Automation and Software Expenditures for Discrete Industries

This Automation and Software Expenditures for Discrete Industries Market Research delivers current market analysis plus a five year market and technology forecast. The research covers automation expenditures, software expenditures, discrete, Industrial IoT, open standards, OPC UA, strategic analysis, market size, industry trends.

Global Megatrends and Digitalization Initiatives Will Drive Discrete Automation Market Growth

According to ARC Advisory Group research, the discrete automation market roared back during 2021, recovering much of the losses incurred after a significant drop due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Going forward, the outlook remains positive for capital investments in automation products and software in discrete industries due to the macro trends that underlie the growth in this market remain in place. These trends include globalization, infrastructure expansion, an aging installed base of automation equipment, manufacturing labor shortages, digitalization, an increasing middle class in Asia, and the ongoing need to improve production, process controllability, and reduce energy consumption.

Automation and Software Expenditures for Discrete Strategic Issues

Automation and Software Expenditures for Discrete Market TrendsIn addition to providing a five-year market forecast, the Automation and Software Expenditures for Discrete Industries market research provides detailed quantitative current market data and addresses key strategic issues as follows.

Get Ready for Industrial IoT - Starting at the Edge

The industrial edge is the space between traditional, closed automation systems and the modern, connected world. End users can experiment and discover the practical side of Industrial IoT by using edge devices to add new functionalities such as machine analytics to existing automation systems. Machine builders can differentiate their offerings by adding a new functionality before customers start demanding it. The key for both is to get ahead of the demand curve for the next generation of industrial machine control.

Embrace Open Standards

Open standards help end users free themselves from the grip of proprietary technologies, paving the way for greater choice. Standards reduce engineering time when users apply pre-engineered templates to integrated products or design processes. End users should familiarize themselves with current and emerging standards and decide how these can be applied to improve efficiency and cut the costs of future projects.

OPC UA Is the Universal Language of Automation

OPC UA is more than just an open protocol for machine-to-machine communication. The complete specification contains protocols for both peer-to-peer and master-slave communication (the latter is the new Publish/Subscribe model that allows controllers to communicate deterministically with field devices). OPC UA also includes a growing number of companion specifications that are essentially information models that standardize semantics for devices and applications. End users should understand the value of using OPC UA for integrating systems and devices from different suppliers

Market Data Research Available Datasets

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.

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 AnalysisUse CasesTarget Role
Worldwide Market Growth Outlook by Industry & Region with 3-year history where availableIn-depth technology-specific strategic growth planning across multiple technologies, applications, regions, and industriesProduct & Marketing Managers
Worldwide Industry Growth Outlook by Region with 3-year history where availableStrategic technology growth planning for markets defined by a single or multiple vertical industriesIndustry 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 regionsRegional & Country Sales Managers
Market Growth Outlook Executive ViewStrategic Total Available Market (TAM) growth planning dashboard covering multiple vertical industries, technologies, and world regionsExecutives
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 AnalysisUse CasesTarget Role
Worldwide Competitive Analysis by TechnologyIn-depth competitive market analysis that quantifies how your company’s market position has changed over time across multiple technologies, applications, regions, and industriesProduct & Marketing Managers
Worldwide Competitive Analysis by IndustryStrategic technology-based competitive analyses for markets defined by a single or multiple vertical industriesIndustry Managers
Regional/Country Competitive Analysis by IndustryStrategic technology-based competitive analyses for markets defined by a single or multiple world regionsRegional Sales Managers
Competitive Analysis Executive ViewStrategic Serviceable Available Market (SAM) analysis dashboard covering multiple vertical industries, technologies, and world regionsExecutives

Worldwide Research Focus Areas

Strategic Analysis

  • Executive Overview
  • Market Trends
  • Buyer Strategies
  • Supplier Strategies
  • Growth Contributors and Inhibitors

Competitive Analysis

  • Market Shares of Leading Suppliers
  • Market Shares by Region
    • North America
    • Europe, Middle East, Africa
    • Asia
    • Latin America
  • Market Shares by Industry
    • Aerospace & Defense
    • Automotive
    • Building Automation
    • Electronics & Electrical
    • Fabricated Metals
    • Furniture & Wood Products
    • Machinery
    • Medical Products
    • Plastics & Rubber
    • Printing & Publishing
    • Semiconductors
  • Market Shares by Product Type
    • Computer Numerical Controls
    • Enterprise Asset Management
    • Field Service Management
    • General Motion Control
    • Human Machine Interface Software
    • Low Voltage AC Drives
    • Machine Safeguarding Solutions
    • Manufacturing Execution Systems for Discrete
    • Medium Voltage AC Drives
    • Programmable Logic Controllers

Market Forecasts and Histories

  • Total Automation for Discrete Business
  • Shipments by Region
    • North America
    • Europe, Middle East, Africa
    • Asia
    • Latin America
  • Shipments by Industry
    • Aerospace & Defense
    • Automotive
    • Building Automation
    • Electronics & Electrical
    • Fabricated Metals
    • Furniture & Wood Products
    • Machinery
    • Medical Products
    • Plastics & Rubber
    • Printing & Publishing
    • Semiconductors
  • Shipments by Product Type
    • Computer Numerical Controls
    • Enterprise Asset Management
    • Field Service Management
    • General Motion Control
    • Human Machine Interface Software
    • Low Voltage AC Drives
    • Machine Safeguarding Solutions
    • Manufacturing Execution Systems for Discrete
    • Medium Voltage AC Drives
    • Programmable Logic Controllers

Industry Participants

The research identifies all relevant suppliers serving this market.

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