Market Overview: Asset Management Software Landscape

16 Feb, 2021

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Executive Summary

This study maps out the structure of the asset management software market, identifies the drivers of change and analyses the path ahead. Future Verdantix reports will provide deeper analysis and benchmarks for each of the solution categories. This report is written for chief strategy officers, VPs of products, and heads of marketing in firms that offer asset management software solutions to guide their product strategies. This report is also for VPs of operations, heads of asset management and reliability engineering managers to inform software purchasing decisions. Multiple factors drive the asset management software market, including response to the twin shocks of the pandemic and economic downturn in 2020, cost-cutting programmes, and the availability of new technology. The market has expanded over the last few decades to include five segments: asset information management, asset maintenance, asset performance management, asset investment planning and process safety management. Customers’ spending and requirements drive developments in the market, including new analytics, digital twins and workforce management solutions.
 
Improving Industrial Asset Management With Digital Technologies Gathers Pace  
Asset Management Digitization Driven By Operational Excellence Agenda
Industrial Asset Management Market Is Comprised Of Myriad Segments Delivered By Disparate Software Categories
Software Supplier Product Strategies Have Evolved Significantly In Response To Customer Demand

Availability Of New Technology Enables Asset Optimization Strategies  
Technology Enablers Have Enhanced The Asset Management Software Value Proposition
Spend On Asset Management Software Applications Is On The Rise
Future Developments For Asset Management Software Applications Focus On Predictive Analytics And Digital Twin Simulations 
 
Figure 1. Factors Driving Investment In Operational Excellence
Figure 2. Asset Management Software Market Segments
Figure 3-1. Asset Management Software Landscape 
Figure 3-2. Asset Management Software Landscape 
Figure 4. Asset Management Software Timeline
Figure 5. Software Investment Plans For Operational Excellence Processes In 2021
Figure 6. Significance Of Digital Innovations For Operational Excellence In 2021 and 2022 

About the Authors

Malavika Tohani

Malavika Tohani

Research Director

Malavika is a Research Director at Verdantix, guiding research that explores how digital technologies and services are reshaping industrial operations to become safer, more ef...

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Sebastian Winter

Sebastian Winter

Industry Analyst

Sebastian is an Industry Analyst in the Verdantix Operational Excellence practice. His research agenda covers digital twins for industrial facilities, asset management softwar...

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