IoT Asset Tracking & Visibility Adoption Report 2025
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Questions answered
- Which are the most tracked assets and what is being tracked for each asset?
- Which use cases are enabled from asset-tracking solutions?
- Which are the most used tracking technologies, and which company systems are integrated with the tracking solution?
- How scalable/integrated are the implemented solutions, and how is the data transmitted/analyzed?
- Which are the most used vendors, and how satisfied are their customers?
- What are the strengths and weaknesses of individual vendors in the market?
- How are adopters selecting asset-tracking solutions?
- What challenges did they face when implementing, and what tips do they have for a successful implementation?
- What ROI have companies seen from their implementations, and how did this meet their expectations?
- How much are companies spending on asset tracking and how is that spending expected to develop in 2025?
Table of Contents
IoT Asset Tracking & Visibility Adoption Report 2025 (PDF)
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- Executive Summary
- Introduction
- What is Asset Tracking in the context of this reportโ
- Asset tracking plays a crucial role in companiesโ supply chainsโ
- Going into 2025, supply chain is one of the main topics for CEOsโ
- The interest in search terms related to asset tracking and supply chain is slowly growingโ
- Companies with a focus on asset tracking are seeing the results of that interestโ
- There are many reasons why companies adopt IoT asset-tracking solutionsโ
- The report is segmented into 5 chaptersโ
- The report analyzes 15 different asset typesโ
- โฆ and 10 technologies used for asset trackingโฆโ
- โฆ based on a survey of 100 end-users of asset-tracking solutionsโ
- Examples of companies who participated in the researchโ
- State of asset tracking
- Chapter 3: State of asset tracking โ Overview and key takeawaysโ
- Asset tracking overviewโ
- What is driving asset tracking in the Pharma and F&B industries: Cold chainsโ
- Types of assets trackedโ
- Tracking examples: Unfinished goods in production – Example: Denchi tracks unfinished batteries in production using barcodes.โ
- Tracking examples: Employees/workers – Example: Salco tracks workers using a UWB solution.โ
- Tracking examples: Parcels – Example: Altru tracks parcels using Bluetooth-enabled sensors.โ
- Number of assets trackedโ
- Asset attributes trackedโ
- Tracking temperature: Sensitech provides a platform to see asset temperature over time and accepted rangesโ
- Tracking Utilization: Samsara provides special โUtilization Reportsโ that show how often assets are usedโ
- Asset tracking use cases: Overallโ
- Asset tracking use cases: By asset typeโ
- Asset tracking use cases: By region, and company sizeโ
- Asset tracking use cases: By industryโ
- Technology insights
- Chapter 4: Technology insights โ Overview and key takeawaysโ
- Connectivity technologies: Overviewโ
- Connectivity technologies: By asset typeโ
- Tracking shipping containers: Hapag Lloyd uses a mix of satellite and cellular technologiesโ
- Software and platforms that support asset tracking: Overviewโ
- Software and platforms that support asset tracking: By asset typeโ
- Platform example: Integrating into SAP ERPโ
- Platform example: Oracleโs EAM Asset Management solutionโ
- Platform example: Verizonโs Fleet Management solution โVerizon Connect Revealโโ
- Technology highlights: Overviewโ
- Technology deep-dive: Scalability of asset-tracking solutionsโ
- Technology deep-dive: Integration with company systemsโ
- Integration affecting success of tracking projectsโ
- Technology deep-dive: Data transmission frequencyโ
- Data transmission frequency affecting success of tracking projectsโ
- Technology deep-dive: Analysis urgency of asset tracking dataโ
- Vendor insights
- Chapter 5: Vendor insights โ Overview and key takeawaysโ
- 10 most mentioned asset-tracking vendors: Overviewโ
- 10 most mentioned asset-tracking vendors: Satisfaction & expectationsโ
- 10 most mentioned asset-tracking vendors: By asset trackedโ
- Extensive list with all vendors that respondents have worked withโ
- Connectivity technologies and hardware offerings of select vendorsโ
- Overview: Vendor strengths and weaknessesโ
- Opinion deep dives: Vendor strengthsโ
- Opinion deep dives: Vendor weaknessesโ
- Opinion deep dives: By vendor: SAP, in-house, and Oracleโ
- Opinion deep dives: By vendor: IBM, Microsoft, Honeywell, Zebra, Samsaraโ
- Opinion deep dives: By vendor: Verizon, Project44, Asset Pandaโ
- Drivers, success factors & challengesโ
- Chapter 6: Drivers, success factors & challenges โ Overview and key takeawaysโ
- Overview: Asset-tracking implementation drivers & decision-making criteriaโ
- Top decision-making criteria for asset-tracking solutions: By region, industry, and company sizeโ
- Top decision-making criteria for asset-tracking solutions: By detailed industryโ
- Decision-making criteria deep-dive: Overviewโ
- Example: Cost of asset-tracking solutions
- Example: Incorporating data in existing systemsโ
- Decision-making criteria deep-dive: By region, industry, sizeโ
- Decision-making criteria deep-dive: By detailed industryโ
- Goals when implementing an asset-tracking solution: Overviewโ
- Goals when implementing an asset-tracking solution: By detailed industryโ
- Examples: How specific companies achieved their asset tracking goalsโ
- Challenges when implementing asset tracking: Overviewโ
- Challenges when implementing asset tracking: XX
- Chapter 7: Spending, ROI & business outlook 2025 โ Overview and key takeawaysโ
- Asset-tracking spending: Overviewโ
- Asset-tracking spending: By asset typeโ
- Asset-tracking spending: By detailed industryโ
- ROI of asset-tracking solutions: Overviewโ
- ROI of asset-tracking solutions: By segment and asset trackedโ
- Reasons for a high ROI of an asset-tracking solutionโ
- Spending, ROI & business outlook 2025โ
- Results of asset-tracking implementations: Overviewโ
- Results of asset-tracking implementations: By segment and asset typeโ
- Results of asset-tracking implementations: By asset type detailedโ
- Spending outlook for 2025: Overviewโ
- Spending outlook for 2025: By detailed industryโ
- Spending outlook for 2025: By asset typeโ
- 5 key drivers of higher spending (based on respondent comments)โ
- Reasons for increased spending
- Methodology
- Appendix
- About IoT Analytics
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Companies mentioned
A selection of companies mentioned in the report.
