Europe Advanced Planning and Scheduling Software Market Forecast to 2028 - COVID-19 Impact and Regional Analysis by Deployment, Organization Size, and Industry

The Europe advanced planning and scheduling (APS) software market is expected to grow from US$ 386.70 million in 2020 to US$ 769.14 million by 2028; it is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 9.1 % from 2021 to 2028. The growing need to enhance overall production process is expected to escalate the Europe advanced planning and scheduling (APS) software market. APS software helps manufacturing firms to control and monitor production and its scheduling. The software solutions benefit the users through full visibility and control, faster turnaround, and optimized resource utilization. Moreover, these solutions help enhance their profit margins by conferring the real-time analysis capabilities into the production process. Capacity planning is an integral part of the APS module. Capacity planning helps in long-term production planning, against forecasted demand. The software has interactive dashboard that provides graphical view of consolidated demand and projected resource allocated for the production process. This data is then to synced to the current and projected sales data. Further, the software also efficiently supports sales and operation planning (S&OP) through optimization and rapid experimentation. Both discrete and process industries require APS software to smoothen the manufacturing process. Industries such as food & beverages, pharmaceuticals, automotive, electronics & semiconductors, and textile are predominantly deploying APS software or integrating the same with their existing manufacturing executive systems (MES). To effectively compete in the respective industries, companies across Europe are investing in deploying APS software to enhance their profit margins by leveraging the features such as production scheduling, order scheduling, purchase scheduling, production planning, and mid-term scheduling.

Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Russia, the UK, France, Spain, Italy, and Germany are some of the worst affected member states in the European region. Businesses in the region face severe economic difficulties, as they had to suspend their operations or substantially reduce their activities. Due to business lockdowns, travel bans, and supply chain disruptions, the region is anticipated to have an economic slowdown till Mid-2021. The member states of Europe, such as Italy, Spain, and Germany, have implemented drastic measures and travel restrictions to limit the spread of COVID-19 among its citizens. European countries represent a major market for APS software adoption due to the rising retail and manufacturing industry. In the region, the numbers reflecting the swift spread of COVID-19 are devastating. In the face of such a global outbreak, several pharmaceutical manufacturers in Europe are witnessing growing pressure to produce treatments and design a potential vaccine. The process of designing a COVID-19 vaccine is going to be complex, which will include ~1,000 separate operations. A few companies have the capabilities of managing a high level of complexity. In order to mitigate complex processes, pharmaceutical manufacturers are opting for APS software, which is likely to surge the market growth even in the pandemic.

Based on organization size, the large enterprises segment led the Europe advanced planning and scheduling (APS) software market in 2020. Organizations with more than 500 employees are classified as large enterprises. These enterprises have their clients and account for high market shares, technical knowledge, and effective business strategies. These large enterprises are anticipated to invest in innovative and latest technologies to operate their business effectively. Large enterprises across the European region are using APS software platforms to boost their businesses and optimize their business efforts to ensure lowest possible less investment requirements in various processes. The software solutions allow them to control manufacturing inventory and scheduling to meet production goals and track performance indicators to evaluate progress and results. With the growing manufacturing challenges, Opcenter (Siemens Company) software offers solutions to large enterprises to meet the rising need with innovative algorithms, along with balancing demand and capacity to set achievable production schedules. APS software’s advantages such as scheduling, controlling, and performance indicator are expected to increase its demand from large enterprises, thereby driving the growth of the Europe advanced planning and scheduling (APS) software market.

The overall Europe advanced planning and scheduling (APS) software market size has been derived using both primary and secondary sources. To begin the research process, exhaustive secondary research has been conducted using internal and external sources to obtain qualitative and quantitative information related to the Europe advanced planning and scheduling (APS) software market. The process also serves the purpose of obtaining overview and forecast for the Europe advanced planning and scheduling (APS) software market with respects to all the segments pertaining to the region. Also, multiple primary interviews have been conducted with industry participants and commentators to validate the data, as well as to gain more analytical insights into the topic. The participants who typically take part in such a process include industry experts such as VPs, business development managers, market intelligence managers, and national sales managers along with external consultants such as valuation experts, research analysts, and key opinion leaders specializing in the Europe advanced planning and scheduling (APS) software market. ACUMATICA, INC; ASPROVA CORPORATION; Dassault Systèmes SE; DELFOI OY; GLOBAL SHOP SOLUTIONS; INFORM SOFTWARE; PLEX SYSTEMS; Siemens AG; and THE ACCESS GROUP are among a few players operating in the Europe advanced planning and scheduling (APS) software market.

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