U.S. Based Companies Will Make Twenty-Five Percent of the Valve Purchasing Decisions in the New IIoT Environment

22.01.2018

The infiltration of IIoT and remote O&M into the valve industry will profoundly impact the purchasing approach of plant owners. The 550 largest valve operators are increasingly making decisions for all their plants at the corporate offices.

U.S. Based Companies Will Make Twenty-Five Percent of the Valve Purchasing Decisions in the New IIoT Environment

McIlvaine Company

Traditional business strategy has started with forecasts of valve purchases by geographic region. This was logical because most valve decisions were made at the plant level. In the new environment decisions will be made at a central location which has access to valve performance data at all the plants. As a consequence, valve company sales efforts will need to be aligned with the corporate office locations.

The U.S. has lost importance as the dominant operator of processes utilizing valves. The large U.S. operators have been making most of their recent investments in countries where demand is increasing. These companies have become increasingly international. Now with remote monitoring and data analytics these companies can make better informed valve decisions for each plant from the corporate office.

This is good news for the valve salesmen assigned to the U.S. The reason is that 25 percent of the 550 largest valve purchasers are based in the U.S. On the average their purchases are larger than operators based in other countries. So, the role of the U.S. sales force will become increasingly important.

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