【转帖】为何？CAM Software Market Declines

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CAM Software Market Declines for Third Straight Year  
  
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, May 7, 2003—CIMdata estimates that in 2002 the worldwide CAM software and related services market declined for the third straight year. The market, as measured by end-user payments, is estimated to have fallen from $1.13 billion to $1.06 billion, a dropoff of 6%. This follows declines of 1.6% in 2000 and 5.8% in 2001. Purchases reached their peak in 1999 at $1.22 billion and have been falling since. However, CIMdata is projecting that 2003 will be an improved year and that end-user payments for NC software and related services will increase by 4.2%. This information is contained in the recently-issued CAM Market Statistics from the annual NC Software and Related Services Market Assessment Report, a 200+ page document that can be obtained from CIMdata. The annual end-user payments for CAM software for 1993 through a projected 2003 are shown in the following chart.
  
CAM Market Size Over Time
  
Mr. Alan Christman, CIMdata VP, commented, “The worldwide CAM software market is highly dependent upon the state of the overall economy, the viability of the manufacturing sector, and the extent of technology spending. All three contributed to a negative environment for NC software purchases in 2002. A sudden and sharp slowdown occurred in the U.S. economy in the second half of 2001 and continued in 2002. The Japanese manufacturing market remained depressed in 2002 and the European market did not grow as much as expected. However, some parts of the world, such as China, have shown significant growth in manufacturing, as there economy grew by 8% in 2002.”  
  
Mr. Christman further stated that, “Worldwide automakers and other major companies cut back on new product programs during this period. This resulted in a reduction in the mold and die business, which in turn drives more than half of the NC software purchases. Additionally, the worldwide machine tool business struggled, and the machine tool consumption in the U.S. was down by one-third from 2001. This continued a pattern of generally declining machine tool sales, which has a direct impact on the volume of software purchased to control these tools. Moreover, after making several significant annual investments in technology, including software, most companies scaled back on their technology-related spending in 2002. All of these factors contributed to the continued decline in the CAM software market.”
  
However, CIMdata and essentially all worldwide NC software suppliers are now cautiously optimistic and anticipate a small increase in end-user purchases of CAM software during the balance of 2003 and through 2004. Clearly, this will be dependent upon global economic conditions, manufacturing activity, business confidence, and turnaround in the specific factors noted above. If this occurs, the inherent forces that have driven the growth in NC software purchases in the past could again come into play.  
  
About CIMdata
CIMdata, a leading and independent worldwide strategic consultancy is dedicated to maximizing an enterprise’s ability to design and deliver innovative products and services through the application of PLM solutions. CIMdata works with both industrial organizations and suppliers of technologies and services seeking competitive advantage in the global economy.
CIMdata helps industrial organizations establish effective PLM strategies, identify requirements and select PLM technologies, optimize their operational structure and processes to implement solutions, and to deploy these solutions.
  
For PLM solution suppliers, CIMdata helps define business and market strategies, delivers worldwide market information and analyses, provides education and support for internal sales and marketing teams, as well as overall support at all stages of business and product programs to make them optimally effective in their markets.
  
CIMdata provides world-class knowledge, expertise, and best-practice methods on PLM solutions. These solutions incorporate both business processes and a wide-ranging set of PLM enabling technologies including product data management (PDM), visualization, collaboration, digital manufacturing, computer-aided design/manufacturing (CAD/CAM), and numerical control (NC). CIMdata also provides expertise in the integration of PLM with other business solutions such as customer relationship management (CRM), supply chain management (SCM), and enterprise resource planning (ERP).
  
In addition to consulting, CIMdata provides industry education through international conferences in the US, Europe, and Japan that focus on PLM. The company also conducts research, provides PLM-focused subscription services, and produces several commercial publications. CIMdata serves clients worldwide from locations in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific. CIMdata will hold its annual US conference on PLM June 23rd – June 25th at the Hyatt Regency Dearborn, in Dearborn, Michigan. The company will also host a Vendor Forum on May 21st, 2003 in Paris, France, and another in Tokyo, Japan on May 27th, 2003.
  
To learn more about CIMdata’s services, visit our website at www.CIMdata.com or contact us at:  
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Ann Arbor, MI 48108, USA.  
Tel: +1 (734) 668-9922.  
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