Growth Opportunities in the Augmented Connected Worker Sector, Global, 2023–2030

Growth Opportunities in the Augmented Connected Worker Sector, Global, 2023–2030


Internal Challenges are Driving Transformational Growth in Industrial Software

Manufacturing tasks are becoming increasingly complex—frontline workers must interact with multiple vertical systems on a daily basis and companies are finding it difficult to find and train suitable new workers. Additionally, an increasing number of small and medium-sized manufacturing companies are beginning their digital transformation. Many vendors that offered point solutions in augmented reality (AR), safety and risk management, learning, maintenance, remote collaboration, and field service spaces have realized the potential value of having frontline workers use a single pane of glass for all of their daily activities. This is giving the augmented connected worker (ACW) significant exposure across multiple industry verticals. The ACW market is currently experiencing a high wave of growth, which is expected to increase during the next five years.

This Frost & Sullivan analysis presents a segmentation of the ACW market by region and by industry type (process, hybrid, and discrete) manufacturing. The analysis examines 18 different end-user industries.


  • Transformation in the Augmented Connected Worker Sector
    • Why Is It Increasingly Difficult to Grow?
    • The Strategic Imperative 8TM
    • The Impact of the Top 3 Strategic Imperatives on the Augmented Connected Worker Industry
  • Ecosystem
    • Definition
    • Scope of Analysis
    • ACW Functionalities
    • Segmentation by End-user Industry
    • Segmentation by Region
    • Key Competitors
    • AR, VR, and Mixed Reality (MR)
    • ACW and AI
    • The ACW's Impact on UN Sustainable Development Goals
    • ACW and Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
    • Overlap/Integration with Other Systems
    • Moving to the Cloud
    • Benefits of the ACW
    • Hardware
    • Technological Enablers for AR and VR
  • Growth Generator
    • Growth Metrics
    • Growth Drivers
    • Growth Restraints
    • Forecast Considerations
    • Revenue Forecast
      • Table ACW: Revenue Forecast, Global, 2020-2030
    • Revenue Forecast by Region
      • Table ACW: Revenue Forecast by Region, Global, 2020-2030
    • Revenue Forecast by Industry Type
      • Table ACW: Revenue Forecast by Industry Type, Global, 2020-2030
    • Revenue Forecast Analysis
    • Pricing Trends and Forecast Analysis
    • Competitive Environment
    • Revenue Share
    • Revenue Share Analysis
    • Revenue Share by Industry Type, Offering, and Region
  • Growth Generator: Process Manufacturing
    • Growth Metrics
    • Revenue Forecast-Process Manufacturing
      • Table ACW for Process Manufacturing: Revenue Forecast, Global, 2020-2030
    • Revenue Forecast by End-user Industry-Process Manufacturing
      • Table ACW for Process Manufacturing: Revenue Forecast by End-user Industry, Global, 2020-2030
    • Forecast Analysis-Process Manufacturing
  • Growth Generator: Hybrid Manufacturing
    • Growth Metrics
    • Revenue Forecast-Hybrid Manufacturing
      • Table ACW for Hybrid Manufacturing: Revenue Forecast, Global, 2020-2030
    • Revenue Forecast by End-user Industry-Hybrid Manufacturing
      • Table ACW for Hybrid Manufacturing: Revenue Forecast by End-user Industry, Global, 2020-2030
    • Forecast Analysis-Hybrid Manufacturing
  • Growth Generator: Discrete Manufacturing
    • Growth Metrics
    • Revenue Forecast-Discrete Manufacturing
      • Table ACW for Discrete Manufacturing: Revenue Forecast, Global, 2020-2030
    • Revenue Forecast by End-user Industry-Discrete Manufacturing
      • Table ACW for Discrete Manufacturing: Revenue Forecast by End-user Industry, Global, 2020-2030
    • Forecast Analysis-Discrete Manufacturing
  • Growth Generator: APAC
    • Growth Metrics
    • Revenue Forecast-APAC
      • Table ACW: Revenue Forecast, APAC, 2020-2030
    • Revenue Forecast by Industry Type-APAC
      • Table ACW: Revenue Forecast by Industry Type, APAC, 2020-2030
    • Revenue Forecast by End-user Industry-APAC
      • Table ACW: Revenue Forecast by End-user Industry, APAC, 2020-2030
    • Forecast Analysis
  • Growth Generator: NALA
    • Growth Metrics
    • Revenue Forecast-NALA
      • Table ACW: Revenue Forecast, NALA, 2020-2030
    • Revenue Forecast by Industry Type-NALA
      • Table ACW: Revenue Forecast by Industry Type, NALA, 2020-2030
    • Revenue Forecast by End-user Industry-NALA
      • Table ACW: Revenue Forecast by End-user Industry, NALA, 2020-2030
    • Forecast Analysis
  • Growth Generator: EMEA
    • Growth Metrics
    • Revenue Forecast-EMEA
      • Table ACW: Revenue Forecast, EMEA, 2020-2030
    • Revenue Forecast by Industry Type-EMEA
      • Table ACW: Revenue Forecast by Industry Type, EMEA, 2020-2030
    • Revenue Forecast by End-user Industry-EMEA
      • Table ACW: Revenue Forecast by End-user Industry, EMEA, 2020-2030
    • Forecast Analysis
  • Growth Opportunity Universe
    • Growth Opportunity 1: Become a Partner of Vertically Integrated Software Vendors
    • Growth Opportunity 2: Become an ACW Generalist
    • Growth Opportunity 3: Enable Citizen Development
    • Growth Opportunity 4: Prepare for AR Adoption
  • Best Practices Recognition
  • Frost Radar
  • Next Steps
    • Benefits and Impacts of Growth Opportunities
    • Next Steps

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