General Motion Control

The General Motion Control (GMC) market research delivers current market analysis plus a five year market and technology forecast.  It is available in multiple editions including worldwide, all regions, and most major countries.   

General Motion Control Systems Support Sustainability and Interconnected Machinery

ARC Advisory Group research on the General Motion Control (GMC) market projects solid growth as industrial operations seek automation solutions that support energy conservation and sustainability initiatives. GMCs are playing a key role in promoting sustainability and interconnected machinery, two of the most important trends driving growth in the manufacturing industry. A new generation of machinery utilizing GMC systems will be needed to produce semiconductor and electronic devices, electric cars, packaging solutions, and materials that are necessary for energy-efficient solutions and to enable sustainability. With a vast and geographically diversified spectrum of providers and a multitude of potential applications impacting numerous industries, the general motion control industry is still fragmented.

General Motion Control Strategic Issues

General Motion ControlIn addition to providing a five-year market forecast, the General Motion Control market research report provides detailed quantitative current market data and addresses key strategic issues as follows.

Leverage Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence

Industrial analytics is currently primarily focused on machine learning, a branch of artificial intelligence (AI) that uses algorithms to mimic human recognition. Machine learning is often combined with AI for applications like chatbots and natural language processing. However, labeling machine learning as "AI" or "AI and machine learning" can cause confusion. Machine learning is widely used in manufacturing for predictive analytics, using supervised techniques for
identification and unsupervised learning for pattern discovery. It excels in recognizing patterns and predicting behaviors in large datasets without explicit instructions, crucial in asset-intensive settings with varying operating conditions. In discrete manufacturing, machine learning has brought numerous advantages, such as a 40 percent reduction in scrap by identifying inefficiencies and 90 percent accurate detection of quality issues in motorcycle manufacturing, allowing for early detection and prevention of problems.

OPC UA for Cloud Connection

OPC UA has become the tool of choice for linking the connectivity to a cloud platform. There is already a wide range of products out there that support it, including barcode readers.

Predictive Maintenance

Preventative maintenance has been the protection against unscheduled downtime, which costs time and money and significantly impacts productivity and availability of production machinery. With the trend toward digitalization, end users can identify degrading assets and predict failure well in advance using data from smart devices with built-in connectivity. Servo drives, for example, can monitor changes in current or voltage to detect changes in torque demand that could indicate a problem like bearing wear or breakdown in a moving machine part. Such technology, along with advanced analytics, supports predictive maintenance, reducing or eliminating the time spent on preventative maintenance because now asset owners can schedule repairs at a convenient time prior to catastrophic failure.

Predictive maintenance has been kicked around for many years because it offers a huge benefit to the asset owners. With new technological environment of digitalization and advanced analytics, it is expected to gain rapid adoption in the market.

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

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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
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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 Market Research Focus Areas

Strategic Analysis

  • Major Market Trends
  • Executive Overview
  • Strategies for Buyers
  • Strategies for Suppliers
  • 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
    • Hardware
    • Software
    • Services
  • Market Shares by Component
    • Controller: Standalone
    • Controller: PLC
    • Controller: Bus Card
    • Controller: Industrial PC
    • Drive: Servo: Programmable MC
    • Drive: Servo
    • Drive: Stepper: Programmable MC
    • Drive: Stepper
    • Motor: Servo
    • Motor: Servo: Integral Drive
    • Motor: Stepper
    • Motor: Stepper: Integral Drive
    • Motor: Direct Drive Rotary
    • Motor: Linear
    • Peripheral Accessories
  • Market Shares by Industry
    • Aerospace & Defense
    • Automotive
    • Electronics & Electrical
    • Fabricated Metals
    • Food & Beverage
    • Furniture & Wood Products
    • Machinery Manufacturing
    • Medical Products
    • Pharmaceutical & Biotech
    • Plastic & Rubber
    • Printing & Publishing
    • Pulp & Paper
    • Semiconductor
    • Textiles
    • Transportation & Logistics
  • Market Shares by Machinery Segment
  • Market Shares by Customization of Motors
  • Market Shares by Customization of Drives
  • Market Shares by Sales Channel
  • Market Shares by Customer Type

Market Forecasts and Histories

  • Total Shipments of GMC Systems
  • Shipments by Region
    • North America
    • Europe, Middle East, Africa
    • Asia
    • Latin America
  • Shipments by Revenue Category
    • Hardware
    • Software
    • Services
  • Shipments by Component
    • Controller: Standalone
    • Controller: PLC
    • Controller: Bus Card
    • Controller: Industrial PC
    • Drive: Servo: Programmable MC
    • Drive: Servo
    • Drive: Stepper: Programmable MC
    • Drive: Stepper
    • Motor: Servo
    • Motor: Servo: Integral Drive
    • Motor: Stepper
    • Motor: Stepper: Integral Drive
    • Motor: Direct Drive Rotary
    • Motor: Linear
    • Peripheral Accessories
  • Shipments by Industry
    • Aerospace & Defense
    • Automotive
    • Electronics & Electrical
    • Fabricated Metals
    • Food & Beverage
    • Furniture & Wood Products
    • Machinery Manufacturing
    • Medical Products
    • Pharmaceutical & Biotech
    • Plastic & Rubber
    • Printing & Publishing
    • Pulp & Paper
    • Semiconductor
    • Textiles
    • Transportation & Logistics
  • Shipments by Machinery Segment
  • Shipments by Customization of Motors
  • Shipments by Customization of Drives
  • Shipments by Sales Channel
  • Shipments by Customer Type

Industry Participants

The research identifies all relevant suppliers serving this market.

Regional Market Research Focus Areas

Strategic Analysis

Market Share Analysis

  • Leading Suppliers in Region
  • Industry Shares in Region
  • Country Shares in Region
  • Leading Suppliers by Industry

Market History & Forecast Analysis

  • Market History & Forecast by Country
  • Market History & Forecast by Industry

Industry Participants

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