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 Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) for Process Industries Market Research delivers current market analysis plus a five year market and technology forecast. The research is available in multiple editions including worldwide, all regions, and most major countries.
Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES/MOM) Are Vital for Digital Transformation
ARC Advisory Group’s research makes it evident that today’s modern Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), also known as Manufacturing Operations Management systems (MOM), are a key enabler and often the central focus of digital transformation, IT/OT convergence, and cloud adoption in manufacturing. MES continues to be strategic to digital transformation and efficient manufacturing. New digital technologies including AI, digital twins, augmented and virtual reality, and new low-code/no-code platforms are disruptive to manufacturing and are being used with the newer generation MES/MOM solutions which are more secure, easier to integrate and deploy, enable enterprise-wide collaboration for today’s more autonomous and digitally driven manufacturing.
Manufacturing Execution Systems for Process Market Strategic Issues
In addition to providing a five-year market forecast, the MES for the Process Industry Research provides detailed quantitative current market data and addresses key strategic issues as follows.
Modular Democratization/Composables
Composables are modular applications that are more interoperable than previous generation’s applications. Many manufacturing plants, particularly those that were acquired or experienced mergers, have multiple platforms and applications with siloed data for each type of system throughout the company that needs to be integrated or replaced. Rather than attempting to replace all systems at one time, it may make sense to integrate specific, app-like modular functionalities incrementally over time using a newer MES platform with containers and microservices and apps that are composable so that they are more interoperable. The ability to use composable apps can allow users to buy and use the specific functionality needed. On the other hand, there are some suppliers who continue to sell the MES software as one integrated MES software solution because it can be easier to synchronize operations and interoperate. ARC is seeing a modular “democratization” of apps sometimes referred to as composables.
Scalable Models and Templates That Align with Processes and Support Role-Based Usability
Most suppliers have application models or templates, and it is important that they align well with the process and provide context, so that users can easily deploy and use applications based on the situation. The models should be designed for specific industries and operations and scalable as needed. The model should support operations so that users and engineers can design, deploy, and implement applications and share results to collaborate with colleagues and partners as needed. Production data models should provide business, IT, and production views and align with process to be used by specific user-personas. Integration standards and pre-developed templates and modular solutions that enable enterprise-wide visibility and analysis are important for MES success.
Software with Built-In Data Management, Governance, Contextualization, and Other Data Quality Tools
Data management, data governance, data contextualization and data quality tools are more important than ever because users need access to different types of data easily from diverse systems and data sources for analysis and production optimization. Some of these capabilities are implemented in the deployment model or the data historian, but sometimes they are included with the MES platform. The software contextualization, aggregation, timestamping, data compression, alerts, specialty reports, visualization, and other special capabilities should be built into the MES software. These tools should enable the user to scale easily and improve flexibility across the industrial enterprise. Additionally, the ability to combine the various types of databases, data sources, and applications to interoperate and work seamlessly is a capability that is becoming more important for real-time production decisions today. More data tools are needed to contextualize data and reduce data wrangling for MES applications.
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 Focus Areas
Worldwide Research Focus Areas
Strategic Analysis
- Executive Summary
- Market Trends
- Buyer Strategies
- Supplier Strategies
- Growth Contributors
- Growth 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
- Software
- Services
- Market Shares by Revenue Type
- Consulting Services
- Maintenance Services
- Implementation Services
- Software as a Service
- Licensed Software
- Market Shares by Functional Category
- Plan and Schedule
- Direct and Operate
- Inform and Visibility
- Market Shares by Industry
- Cement & Glass
- Chemical
- Electric Power
- Food & Beverage
- Metals
- Mining
- Oil & Gas
- Pharmaceutical & Biotech
- Pulp & Paper
- Refining
- Textiles
- Water & Wastewater
- Market Shares by Deployment Model
- Hosted
- Cloud
- On Premise
- Market Shares by Customer Size
- Market Shares by Sales Channel
Market Forecasts and Histories
- Total MES for Process Business
- Shipments by Region
- North America
- Europe, Middle East, Africa
- Asia
- Latin America
- Shipments by Revenue Category
- Software
- Services
- Shipments by Revenue Type
- Consulting Services
- Maintenance Services
- Implementation Services
- Software as a Service
- Licensed Software
- Shipments by Functional Category
- Plan and Schedule
- Direct and Operate
- Inform and Visibility
- Shipments by Industry
- Cement & Glass
- Chemical
- Electric Power
- Food & Beverage
- Metals
- Mining
- Oil & Gas
- Pharmaceutical & Biotech
- Pulp & Paper
- Refining
- Textiles
- Water & Wastewater
- Shipments by Deployment Model
- Hosted
- Cloud
- On Premise
- Shipments by Sales Channel
- Shipments by Customer Size
Industry Participants
The research identifies all relevant suppliers serving this market.
Regional Research Focus Areas
Strategic Analysis
Competitive 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
List of countries & currencies included in each region: MIRA-Country
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