Report Highlights

• VDC finds that the Americas market for automatic identification and data collection technologies reached over $3 billion in 2000.
• The EMEA market for automatic identification and data collection technologies was estimated at nearly $1.6 billion in 2000.
• The Asia-Pacific market for automatic identification and data collection hardware reached over $787 million in 2000.
• As the AIDC markets develop, manufacturers are increasingly reliant on their channel partners to provide geographic market breadth and access to high growth vertical markets.
• The hardware markets continue to be impacted by price erosion, driving increased importance on solutions, and system consulting capabilities as a means of competitive differentiation.

Major Report Sections

Major report sections include market size by hardware category, end user analysis and distribution channel analysis.

Product Categories Analyzed

• Hand Held Bar Code Scanners
• Stationary Bar Code Scanners
• Portable Data Collection Terminals
• Bar Code Printers

Economic Sectors Analyzed

• Industrial/Manufacturing
• Transportation
• Warehousing
• Retail In-Store
• Commercial Services
• Health Care Services
• Government

Applications Covered

Inventory Management; Shipping/Receiving; Picking/Placing; Labeling: Shelf Labeling, Order Fulfillment, Product Content, Compliance, Prescriptions; Work in Progress; Merchandise Returns; Cross Docking; Sorting; Time & Attendance; Task Interleaving; Asset Tracking; POS: Stationary, Mobile; Ordering; Parts Marking/Serialization; Warranty Returns; Field Service; Pick up and Delivery; Dispatch and Scheduling; Labor Tracking; Vehicle Tracking; Route Accounting; Patient Monitoring; Document Management; Lab Sample Tracking; Room ID; Access Control; Self Service; Self Check-in.

Methodology Overview

The findings within this report are based upon extensive primary research conducted by VDC analysts. This includes interviews with senior executives of the leading and emerging AIDC hardware suppliers and interviews with indirect channel organizations. VDC also conducted a mail survey among current and potention end users of AIDC systems.

Product categories covered:

• Hand Held Scanners
  • Laser Scanners
  • CCD Linear Scanners
  • Pen/Wand Scanners
  • CCD/CMOS Imagers
• Stationary Scanners
  • POS Scanners
  • Industrial Laser Scanners
  • Industrial CCD
• Portable Data Collection Terminals
  • Batch Terminals
  • RF Terminals
• Bar Code Printers
  • Thermal Transfer Printers
  • Direct Thermal Printers
  • Portable Thermal Printers
  • Impact Printers
  • Inkjet Printers
  • Laser Printers

PRODUCT MARKET ANALYSIS

• Introduction
• Hand Held Scanner Analysis
• Stationary Scanner Analysis
• Portable Data Collection Terminal Analysis
• Bar Code Printer Analysis

• Introduction
• Respondent Overview
• AIDC System Installation Overview
• IT System Overview
• AIDC System Purchasing Behavior
• Application Overview

• Introduction
• Reseller Demographics
• AIDC Business Overview
• AIDC Market Growth Expectations