More Customization for Bar Code Label Generation Software
Integration into complex systems, lack of flexibility drives users toward custom solutions, VDC finds
Integration into complex systems, lack of flexibility drives users toward custom solutions, VDC finds
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Global Shipments of Bar Code Label Generation Software Segmented by Product Category (Millions of Dollars)
End-User Respondents Segmented by Amount of Software Customization Required (Percent of Respondents Using Customized Software)
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- smooth integration with other applications such as enterprise resource planning (ERP) and warehouse management systems (WMS) without sacrificing any of the software's features and functionality;
- keeping up with continuously changing compliance standards;
- software and system performance; and,
- maintaining proprietary printer control and language code.
Global Shipments of Bar Code Label Generation Software Segmented by Product Category (Millions of Dollars)
- Base Year (2002)
- Bundled Software (with Hardware): 8.8
- Off-the-Shelf/Packaged Software: 37.3
- Third-Party Custom Developed Software: 3.0
- In-House Custom Developed Software: 9.8
- Total: 58.9
- CAGR (2002-2007)
- Bundled Software (with Hardware): 7.7%
- Off-the-Shelf/Packaged Software: 8.9%
- Third-Party Custom Developed Software: 16.0%
- In-House Custom Developed Software: 17.9%
- Total: 10.8%
End-User Respondents Segmented by Amount of Software Customization Required (Percent of Respondents Using Customized Software)
- Less than 10 percent: 27.60 percent
- 10 percent to 25 percent: 13.80 percent
- 26 percent to 50 percent: 17.20 percent
- 51 percent to 75 percent: 6.50 percent
- 76 percent to 99 percent: 14.20 percent
- 100 percent: 15.20 percent
- Do Not Know: 5.50 percent
