2022 Auto ID and Capture Predictions

by Andy Adelson, Michael Clarke, and Richa Gupta, with David Krebs, December 2021

Inside This Report
As the COVID pandemic forced enterprises to adapt to new order fulfillment channels, technology investments have accelerated and VDC expects this continue into 2022. As the AIDC market has historically grown 4-6% in the last five years, 2021 saw a nearly 10% growth increase across all AIDC technologies for the year, which was driven by stronger demand for automation in logistics workflows to support ecommerce and omnichannel fulfillment, among others. Enterprises have looked towards bolstering automation solutions in order to streamline output productivity and optimize labor availability.