAP EWM), as well as residual services for other WMS providers of smaller scale.
WMS Consulting Specialists Strategic issues
In addition to providing a five-year market forecast, the WMS Consulting Specialists market research provides detailed quantitative current market data and addresses key strategic issues as follows.
Skilled Consultants Are a Scarce Resource
The pool of qualified WMS consulting specialists that can meet particular requirements is diverse but limited. Determining factors such as project scope, project stage, and breadth with respect to the number of sites and geographies narrows down the number of viable consultancies to meet a users needs. Once a specific WMS is chosen, the number of options is further reduced. At first glance, there appears to be more consultancies than is actually the case. Many large IT consultancies subcontract the WMS implementation portion of larger contracts to WMS specialists, creating the impression of a larger pool of resources than the reality. Furthermore, many WMS suppliers are interested in utilizing partners for a larger percentage of total implementations, transitioning workloads outside of the WMS organization. This is due in part to a desire for “software companies to be software companies”. WMS implementations are critical to the success of WMS projects and the selection of a proper consultant is a primary determinant of that success. Plan accordingly to capture the necessary resources for your needs.
E-Commerce Fulfillment
The widespread growth of e-commerce and the fulfillment process changes driven by this e-commerce growth is a long-term contributor to demand for WMS. The growth of expedited delivery (same-day, next-day shipping) intensified the need for fulfillment centers to adjust their operations to compete with the likes of Amazon and Alibaba. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated e-commerce sales and a portion of that transitioned commerce is likely to remain direct-to-consumer, as opposed to reverting to brick-and-mortal sales. Most notably, the grocery vertical of retail has recently emerged as a growth engine within the retail industry, as these companies continue to invest heavily in their fulfillment operations, including investments in WMS. The impact of e-commerce fulfillment needs is a direct contributor to ARC’s forecast for a high growth rate in the retail and household & personal care segments of the WMS consulting specialists market.
Market Data Research Available Datasets
Market Growth Outlook
ARC’s market growth outlook service delivers an in-depth market opportunity analysis including five-year market and technology forecasts and 3-year history trend lines where available. Besides providing an in-depth analysis of the market opportunity provided by each technology, this service allows technology suppliers to analyze their own customized markets consisting of multiple technologies. For example, customers can view different market scenarios by adding or removing technology markets from the analysis, providing them a Total Available Market (TAM) view of their own served market. A list of the available market growth outlook services can be seen in the list below.
This service is designed to help accelerate your organization's ability to understand an up-to-date view of the market opportunity provided by your current product portfolio and analyze how your company’s market opportunity would change if you were to acquire or divest a particular product line. The service will also help you identify and capitalize on emerging markets, whether these markets are based on an emerging technology, region, vertical industry, or application. Built upon a proprietary market model and ARC’s field proven primary research, this service helps product and marketing managers optimize their business plans by identifying the opportunities provided by emerging trends. ARC’s reputation as the preeminent independent provider of market growth opportunity analyses for nearly four decades also provides greater weight to your business plans. ARC’s market growth outlook services are available in a variety of formats depending on whether you view your market opportunities via different technologies, industries, or world regions.
In addition, ARC has a strong history of providing customized market opportunity reports and services to meet your specific needs. For example, you may sell your products only to specific industries and/or in only one or two regions. You tell us your served markets and ARC can quickly configure a report or service designed to best serve your served market.
ARC provides several versions of these reports and services depending on your role in the organization. Executive Views are high level market opportunities designed to help executives quickly identify key trends and market opportunities around the world. In-depth market opportunity analyses provide marketing and product managers more detailed technology specific market information to plan marketing and product development strategies. The following table shows more specific information included in each version.
