BarCode 1 Market Research Page


These statistics are produced from the answers to the BarCode 1 Questionaire. The following information includes questionaires received prior to 03:03:01 AM on 10/10/2007 . Total number of people answering is 930 with 612 End Users answering.

The following are the demographics for visitors to BarCode 1.

Why are you interested in bar code and automatic identification?
End Users: 65 %
Consultants: 7 %
Resellers: 7 %
Manufacturers: 6 %
Just Curious: 12 %

I authorize, buy, specify, or approve bar code or automatic identification equipment as part of my job:
Yes 77 %
No 23 %

I see or subscribe to the following publications:
Automatic ID News (USA edition) 9 %
Automatic ID News Asia 3 %
Automatic ID News, European Edition 5 %
ID Systems Magazine 8 %
None of the above magazines 91 %

Responses by country:
(Countries greater than 1% will appear)
USA:67 %
CANADA:4 %
UNITED KINGDOM:3 %
INDIA:2 %
AUSTRALIA:2 %
OTHER:20%


The following statistics are based only on answers from End Users. UP indicates a increasing interest while DOWN indicates a decreasing interest.

My company plans to purchase within the next year the following bar code or auto ID products.
Fixed Bar Code Scanners 22 %
Handheld Bar Code Scanners 47 % DOWN
Portable Data Terminals 14 %
Portable Data Terminals with Integrated Scanner 18 %
RF/DC (RF Data Collection) Terminals/Products 11 %
RF/ID Tags/Readers 7 %
ID Cards/Readers/Encoders 10 %
Preprinted bar code Labels 18 %
Metal Tags With Bar Codes 5 %
Direct Bar Code Etching Equipment 4 %
Label Stock and Printer Supplies 30 % DOWN
Label Generating Software 35 % DOWN
Application Software (Inventory, POS, etc.) 27 % DOWN
Thermal Transfer Printers For Bar Code Printing 14 %
Direct Thermal Printers For Bar Code Printing 10 %
Laser Printers For Bar Code Printing 18 %
Ink Jet Printers For Bar Code Printing 10 %
Color Printers For Bar Code Printing 3 %
Bar Code Verifiers 11 %
2-Dimensional Bar Code Scanners/Equipment 8 %
OCR page reading software/equipment 7 %
Educational material/books about bar code and auto ID 20 % DOWN

My company has or is planning the following auto ID applications.
Asset Management 17 %
Access Control 10 %
Document Tracking 16 %
Factory Floor Data Collection 13 %
Inspection, Maintenance or QC 11 %
Inventory and Warehouse Control 44 % DOWN
Item Tracking (equipment tracking, tool crib tracking) 22 % DOWN
Labor Reporting, Scheduling, Time and Attendance 11 %
Order Entry 16 %
Package Tracking 16 %
Point-of-Sale 17 %
Production and Work-In-Progress Control 15 %
Property Identification 15 %
Shipping and Receiving 27 %
Medical Applications 4 %
Compliance Labeling (including UPC/EAN labeling of products) 13 %

We are or will be using portable data collection equipment:
At our company location 54 %
Away from our company location, in the field 19 %
We don't use portable data collection equipment 25 %


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Last Modified: 10/10/2007 .

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