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James

James Iversen

Industry Analyst

Research Focus

James Iversen is an Industry Analyst on the Verticals and End Markets team at ABI Research. James provides research, analysis, and insight into the Industrial and Manufacturing sector, with core specialization in Cloud Manufacturing, Product Lifecycle Management, Simulation, and Generative Design. 

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Topics Covered

Industrial & Manufacturing Technologies
The Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) Market - What Industry Players Need to Know

Insights

Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE World 2025: The Groundwork Is Laid, but the House Needs to Be Built

Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE World 2025: The Groundwork Is Laid, but the House Needs to Be Built

Insight | 1Q 2025 | IN-7749

Acquisitions of AI Vendors Bolstering Supply Chain Functionality in the PLM Market Is the New Norm

Acquisitions of AI Vendors Bolstering Supply Chain Functionality in the PLM Market Is the New Norm

Insight | 1Q 2025 | IN-7698

Agentic AI Is Coming to Manufacturers but Not in 2025

Agentic AI Is Coming to Manufacturers but Not in 2025

Insight | 1Q 2025 | IN-7689

Data Analytics Providers of Overall Equipment Effectiveness Are Deploying Hardware on the Factory Floor to Help Small and Medium Manufacturers Overcome Operational Technology Obstacles

Data Analytics Providers of Overall Equipment Effectiveness Are Deploying Hardware on the Factory Floor to Help Small and Medium Manufacturers Overcome Operational Technology Obstacles

Insight | 4Q 2024 | IN-7669

Siemens Acquires Altair Engineering for US$10.6 Billion to Advance Simulation, AI, and Digital Twin Services, and to Stand Above the Competition

Siemens Acquires Altair Engineering for US$10.6 Billion to Advance Simulation, AI, and Digital Twin Services, and to Stand Above the Competition

Insight | 4Q 2024 | IN-7599

Data Automation Is Driving Discrete Manufacturers toward Enhanced Prescriptive Analytics and Generative AI Deployments

Data Automation Is Driving Discrete Manufacturers toward Enhanced Prescriptive Analytics and Generative AI Deployments

Insight | 4Q 2024 | IN-7556

Manufacturing Decision Makers Have Shifted Software Investment Priorities to Include PLM with the Rollout of SaaS-Based Solutions

Manufacturing Decision Makers Have Shifted Software Investment Priorities to Include PLM with the Rollout of SaaS-Based Solutions

Insight | 3Q 2024 | IN-7521

Seeq AI Assistant and Seeq Vantage Reveal Bold Innovational Steps into New Markets and Technologies

Seeq AI Assistant and Seeq Vantage Reveal Bold Innovational Steps into New Markets and Technologies

Insight | 3Q 2024 | IN-7449

Customer Centric Development Dictates Siemens’ Current and Future Generative AI Roadmap

Customer Centric Development Dictates Siemens’ Current and Future Generative AI Roadmap

Insight | 3Q 2024 | IN-7377

The 2024 Dassault Systèmes Analyst Event Highlighted Strong Financial Growth, Despite an Uncertain Future

The 2024 Dassault Systèmes Analyst Event Highlighted Strong Financial Growth, Despite an Uncertain Future

Insight | 2Q 2024 | IN-7375

Altair’s RapidMiner Platform Gets a Performance Upgrade through Innovative Market Acquisition of Cambridge Semantics

Altair’s RapidMiner Platform Gets a Performance Upgrade through Innovative Market Acquisition of Cambridge Semantics

Insight | 2Q 2024 | IN-7347

SME Manufacturers Are Purchasing PLM Solutions at Increasing Rates Due to Vendors Lowering the Barrier to Adopt

SME Manufacturers Are Purchasing PLM Solutions at Increasing Rates Due to Vendors Lowering the Barrier to Adopt

Insight | 2Q 2024 | IN-7222

NVIDIA Will Corner the Industrial Software Market With New GPU Architecture and API Offerings

NVIDIA Will Corner the Industrial Software Market With New GPU Architecture and API Offerings

Insight | 2Q 2024 | IN-7309

Inefficiencies in Formula 1 Expose the Importance of Adopting Comprehensive PLM Solutions for SMEs

Inefficiencies in Formula 1 Expose the Importance of Adopting Comprehensive PLM Solutions for SMEs

Insight | 2Q 2024 | IN-7284

Altair HyperWorks 2023: Answering the Call of Large-Scale Manufacturers to Bolster Market Share

Altair HyperWorks 2023: Answering the Call of Large-Scale Manufacturers to Bolster Market Share

Insight | 4Q 2023 | IN-7133

Generative AI Installed in the Cloud Yields Advantages That Edge Deployment Cannot Provide for Manufacturers

Generative AI Installed in the Cloud Yields Advantages That Edge Deployment Cannot Provide for Manufacturers

Insight | 3Q 2023 | IN-7021

Realize Live: Siemens Cloud Revenue Growth Fueled by Digital Threads Interconnecting Its Xcelerator as a Service Platform

Realize Live: Siemens Cloud Revenue Growth Fueled by Digital Threads Interconnecting Its Xcelerator as a Service Platform

Insight | 2Q 2023 | IN-6983

Microsoft 1Q 2023: Moving All-in on Cloud-Based Manufacturing Software

Microsoft 1Q 2023: Moving All-in on Cloud-Based Manufacturing Software

Insight | 2Q 2023 | IN-6943

AWS Industrial Data Fabric: Ins and Outs of the New Offering from the Hannover Messe Trade Fair

