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Supplier Positioning MarketMap

September 23, 2026 BY Greg Gorbach

Autonomous Execution Agents

Autonomous Execution Agents are moving beyond conversational assistance to perform work, orchestrate workflows, and execute operational decisions across industrial environments. ARC’s MarketMap for Autonomous Execution Agents provides a structured view of the market to help technology and business leaders assess options, identify relevant suppliers, and make more informed investment decisions.

Manufacturing Execution Systems in Pharmaceutical & Biotech Industries

Autonomous Exception Management in Logistics Execution

Enterprise Asset Management

Market Intelligence Highlights

August 21, 2026 BY Jim Frazer

Engineering Design Tools for Plants, Infrastructure, and Building Information Modeling

The Engineering Design Tools (EDT) and BIM market continues to evolve as organizations accelerate digital transformation across the architecture, engineering, and infrastructure sectors. EDT/BIM global market research delivers current market analysis plus a five-year market and technology forecast.

AC Drives - Low Voltage

Temperature Transmitters

Fire and Gas Systems

Oct
01
2026

Marianne D’Aquila — Industry Trends

Beyond AI Adoption: Reflections from LTTS Client Day at MIT Media Lab

LTTS Client Day discussions at MIT Media Lab emphasized that successful enterprise AI depends on data, governance, people, and trusted expertise.

Oct
01
2026

Chantal Polsonetti — Industry Trends

September Manufacturing PMI Holds Expansion at 54.5 Percent as Prices and Backlogs Surge

US manufacturing maintained expansion in September, but rising input prices, delivery delays, and inventory pressure could challenge margins and execution.

Oct
01
2026

Mark Sen Gupta — Industry Best Practice

The Psychology of Trust in Highly Automated Operations

Industrial organizations must design systems, interfaces, training, and safeguards that help operators calibrate trust to automation capability and risk.

Oct
01
2026

Chantal Polsonetti — Acquisition or Partnership

ZEDEDA and Ambarella Partner to Bring Cloud-Orchestrated AI to Billions of Devices at the Physical Edge

ZEDEDA and Ambarella are connecting edge AI silicon and cloud orchestration to simplify secure, fleet-scale physical AI deployments.

Oct
01
2026

Patrick Arnold — Company and Product News

Agility Robotics Advances Industrial Humanoids with Digit 5

Digit 5 reflects Agility Robotics’ effort to make humanoid robots safer, more versatile, and more viable for industrial deployment at scale.

Oct
01
2026

Marianne D’Aquila — Industry Trends

Beyond AI Adoption: Reflections from LTTS Client Day at MIT Media Lab

LTTS Client Day discussions at MIT Media Lab emphasized that successful enterprise AI depends on data, governance, people, and trusted expertise.

Oct
01
2026

Chantal Polsonetti — Industry Trends

September Manufacturing PMI Holds Expansion at 54.5 Percent as Prices and Backlogs Surge

US manufacturing maintained expansion in September, but rising input prices, delivery delays, and inventory pressure could challenge margins and execution.

Oct
01
2026

Mark Sen Gupta — Industry Best Practice

The Psychology of Trust in Highly Automated Operations

Industrial organizations must design systems, interfaces, training, and safeguards that help operators calibrate trust to automation capability and risk.

Oct
01
2026

Chantal Polsonetti — Acquisition or Partnership

ZEDEDA and Ambarella Partner to Bring Cloud-Orchestrated AI to Billions of Devices at the Physical Edge

ZEDEDA and Ambarella are connecting edge AI silicon and cloud orchestration to simplify secure, fleet-scale physical AI deployments.

Oct
01
2026

Patrick Arnold — Company and Product News

Agility Robotics Advances Industrial Humanoids with Digit 5

Digit 5 reflects Agility Robotics’ effort to make humanoid robots safer, more versatile, and more viable for industrial deployment at scale.

Oct
01
2026

Patrick Arnold — Company and Product News

Agility Robotics Advances Industrial Humanoids with Digit 5

Digit 5 reflects Agility Robotics’ effort to make humanoid robots safer, more versatile, and more viable for industrial deployment at scale.

Oct
01
2026

Chantal Polsonetti — Acquisition or Partnership

ZEDEDA and Ambarella Partner to Bring Cloud-Orchestrated AI to Billions of Devices at the Physical Edge

ZEDEDA and Ambarella are connecting edge AI silicon and cloud orchestration to simplify secure, fleet-scale physical AI deployments.

Oct
01
2026

Marianne D’Aquila — Industry Trends

Beyond AI Adoption: Reflections from LTTS Client Day at MIT Media Lab

LTTS Client Day discussions at MIT Media Lab emphasized that successful enterprise AI depends on data, governance, people, and trusted expertise.

Sep
30
2026

Fox Chen — Industry Best Practice

Building the Autonomous Operating Plant: SUPCON’s Blueprint for Industrial Autonomy

SUPCON explains how UCS and TPT can connect industrial intelligence with control as process manufacturers progress toward more autonomous operations.

