Asset Management Digital Services: Spending Plans And Use Cases By Industry

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Executive Summary

This report provides chief marketing officers at consulting firms data on industrial firms’ intention for spend on digital consulting services in 2022 on asset management digitization projects. In 2021 Verdantix found that 93% of industrial firms plan to increase their spend on third-party consultants for asset management digitization projects. A deep dive into the data shows that there are both differences between industries’ intended deployment of consultants and an uneven distribution of planned spend increases. While all industries plan to use consultants to help them formulate a vision and strategy for asset maintenance digitization, some industry-specific differences emerge. For example using service providers for plant shutdown and turnaround is one of the top three use cases for oil and gas firms, whereas manufacturing firms are targeting consultants for predictive maintenance software implementation. In this report we break the data down by industry and provide analysis so that consulting firms may adjust their strategy appropriately to capture as much of this growing market as possible.
Use Cases and Spending On Consultants Show Variations By Industry 
Spend On Consultants For Asset Management Projects Remains Healthy Across All Industries For 2022 
Use Cases For Engaging Consultants See Some Variations By Industry
Oil and Gas and Mining Plan Double Digital Increases In Spend On Consultants In 2022 
Service Providers Must Invest In Strengthening Their Industry Specific Expertise To Capitalize On The Rising Spend On Asset Management Digitization Projects 
Figure 1. Expected Changes In Spend On Consultants In 2022  
Figure 2. Operational Excellence Consulting Projects: Expected Use Of Service Providers In 2022  
Figure 3. Expected Use Of Service Providers In 2022 By Oil & Gas  
Figure 4. Expected Use Of Service Providers In 2022 By Manufacturing  
Figure 5. Expected Use Of Service Providers In 2022 By Infrastructure & Transport  
Figure 6. Expected Use Of Service Providers In 2022 By Mining & Utilities  
Figure 7. Expected Changes In Spend On Consultants In 2022 Industry Breakdown  
 

About the Authors

Thomas Weald

Thomas Weald

Analyst

Thomas is an analyst in the Verdantix Operational Excellence practice. His research agenda focusses on technologies that aid in the transition to remote operations such as dro...

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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