Research Fields: present situation of MES application, demand for MES application in the steel, and petrochemical industries, leading MES vendors competitiveness
Enterprises Involved: POSDATA, Wonderware, Baosight, Hollysys, etc.
Report Highlights
MES (Manufacturing Execution System) provides a bridge for information communication between IT application in management systems and the automation of industrial control layer, playing an important role in improving production efficiency, enhancing production control capability, and reducing power consumption.
In 2006, the MES application market in the manufacturing industry started to boom. Product application is shifting from large enterprises in the steel, refining and automobile industries to medium-sized enterprises in the field of apparel, toy, machinery processing, and non-ferrous metal smelting. Competition between domestic and overseas brands reached the stage of comprehensive strength. Enterprise users become more rational about investment in MES, with higher requirements on the practicability of product functions, architecture expandability, and system integration capability.
Based on long-term tracking of the manufacturing industry, in light of the development trend of MES technology and industry application characteristics, the 2006-2007 Annual Report on the Demand and Trend of MES Application in China Manufacturing Industry helps MES vendors, investors and manufacturing enterprises accurately grasp the present situation of China MES application market and characteristics of application in major enterprises in the following aspects, to gain a deeper understanding of various kinds of manufacturing enterprises MES application needs.
Backed by full and accurate market data, the report interprets the present situation of the MES market from the angle of market size, industry application and key application regions in the past three years, and discerns the development trend of the market.
It presents in-depth analysis of industry application, expounds the present situation of product application in the respect of application in the industry as a whole, application in industry segments, and technology development, and examines the characteristics of application in the industry.
It elaborates on the competition performance of leading MES vendors in 2006, assesses enterprises competitiveness in the dimension of business support capability, technology R&D strength and customer service capability, and conducts comprehensive assessment of solutions.
After presenting in-depth quantitative forecast of the market, report conducts modeling regression and expert verification for the whole market and market segments, and derives valuable trend analysis and quantitative results.
Report Outline
Main Conclusions
Key Findings
Chapter 1 Overview of China MES Application Market, 2006
1.1 Development Stages
1.2 Overall Market Size
1.3 Market Structure
1.3.1 Distribution of Industry Application
1.3.2 Distribution of Application Regions
Chapter 2 Present Situation of China MES Application Market, 2006
2.1 Overall Situation
2.2 Application in Major Sectors
2.2.1 Steel
2.2.2 Petrochemical
2.2.3 Automobile
2.2.4 Tobacco
2.3 Characteristics Analysis
Chapter 3 Forecast of the Development Trend & Size of China MES Application Industry, 2007-2011
3.1 Development Trend
3.1.1 Trend of Market Development
3.1.2 Application Expansion Fields
3.1.3 Trend of Technology Application (Design Philosophy, Product Functions & Technology Architecture)
3.2 Forecast of Size
3.2.1 Overall Market Size
3.2.2 Size of Market Segments (by Product, Industry, etc.)
Chapter 4 Key MES Application Needs in China, 2007
4.1 Impetuses
4.2 Application Needs in Key Industries
4.2.1 Steel Industry
4.2.2 Petrochemical Industry
4.2.3 Automobile Industry
4.2.4 Tobacco Industry
Chapter 5 Assessment of Competition in China MES Application Market
5.1 Competition Situation
5.2 Assessment of Leading Vendors Comprehensive Strength
5.3 Assessment of Main Solutions and Products
5.3.1 Posdata
5.3.2 Wonderware
5.3.3 Baosight
5.3.4 Hollysys
Chapter 6 Recommendations
6.1 For IT Service Enterprises
6.2 For Application Enterprises
Tables & Diagrams
1. Analysis of Investment Size in China MES Market, 2004-2006
2. Development Trend of China MES Market, 2006-2007
3. Distribution of China MES Application Industry in 2006
4. Regional Structure of China MES Application Market in 2006
5. Factors Affecting Demand for MES in China Manufacturing Industry in 2006
6. Growth of IT Investment in China manufacturing Industry, 2006-2010
