Product Lifecycle Management

The Product Lifecycle Management global 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.

​The Global Product Lifecycle Management Market Has Promising Growth Prospects

ARC’s research on Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) finds that healthy growth is expected across multiple geographies and industries as innovative technologies, complex product needs, and digital transformation challenges are being solved by enhanced PLM solutions. Product lifecycle management serves as the backbone of manufacturing companies’ success by providing a comprehensive framework for managing the entire lifecycle of their products. Many PLM suppliers now facilitate seamless collaboration and integration across departments, from initial product design and development to manufacturing, distribution, and even post-sales support and service. North America and Europe are the largest markets. Companies from these regions tend to be leaders in industry, have a high consumer demand and a mature market model. India and China are growing as countries and look to manufacture in-house and satisfy large populations. Growth in the Middle East is coming from mega infrastructure projects.

Product Lifecycle Management Strategic Issues

Product Lifecycle ManagementIn addition to providing a five-year market forecast, the PLM market research provides detailed quantitative current market data and addresses key strategic issues as follows.

Explore Options When Selecting Deployment & Licensing Models   

For deployment options, companies are presented with on-premise data centers, on-premise private clouds, hosted data centers, hosted private clouds, and public or hybrid cloud options, each with its own set of benefits and drawbacks. The three primary payment structures are either high-cost perpetual licenses with recurring maintenance fees, subscription licenses that include updates and support services, or curated Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) packages. 

For companies considering moving to the cloud, most PLM suppliers are already set up to provide managed cloud services. This can be hugely beneficial for companies that lack the IT infrastructure or expertise to host the software on premise. Even large companies, which have previously invested in the necessary infrastructure, are realizing the benefits of moving to cloud computing. Cloud computing and related services empower companies to deploy projects faster and companies can scale as needed. 

This deployment option also eliminates the capital expenditure required to install or upgrade a server infrastructure. Lower maintenance cost associated with hardware and necessary IT staff is achieved through economy of scale; so is greater resiliency and redundancy of the data center. However, despite all the benefits of cloud computing, on-premise solutions are still viable and sometimes preferable. 

The primary advantage of on-premise deployment is control. With on-premise solutions, companies can work with PLM providers to customize the software to meet their specific needs. Because PLM solutions are integral to the operations of an engineering organization, the customization and broader functionality offered with on-premise deployment can sometimes outweigh other deployment options.

Foster a Cross-collaborative Culture    

Now that a clear vision has emerged to digitize the product lifecycle from design through the manufacturing, successful manufacturers need to integrate an end-to-end solution involving multiple constituents within an organization. Leverage relationships between people inside the organization and outside the organization. Product complexity is driving a need for more collaboration as PLM developers are approaching new territory with their product development. Companies must now pair their internal experts in collaborative relationships along supply chains, consultants, and their customers.

Explore the Benefits of Virtual Simulations and Digital Twins    

The use of digital twins is becoming more of a standardized component of an overall digital transformation strategy. Many industries are recognizing that the implementation of digital twins is important in implementing predictive and prescriptive analytics to optimize operational performance. In discrete industries, such as automotive A&D and manufacturing, a digital twin can be implemented to connect all product data throughout a new product development cycle. One way to envision such a digital twin is as an information model that forms associations between all the tools or methods used by engineers to design, test, and validate a product. These include design requirements, 2D/3D models, virtual simulations for test and validation, and real-time functional field data, leading PLM suppliers to offer all these technologies, including platforms and solutions required to implement digital twins across a range of industries.

Advanced virtual simulation technology is an integral component of the digital twin. Comprehensive simulation platforms can simulate and validate the functionality of product design concurrently, enabling the designers to validate their designs as they go. In the context of the digital twin, real-time sensor data can be used to populate simulation applications that then emulate the physical product and enable design improvements.

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 the Leading Suppliers of PLM Solutions
  • Market Shares by Region
    • North America
    • Europe, Middle East, Africa
    • Asia
    • Latin America
  • Market Shares by Revenue Category
    • Services
    • Software
  • Market Shares by Application Sector
    • Digital Manufacturing
    • C-Design
    • PDM
  • Market Shares by Industry
    • Aerospace & Defense
    • Automotive
    • Construction
    • Electronics & Electrical
    • Food & Beverage
    • Household & Personal Care
    • Machinery
    • Marine
    • Medical Devices
    • Pharmaceutical & Biotech
    • Telecommunications
  • Market Shares by Deployment Model
    • Cloud
    • Hosted
    • On Premise
  • Market Shares by Customer Tier
  • Market Shares by Customer Type
  • Market Shares by Sales Channel

Market Forecasts & Histories

  • Total PLM Software & Services Business
  • Shipments by Region
    • North America
    • Europe, Middle East, Africa
    • Asia
    • Latin America
  • Shipments by Revenue Category
    • Services
    • Software
  • Shipments by Application Sector
    • Digital Manufacturing
    • C-Design
    • PDM
  • Shipments by Industry
    • Aerospace & Defense
    • Automotive
    • Construction
    • Electronics & Electrical
    • Food & Beverage
    • Household & Personal Care
    • Machinery
    • Marine
    • Medical Devices
    • Pharmaceutical & Biotech
    • Telecommunications
  • Shipments by Deployment Model
    • Cloud
    • Hosted
    • On Premise
  • Shipments by Customer Tier
  • Shipments by Sales Channel
  • Shipments by Customer Type

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 Forecast & History Analysis 

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

Industry Participants

List of countries & currencies included in each region: MIRA-Country

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