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.
"Modern enterprise MES software helps provide end-to-end manufacturing visibility from the design process to the supply chain. The future of manufacturing execution systems will be more autonomous data collection and operations. New interoperable low-code/no-code MES platforms are being designed to accommodate digital transformation and enhance smart manufacturing. MES/MOM will continue to expand with enterprise-wide intelligence and user experience (UX) that enables remote connected workers with enterprise manufacturing intelligence,” according to Janice Abel, Principal Analyst and key author of ARC's Manufacturing Execution Systems for Process Market Research.
Manufacturing Execution Systems Market Trends
In addition to providing detailed competitive market share data, the research also addresses key market trends as follows:
Role of Acquisitions and Partnerships on the Market Landscape
The future of manufacturing requires end-to-end integration and collaboration from PLM and product formulation to product and manufacturing simulation to production and supply chain. Only a few suppliers can support this level of digitalization independently, and many suppliers are partnering with other suppliers for this capability. Market dynamics continue to drive an increasing number of supplier acquisitions and partnerships to broaden both companies’ solution sets and experience.
Servitization and SaaS
More manufacturers and suppliers are engaging in servitization where they retain ownership of their products and charge customers a usage or performance fee. For MES suppliers this is often referred to as SaaS where the customer pays a monthly or yearly fee for use of the software. Although not as common, some suppliers are providing process, machine, and robotic monitoring services.
SaaS Subscription and Remote Services
Cloud, while still a relatively small market, is the fastest growing deployment segment and users are expanding their use of cloud services. End users want the ability to work remotely; and suppliers have added features to accommodate this. As suppliers and end users move software, information, and applications to the cloud, MES software suppliers are increasingly offering service-oriented subscription services that help users keep the software up to date and perform maintenance and shift costs from CapEx to OpEx budgets.
Leading Suppliers to the Manufacturing Execution Systems Market Identified
In addition to providing specific market data and industry trends, this ARC market research also identifies and positions the leading suppliers to this market and provides and summarizes their relevant offerings. An alphabetical list of key suppliers covered in this analysis includes: Aspen Technology, AVEVA, Honeywell, Siemens, Yokogawa.
About the Manufacturing Execution Systems Research
The Manufacturing Execution Systems for Process research explores the current and future market performance and related technology and business trends and identifies leading technology suppliers. This new research is based on ARC’s industry-leading market research database, extensive primary and secondary research, and proprietary economic modelling techniques. The research includes competitive analysis, five-year market forecasts, and nine years of historical analysis. The research segmentation includes World Region, Revenue Type, Function, Industry, Deployment, Customer Size, Sales Channel.
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