Asset Panda
Honeywell
IBM
Microsoft
Oracle
Project 44
SAP
Samsara
Sensitech
Verizon
Zebra
About the report
The IoT Asset Tracking & Visibility Adoption Report 2025 is part of IoT Analyticsโ ongoing coverage of the IoT in general. The information presented in this report is based on an extensive survey of 100 adopters of asset-tracking solutions in the manufacturing, retail, and construction industries. The purpose is to inform other market participants about the current state of asset tracking across companies. Survey participants were selected randomly, and their knowledge was verified independently. To ensure complete objectivity, IoT Analytics did not alter or supplement any survey results and did not accept participants who were suggested by third parties (e.g., customers from specific vendors)โand where itโs heading.
Understand the current state of IoT asset tracking adoption
The IoT Asset Tracking & Visibility Adoption Report 2025 is a data-centric market research publication by IoT Analytics. It explores the real-world adoption of IoT-based asset tracking and visibility solutions. Based on a global survey of 100 qualified decision-makers, the report investigates how companies track physical assets using technologies like GPS, RFID, and IoT sensors. It highlights adoption levels, tracked asset types, vendor involvement, and spending patterns across industries, offering C-level executives and strategists a comprehensive reference point for benchmarking.
Structured analysis across key areas of asset tracking
The report is organized into clearly defined chapters, each covering a specific aspect of IoT-based asset tracking and visibility adoption:
- Executive summary. Highlights of the key findings and conclusions from the survey analysis.
- Introduction. Context and definitions, including the scope of asset types, environments, and visibility goals.
- State of asset tracking. Examines which assets are tracked, how many, which attributes are monitored, and the implementation footprint across use cases.
- Technology insights. Reviews tagging technologies, connectivity protocols, software platforms, integration levels, and data transmission frequency.
- Vendor insights. Details which solution providers are used, customer satisfaction levels, and vendor strengths/weaknesses.
- Drivers, success factors & challenges. Covers project goals, implementation bottlenecks, and best practices.
- Spending, ROI & business outlook 2025. Discusses current and planned investment levels, ROI findings, and future expectations.
- Methodology and appendix. Outlines survey methodology, respondent demographics, and additional charts.
Insights into what companies are doing in the field
The report provides a detailed snapshot of how companies are applying IoT-based asset tracking today. Based on end-user input, it allows market participants to understand what is being tracked, how it is being tracked, and why:
- Asset types and tracked data. Understand which assets are being monitored and what attributesโlike location, temperature, or vibrationโare tracked by end-users.
- Scale of deployment. See how many assets are currently tracked per type and what share of total assets companies aim to monitor in full rollouts.
- Technology and integration. Learn which connectivity technologies and sensor types are used in practice, how often data is transmitted, and how tracking systems are integrated into enterprise platforms like ERP or inventory management.
- Software and use cases. Discover which software platforms support tracking and what use casesโsuch as theft prevention, predictive maintenance, or inventory optimizationโare actively enabled by users.
- Vendor landscape. Identify which solution providers are being used, what parts of the solution they deliver, and how satisfied users are with their performance.
- Spending and ROI. Benchmark how much companies are spending annually, how budgets are expected to change in 2025, and what levels of ROI are achieved across asset types.
- Implementation realities. Gain insight into how end-users select solutions, handle time-sensitive data, overcome deployment challenges, and what they cite as key success factors.
A downloadable sample of the report is available to preview the structure, explore example insights, and assess the data depth. It provides a grounded foundation for organizations looking to benchmark or plan their IoT asset tracking initiatives.
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