| Market Growth Outlook Analysis | Use Cases | Target Role |
| Worldwide Market Growth Outlook by Industry & Region with 3-year history where available | In-depth technology-specific strategic growth planning across multiple technologies, applications, regions, and industries | Product & Marketing Managers |
| Worldwide Industry Growth Outlook by Region with 3-year history where available | Strategic technology growth planning for markets defined by a single or multiple vertical industries | Industry Managers |
| Regional/Country Market Growth Outlook by Technology & Industry with 3-year history where available (includes country data) | Strategic technology growth planning for markets defined by a single or multiple world regions | Regional & Country Sales Managers |
| Market Growth Outlook Executive View | Strategic Total Available Market (TAM) growth planning dashboard covering multiple vertical industries, technologies, and world regions | Executives |
Market Competitive Analysis
ARC’s Competitive Analysis services deliver in depth competitive analyses across multiple technologies, applications, regions, and industries. Besides providing an in-depth analysis of the market opportunity provided by each technology, this service allows technology suppliers to analyze their own customized markets consisting of multiple technologies. For example, customers can view different market scenarios by adding or removing technology markets from the analysis, providing them a Total Available Market (TAM) view of their own served market. A list of the available market growth outlook services can be seen in the list below.
This service is designed to help product and marketing managers identify their company’s market positioning across multiple views within their Serviceable Available Market (SAM). Built upon a proprietary market model and ARC’s field proven primary research, this service helps product and marketing managers optimize their business plans by identifying how their company’s market position would change if the company were to acquire or divest a particular product line or technology. ARC’s reputation as the preeminent independent provider of competitive market benchmarking for nearly four decades lends greater weight to your business plans. ARC’s market competitive services are available in a variety of formats depending on whether you view your market opportunities via different technologies, industries, or world regions.
In addition, ARC has a strong history of providing customized market opportunity reports and services to meet the specific needs of our clients. For example, you may sell your products only to specific industries and/or in only one or two regions. You tell us your served markets and ARC can quickly configure a report or service designed to best serve your served market.
ARC provides several versions of these reports and services depending on your role in the organization. Executive Views are high level market competitive analyses designed to help executives quickly assess their SAM by world region, technology, or vertical industry. In-depth competitive market analyses provide marketing and product managers more detailed technology specific benchmarking information to plan marketing and product development strategies. The following table shows more specific information included in each version.
| Competitive Analysis | Use Cases | Target Role |
| Worldwide Competitive Analysis by Technology | In-depth competitive market analysis that quantifies how your company’s market position has changed over time across multiple technologies, applications, regions, and industries | Product & Marketing Managers |
| Worldwide Competitive Analysis by Industry | Strategic technology-based competitive analyses for markets defined by a single or multiple vertical industries | Industry Managers |
| Regional/Country Competitive Analysis by Industry | Strategic technology-based competitive analyses for markets defined by a single or multiple world regions | Regional Sales Managers |
| Competitive Analysis Executive View | Strategic Serviceable Available Market (SAM) analysis dashboard covering multiple vertical industries, technologies, and world regions | Executives |
Worldwide Research Areas
Worldwide Research Areas
Strategic Analysis
- Executive Overview
- Market Trends
- Buyer Strategies
- Supplier Strategies
- Growth Contributors and Inhibitors
Competitive Analysis
- Market Shares of the Leading Suppliers
- Market Shares by Region
- North America
- Europe, Middle East, Africa
- Asia
- Latin America
- Market Shares by Revenue Category
- Consulting
- Systems Implementation & Integration
- Market Shares by Industry
- Automotive
- Electronics & Electrical
- Food & Beverage
- Household & Personal Care
- Logistics
- Machinery
- Pharmaceutical & Biotech
- Retail
- Wholesale/Distribution
- Market Shares for WMS Implementation by Vendor
- Blue Yonder/JDA
- Infor
- Koerber SCS
- Manhattan Associates
- Oracle
- SAP
- Other WMS
- Market Shares by Customer Tier
Market Forecasts
- Total WMS Consulting Specialists Business
- Shipments by Region
- North America
- Europe, Middle East, Africa
- Asia
- Latin America
- Shipments by Revenue Category
- Consulting
- Systems Implementation & Integration
- Shipments by Industry
- Automotive
- Electronics & Electrical
- Food & Beverage
- Household & Personal Care
- Logistics
- Machinery
- Pharmaceutical & Biotech
- Retail
- Wholesale/Distribution
- Shipments for WMS Implementation by Vendor
- Blue Yonder/JDA
- Infor
- Koerber SCS
- Manhattan Associates
- Oracle
- SAP
- Other WMS
- Shipments by Customer Tier
Industry Participants
The research identifies all relevant suppliers serving this market.
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