We’ve all been there. Something that is known to work doesn’t work out in the field. But back at home base, it works fine. How do you fix it? Of course, there’s no one right answer to that question, ...

The retail and supply chain sectors are experiencing their most significant transformation since the barcode’s introduction ...

After barcodes were put into use more than 50 years ago, the technology revolutionized the grocery business. The technology also revolutionized nearly everything else in the supply chain and logistics ...

An interesting little story about how one might increase the productivity of retail services. Aldi has a reputation that its checkout people scan items some 40% faster than those in other retail ...

Hailed as 'space-age' technology upon their launch in Britain in 1979, 'bar-coding' was praised as a wonderful invention that would speed up the weekly shop. But 50 years after being first used on ...

Once you have decided that you want to incorporate barcodes onto your products, what is the next step? How many barcodes do you need and how do you go about acquiring barcodes and barcoding your ...

On 26 June, 1974, a packet of Juicy Fruit chewing gum passed through the checkout at a grocery store in Troy, Ohio, becoming the first ever item to have its barcode scanned. Within months, millions of ...

GE is turning the refrigerator into a full-fledged shopping assistant, unveiling a smart model that scans barcodes, tracks ...

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