Bar code scanning is an easy way to track your business inventory or even keep tabs on office supplies. Many bar codes contain a lot number. A lot number is an ID that shows which batch or lot a ...

Providing the correct input device onto your computer for use with your business can be crucial to your company's operation. When a bar code scanner is the device used to input information into your ...

We all get stuck at the supermarket checkout from time to time when the assistant can’t get an item’s bar code to scan. We’re left watching in awkward silence as the flustered employee waves the item ...

Nextel Communications Inc., Motorola Inc. and Symbol Technologies Inc. are offering the first bar code scanner attachment for mobile phones. The Symbol PSM20i allows mobile workers to use their phones ...

Bar code scanning has become the de facto system used in retail, as well as many other industries, due to its accuracy, speed and cost-effectiveness. Moreover, it is an approach that provides ...

Despite the ongoing digital transformation of the industry, one older technology that remains an essential part of many modern businesses is bar code scanning, as it provides accurate and speedy ...

As more companies ramp up their RFID deployments and share data with supply-chain partners, a common problem has come to light. While many business applications need to process data from both bar ...

Audie Cornish and Robert Siegel remember Norman Joseph Woodland, an inventor of the bar code. He died Sunday at the age of 91. SIEGEL: That's the sound of a bar code scanner, and Woodland was the mind ...

Bar codes turn 40 this week, but they aren’t over the hill yet. It was a Thursday morning when the first unique sticker of white and black lines facilitated the purchase of a 10-pack of Juicy Fruit ...