it is an important task for all countries to transform traditional industries by using information technology and accelerate the structural adjustment and industrial upgrading of manufacturing industry. Developed countries hope to develop e-commerce by accelerating the process of enterprise informatization, especially management informatization, so as to enhance the international competitiveness of manufacturing industry and the core competitiveness of enterprises. Newly industrialized countries hope to be among the advanced countries in the world by accelerating informatization.
Many developing countries have high hopes for informatization, hoping to promote industrialization with informatization, make use of the advantages of latecomers, realize leap-forward development and narrow the gap with advanced countries.
Informatization of manufacturing industry has become a major trend of manufacturing industry development in the world today. China is a big manufacturing country, and it is facing the challenge of transforming from "Made in China" to "Created in China". The deployment and application of application software plays a vital role in it.
The main application software in manufacturing industry includes enterprise resource planning (ERP), product life cycle management (PLM) and manufacturing execution plan (MES). According to CCID Consulting's research, the total market size of the three types of application software reached 4.221 billion yuan in 27, with an average annual growth rate of 2.3%. It is estimated that by 212, the scale of the three types of manufacturing application software will be close to 9 billion yuan.
PLM becomes a hot investment spot
From the current situation of manufacturing informatization, the informatization focus of manufacturing-oriented enterprises is often the deployment and application of ERP system, aiming at improving the efficiency of product production and supply. However, manufacturing enterprises focusing on product research and development pay more attention to the implementation and application of PLM software products, with the aim of shortening the time to market and meeting the personalized needs of customers at lower cost.
with the advancement of informatization in manufacturing enterprises, most large manufacturing enterprises in China have deployed their own ERP systems, which can effectively manage the supply, marketing and storage systems of enterprises through the implementation of ERP. However, the key to the transformation from "Made in China" to "Created in China" is to quickly respond to market changes in the design process, ensure product quality, and improve the grasp of product core technology.
PLM software research products can provide enterprises with an integrated product system that supports rapid product design, manufacturing and optimization from the aspects of planning, design, manufacturing and sales management and collaboration.
CCID Consulting's research shows that from 25 to 27, with the maturity of the manufacturing ERP software market, the growth rate of the ERP software market has slowed down. The growth of the ERP market is mainly due to the upgrading of the original system and the informationization of small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises. With the emphasis on independent research and development by manufacturing enterprises, the investment in PLM software will make it the fastest-growing software relative to ERP and MES software.
since the beginning of 27, IT investment in manufacturing informatization construction has shown a steady growth trend. The information investment in traditional manufacturing industries such as textiles and chemicals is growing rapidly, and the IT investment in manufacturing industries with high information level such as automobiles and machinery will also maintain steady growth. The PLM market, which has always been low-key, is becoming surging.
the development of p>PLM benefits from the global innovation upsurge and the high enthusiasm of independent research and development of enterprises. At present, independent research and development has become the quality valued by many manufacturing enterprises, and PLM has effectively helped enterprise users improve the efficiency of design and research. Because of this, traditional MES manufacturers and ERP software suppliers have turned their attention to this field.
Operation management becomes a trend
CCID Consulting predicts that in 28, CIO of manufacturing industry will start transformation planning, integrate the existing information system, and replace the existing manufacturing execution system model with a more convenient and centralized manufacturing operation management (MOM) specification, which should be the bottom business and IT level, not the upper control level.
In the field of discrete manufacturing, the emergence of MOM will enable about 2% of discrete manufacturers to build a unified platform for the integration of enterprise applications and manufacturing execution functions centered on PLM, and expand the design and operation space in the manufacturing industry. Siemens' acquisition of UGS and Oracle Bone Inscriptions's acquisition of Agile show us that manufacturers are moving towards an integrated design and manufacturing system.
the development of p>MES software is no longer limited to the workshop level, but only makes up for the information gap between the control level and ERP data. In fact, MES software has developed into a broad concept, and the market and enterprise demand * * * both promote MES software to develop into MOM. For the professional MES companies in the industry and some global suppliers, the MOM software market is becoming a key competitive field. Almost all successful MES software vendors are moving from MES to integrated MOM, and strengthening the integration with increasingly valued business processes. Users are also beginning to consider integrating business process management (BPM) into their project scope.
Integration and collaboration become the focus of competition
In the manufacturing application software market in p>27, for large enterprise users, the deepening of application based on the integration of the original distributed system became their focus at this stage, and some users began to consider the possible path to realize SOA, but this market will basically be occupied by leading international manufacturers. For small and medium-sized enterprise users, whether in ERP, PLM or MES, the products of domestic manufacturers are highly valued and recognized, but with more and more manufacturers joining, the competition in this market is becoming more and more fierce. From the market point of view, manufacturers are required to make comprehensive breakthroughs at all levels of the market.
The main domestic manufacturers, including UFIDA, Kingdee, DCMS, CAXA, Baoxin, Kaimu, etc., have made efforts to improve their voice and influence in the high-end market in terms of brand image, industry experience and product strategy, and services, especially consulting and training services, have become the focus of investment. Foreign manufacturers, such as SAP, Oracle and Siemens, take expanding channels and partners as the main means to penetrate the low-end market.
As a result, domestic and foreign manufacturers are in full-scale competition and collision in the high, medium and low-end market, and the competition pattern will change imperceptibly, and the low-end market will change faster than the high-end market. As the main manufacturers pay more attention to the low-end market, domestic manufacturers who were originally positioned in the small and medium-sized enterprise market will face enormous pressure of survival and competition, and domestic small and medium-sized manufacturing software enterprises will inevitably survive the fittest.
at present, the leading manufacturers of manufacturing software in the international market have realized that the manufacturing application software in ERP, PLM and MES fields is becoming saturated, and the demand for upstream and downstream applications to customers and overall manufacturing solutions is increasing. Therefore, many manufacturers have started product expansion projects through mergers and acquisitions, cooperation, investment, equity participation, etc., and integrating more functions such as ERP, PLM and MES into their own software products has become the development trend of big manufacturers, while those manufacturers who cannot follow up the same will face crisis.
this feature can also be seen from the actual situation of domestic and foreign markets in 27. Companies such as UFIDA, Kingdee and DCMS have entered the PLM field through cooperation. SAP and Oracle have also introduced process or discrete industry manufacturing execution system (MFS) products on the basis of combining the original PLM solutions. To a certain extent, this also promotes the introduction of e-commerce suite similar to ERP, PLM and MES integration, and I believe this kind of products will also be welcomed by the majority of manufacturing users.