2018 Top 20 Automatic Data Capture Suppliers
The lines are blurring in the automatic data capture market where, thanks to advancements in smart phone technology, opportunities are opening up to a larger swath of companies that need advanced technology to handle their single-item fulfillment and other e-commerce-related demands.
When he looks at the performance of automatic identification and data capture (AIDC) solutions providers over the last year, David Krebs, vice president of VDC Research’s enterprise mobility and connected devices, sees two different stories developing. One involves the development of the AIDC solutions themselves, and the other centers on the rapid growth of mobile in the warehousing and distribution environment.
On the equipment side (which VDC defines as handheld rugged mobile computers; vehicle-mounted computers; handheld and stationary bar code scanners; and thermal label printers), Zebra Technologies “really hit its stride in terms of product development and performance in 2017,” says Krebs. As proof, he points to the company’s year-over-year 4.7% growth (from $2.13 billion in 2016 to $2.23 billion last year), which incorporates the revenues of both Motorola Solutions and Psion.
Krebs says there’s also been “a lot of consolidation at the top,” with Zebra and Honeywell working to establish their footholds in the market through mergers and acquisitions (M&A). “There’s been some fairly aggressive M&A play going on,” says Krebs. In fact, he says the market’s larger players have basically consolidated the entire spectrum of Auto-ID (both stationary and handheld data capture scanning) and the printing/output technology (labeling and the associated mobile technologies).
“Thanks to the consolidation trend,” says Krebs, “both Zebra and Honeywell have positions in what we see as being some of the primary hardware categories that make up today’s AIDC market.”
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When he looks at the performance of automatic identification and data capture (AIDC) solutions providers over the last year, David Krebs, vice president of VDC Research’s enterprise mobility and connected devices, sees two different stories developing. One involves the development of the AIDC solutions themselves, and the other centers on the rapid growth of mobile in the warehousing and distribution environment.
On the equipment side (which VDC defines as handheld rugged mobile computers; vehicle-mounted computers; handheld and stationary bar code scanners; and thermal label printers), Zebra Technologies “really hit its stride in terms of product development and performance in 2017,” says Krebs. As proof, he points to the company’s year-over-year 4.7% growth (from $2.13 billion in 2016 to $2.23 billion last year), which incorporates the revenues of both Motorola Solutions and Psion.
Krebs says there’s also been “a lot of consolidation at the top,” with Zebra and Honeywell working to establish their footholds in the market through mergers and acquisitions (M&A). “There’s been some fairly aggressive M&A play going on,” says Krebs. In fact, he says the market’s larger players have basically consolidated the entire spectrum of Auto-ID (both stationary and handheld data capture scanning) and the printing/output technology (labeling and the associated mobile technologies).
“Thanks to the consolidation trend,” says Krebs, “both Zebra and Honeywell have positions in what we see as being some of the primary hardware categories that make up today’s AIDC market.”
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Bridget McCrea, Editor Bridget McCrea is a Contributing Editor for Logistics Management based in Clearwater, Fla. She has covered the transportation and supply chain space since 1996 and has covered all aspects of the industry for Logistics Management and Supply Chain Management Review. She can be reached at [email protected], or on Twitter @BridgetMcCreaSubscribe to Supply Chain Management Review Magazine!
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