Leica Geosystems

Leica Geosystems AG
Heinrich Wild Strasse
9435 Heerbrugg
Switzerland

Tel.:	+41 71 727 31 31
Fax:	+41 71 727 46 74
Website:	www.leica-geosystems.com

Products

Product	To	Alternative Suppliers
alignment lasers	S E	Edmund Optics, Schäfter + Kirchhoff
distance measurements with lasers	S E	TOPTICA Photonics
laser rangefinders	S E	G&H, TOPTICA Photonics
laser scanners	S E	El.En.
lasers	S E	Class 5 Photonics, Edmund Optics, EKSPLA, Frankfurt Laser Company, Kapteyn-Murnane Laboratories, Laser Quantum, Lumibird, NKT Photonics, OEwaves, RPMC Lasers, TOPTICA Photonics

Column "To": S = list of suppliers for that product, E = encyclopedia article.

Third column: alternative suppliers are suppliers also offering such products while having an ad package. On their own company profile pages, the right column of the table contains their product descriptions instead of alternative suppliers.

Trouble with Specifications

Specifications for lasers and other photonics products are essential for the process of buying such things. Nevertheless, many do not properly deal with them:

Many product specifications by suppliers lack quality – they are incomplete, not sufficiently clear, etc.

Buyers are often not aware of what they really need. For example, they forget essential requirements.

Various problems can arise:

Due to a lack of clarity, tedious communications between supplier and buyer are required.

Product specifications raise expectations which cannot be met.

Conflicts can arise over such issues.