Overview
Our customers have traditionally benefited from proven solutions that increase productivity and improve asset efficiency and utilization. The Company is poised to drive, and capitalize on, the evolution of the data capture industry into the broader EAI industry, supported by technology trends including the Internet of Things ("IoT"), ubiquitous mobility, automation, cloud computing, and the increasingly on-demand global economy. EAI solutions offer additional benefits to our customers including real-time, data-driven insights that improve operational visibility and drive workflow optimization.
The Company's operations consist of two reportable segments that provide complementary offerings to our customers: Asset Intelligence & Tracking ("AIT") and Enterprise Visibility & Mobility ("EVM").
•The AIT segment is an industry leader in barcode printing and asset tracking technologies. Its major product lines include barcode and card printers, supplies, including temperature-monitoring labels, and services.
•The EVM segment is an industry leader in automatic information and data capture solutions. Its major product lines include mobile computing, data capture, location solutions, RFID, fixed industrial scanning and machine vision, services, and workflow optimization solutions. Our workflow optimization solutions include cloud-based software subscriptions, retail solutions, and robotic automation solutions.
In the first quarter of 2022, the location solutions offering, which provides a range of RTLS and services that generate on-demand information about the physical location and status of high-valued assets, equipment, and people, moved from our AIT segment into our EVM segment contemporaneous with a change in our organizational structure and management of the business. We have reported our results reflecting this change, including historical periods, on a comparable basis. This change did not have an impact to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
Recent Developments Restructuring Program In the third quarter of 2022, the Company committed to certain leased site rationalization and organizational changes designed to generate structural cost efficiencies (collectively referred to as the "2022 Productivity Plan"). Exit and restructuring charges associated with the 2022 Productivity Plan are expected to be at least$10 million and be completed by the end of 2023. For the 25
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COVID-19 Outbreak The global coronavirus ("COVID-19") pandemic continues to evolve. Governmental agencies, to varying degrees, have imposed, and continue to impose, several protocols and regulations restricting activities of individuals in an effort to limit the spread of COVID-19 when rates of infection rise, with some relaxation of these measures when infections rates are relatively low. We have implemented a number of measures in an effort to protect our employees' health and well-being over the course of the pandemic tailored to address the local impacts, including having the majority of office workers work remotely during the height of the pandemic and high risk times and gradually returning to offices as restrictions are lifted when risks decrease, limiting employee travel, and implementing more strenuous health and safety measures for hosting and attending in-person industry events. Throughout the pandemic, distribution centers and repair centers have remained open at varying capacity levels to ensure continued support to our customers, many of whom provide essential goods and services to communities. As governments have eased their restrictions, our employees continue to return to our offices, with modified business practices, consistent with government regulations and current medical guidance.
The limited availability of certain product components has resulted in lengthened lead times and higher input costs, including freight, and in some cases, has impacted our ability to meet customer demand. The Company expects input costs to remain elevated for some period of time, which we believe will be partially mitigated through higher pricing where permitted by market conditions. The limited availability of certain component parts may continue to negatively impact our ability to meet forecasted customer demand. The Company's 2021 sales and profitability, particularly in the first half of the year, benefited from pent-up demand from customers who we believe had previously delayed purchases due to the pandemic, as well as the resulting acceleration of the underlying trend to digitize and automate workflows.
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Table of Contents Other Acquisitions Antuit.ai: OnOctober 7, 2021 , the Company acquiredAntuit Holdings Pte. Ltd. ("Antuit") for$145 million in cash, net of cash acquired.Antuit is a provider of demand-sensing and pricing optimization software solutions for retail and consumer products companies. Through this acquisition, the Company expands its portfolio of software solution offerings to customers in these industries by combiningAntuit's platform with its existing software solutions and EVM products. The operating results ofAntuit are included in the EVM segment.
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