AWS Industrial Data Fabric: Ins and Outs of the New Offering from the Hannover Messe Trade Fair

Insight | 2Q 2023 | IN-6924

Research

Up-and-Comers: Data Analytics for OEE
Up-and-Comers: Data Analytics for OEE

Competitive Ranking | 1Q 2025 | CA-1548

Manufacturing Data Analytics: Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)
Manufacturing Data Analytics: Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)

Market Data | 4Q 2024 | MD-OEE-24

Manufacturing Data Analytics Market Trends: Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) Market Data Overview: 4Q 2024
Manufacturing Data Analytics Market Trends: Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) Market Data Overview: 4Q 2024

Presentation | 4Q 2024 | PT-3340

Manufacturing Data Analytics for OEE Improvements
Manufacturing Data Analytics for OEE Improvements

Report | 4Q 2024 | AN-6270

Factory Simulation Software
Factory Simulation Software

Market Data | 3Q 2024 | MD-FSIM-24

Product Simulation Software
Product Simulation Software

Market Data | 3Q 2024 | MD-PSIM-24

Product Simulation Software Market Data Overview 3Q 2024
Product Simulation Software Market Data Overview 3Q 2024

Presentation | 3Q 2024 | PT-2908

Factory Simulation Software Market Data Overview: 3Q 2024
Factory Simulation Software Market Data Overview: 3Q 2024

Presentation | 3Q 2024 | PT-3300

Generative AI Solutions for Discrete Manufacturing
Generative AI Solutions for Discrete Manufacturing

Presentation | 2Q 2024 | PT-3233

Generative AI Use Cases from Hannover Messe 2024
Generative AI Use Cases from Hannover Messe 2024

Presentation | 2Q 2024 | PT-2911

PLM for Large Manufacturers
PLM for Large Manufacturers

Competitive Ranking | 1Q 2024 | CA-1403

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Software
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Software

Market Data | 1Q 2024 | MD-PLM-102

Industrial Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Software Market Data Overview: 1Q 2024
Industrial Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Software Market Data Overview: 1Q 2024

Presentation | 1Q 2024 | PT-3135

How to Target Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Manufacturers: Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Solutions
How to Target Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Manufacturers: Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Solutions

Report | 1Q 2024 | AN-5888

Configuration versus Custom PLM Solutions: OOTB PLM Solutions are Not the Path Forward for Manufacturers
Configuration versus Custom PLM Solutions: OOTB PLM Solutions are Not the Path Forward for Manufacturers

Presentation | 1Q 2024 | PT-2881

Product Design Software Market: On-Premises and SaaS
Product Design Software Market: On-Premises and SaaS

Market Data | 4Q 2023 | MD-PD-22

MCAD SaaS for Large Enterprises & Manufacturing at Scale
MCAD SaaS for Large Enterprises & Manufacturing at Scale

Competitive Ranking | 4Q 2023 | CA-1391

Digital Transformation in Product Design and Engineering Innovation
Digital Transformation in Product Design and Engineering Innovation

Report | 4Q 2023 | AN-5741

Generative AI Use Cases in Manufacturing
Generative AI Use Cases in Manufacturing

Presentation | 3Q 2023 | PT-2763

The Industrial Cloud: Data, Applications, and the Horsepower for the Modern Industrial Factory
The Industrial Cloud: Data, Applications, and the Horsepower for the Modern Industrial Factory

Report | 3Q 2023 | AN-5742

James Iversen In The News

Inside the world of Gen AI and copilots in manufacturing Logo
Inside the world of Gen AI and copilots in manufacturing
Design Engineering (2024-09-10)
According to a recent report from ABI Research, the added revenue from Gen AI use cases in manufacturing will be US$10.5 billion by 2034. As well, ABI found that the overall sentiment toward deploying Gen AI solutions in manufacturing is to take a slow-and-steady approach. To achieve this goal of...
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PLM FOR LARGE MANUFACTURERS: PTC and Siemens Top Rated by Analyst – Dassault Finished Third Logo
PLM FOR LARGE MANUFACTURERS: PTC and Siemens Top Rated by Analyst – Dassault Finished Third
PLM & ERP News (2024-05-23)
”Overall, the PLM software market is a well-defined ecosystem with clear industry leaders for both process and discrete manufacturing industries. PLM vendors are benefiting from the emerging trends of SaaS deployment along with low or no code customization, enabling more fluid and personalized...
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How Generative AI Could Revolutionize Manufacturing Logo
How Generative AI Could Revolutionize Manufacturing
Manufacturing.net (2023-12-19)
Generative AI is everywhere and it is predicted that the technology will boost industry revenues by enabling faster, more precise innovation, as well as automating processes. ABI Research predicts that generative AI will unlock $10.5 billion in new revenues for the manufacturing industry by 2033....
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Manufacturers are waking up to data as a resource Logo
Manufacturers are waking up to data as a resource
Future CIO (2023-08-23)
ABI Research forecasts that total industrial cloud platform revenue in manufacturing will surpass US$300 billion by 2033 with a CAGR of 22.57%, driven by solution providers enhancing platform operability while expanding partner ecosystems for application development. ABI attributes the growth in...
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Growth forecast for industrial cloud platforms Logo
Growth forecast for industrial cloud platforms
Control Engineering Europe (2023-08-22)
“Historically, manufacturers have built out their infrastructure to include expensive data housing in the form of on-premises servers,” explained James Iversen, Industrial & Manufacturing Technologies Industry Analyst at ABI Research. “The large initial upfront cost of purchasing, setting up, and...
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