Sep
30
2026

Craig Resnick — Technology Trends

IMTS 2026: Manufacturing Technology Moves from Digital Ambition to Practical Deployment

IMTS 2026 showed manufacturing technology moving from digital-transformation ambition toward practical deployment, with industrial AI, connected engineering, robotics, quality intelligence, and industrial data architectures emerging as near-term enablers of productivity, resilience, and faster time to value.

Sep
30
2026

Fox Chen — Industry Best Practice

Building the Autonomous Operating Plant: SUPCON’s Blueprint for Industrial Autonomy

SUPCON explains how UCS and TPT can connect industrial intelligence with control as process manufacturers progress toward more autonomous operations.

Sep
30
2026

Craig Resnick — Industry Trends

ICC 2026 Shows Ignition’s Evolution into an Industrial Application Platform

ICC 2026 showed how Inductive Automation is expanding Ignition from HMI/SCADA into a broader industrial application, data, historian, and AI-enabled automation platform.

Sep
30
2026

Larry O'Brien — Podcasts/Videos

Digital Transformation Viewpoints Podcast: Robert Jackson of Moxa Discusses CRA Regulations and OT Cybersecurity

Moxa’s Robert Jackson discusses how the Cyber Resilience Act is reshaping secure-by-design practices and lifecycle cybersecurity requirements for industrial organizations.

Sep
27
2026

Larry O'Brien — Industry Trends

Honeywell Benchmark Report Finds Critical Gaps in OT Cybersecurity Visibility

Honeywell’s benchmark report finds that incomplete asset visibility, legacy infrastructure, and limited recovery readiness continue to constrain OT cybersecurity maturity.

Sep
25
2026

Chantal Polsonetti — Industry Trends

Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) and FIDO Alliance Validate Secure, Zero-Touch Wi-Fi Onboarding for IoT and Edge Devices

New trials show how OpenRoaming and FDO can support secure, zero-touch onboarding and redeployment of IoT and edge devices.

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Meet the Expert

Jan brings more than 20 years of experience across discrete and process manufacturing, as well as supply chain. His background includes roles as both a consultant and analyst, with a focus on digital transformation, smart manufacturing, maintenance strategies, engineering, and quality management.

Recent Research

Closing the MES Reality Gap Requires a More Grounded Strategy

Industrial Information Layer for Software-Defined Automation

Digital Twins Evolve into Industrial Intelligence Platforms: Comparing the Strategies of AVEVA, Siemens, and Dassault Systèmes

From Visibility to Predictability: MES on the Ground

Jan Burian

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Supplier Positioning MarketMap

Autonomous Execution Agents

Market Intelligence Highlights

Engineering Design Tools for Plants, Infrastructure, and Building Information Modeling

Viewpoints

Beyond AI Adoption: Reflections from LTTS Client Day at MIT Media Lab

September Manufacturing PMI Holds Expansion at 54.5 Percent as Prices and Backlogs Surge

The Psychology of Trust in Highly Automated Operations

ZEDEDA and Ambarella Partner to Bring Cloud-Orchestrated AI to Billions of Devices at the Physical Edge

Agility Robotics Advances Industrial Humanoids with Digit 5

Beyond AI Adoption: Reflections from LTTS Client Day at MIT Media Lab

September Manufacturing PMI Holds Expansion at 54.5 Percent as Prices and Backlogs Surge

The Psychology of Trust in Highly Automated Operations

ZEDEDA and Ambarella Partner to Bring Cloud-Orchestrated AI to Billions of Devices at the Physical Edge

Agility Robotics Advances Industrial Humanoids with Digit 5

Agility Robotics Advances Industrial Humanoids with Digit 5

ZEDEDA and Ambarella Partner to Bring Cloud-Orchestrated AI to Billions of Devices at the Physical Edge

Beyond AI Adoption: Reflections from LTTS Client Day at MIT Media Lab

Building the Autonomous Operating Plant: SUPCON’s Blueprint for Industrial Autonomy

IMTS 2026: Manufacturing Technology Moves from Digital Ambition to Practical Deployment

Building the Autonomous Operating Plant: SUPCON’s Blueprint for Industrial Autonomy

ICC 2026 Shows Ignition’s Evolution into an Industrial Application Platform

Digital Transformation Viewpoints Podcast: Robert Jackson of Moxa Discusses CRA Regulations and OT Cybersecurity

Honeywell Benchmark Report Finds Critical Gaps in OT Cybersecurity Visibility

Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) and FIDO Alliance Validate Secure, Zero-Touch Wi-Fi Onboarding for IoT and Edge Devices

Logistics Viewpoints

Tariffs Are No Longer a Customs Problem. They Are a Network-Design Problem

Trade Compliance Can No Longer Operate as a Back-Office Function

Infor Builds More Intelligence Into Logistics Execution

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