How Barcoding Has Affected Business

1. Article3:Sabarcodes.co.za HOW BARCODING HAS AFFECTED BUSINESS Barcode number is a very unique and well thought solution to many modern day business problems. Barcodes are essentially nothing else but stretched out Morse codes. These are displayed in forms of straight lines and gaps. They are read by an optical reader which then translates all the information the barcodes have, on a display. Today even smart phones are capable of reading barcodes. Barcodes have changed the way large scale businesses are run. Earlier, for example, if you had to run a large supermarket, you required a ridiculous amount of staff just for the purpose of inventory management itself. Then you had to make sure that billing was going on properly, and nothing was going unchecked. With the use of barcode numbers, now you can easily track all your products with the click of a button. Large amount of inventories can be moved in and out without any hassle, as all of their barcode numbers can be scanned and tracked very easily (and that too with minimum staffing requirements). Now you can even have a summary of the existing inventory just by going through the barcode system database as all your inventories are already marked. So now you know at every single point that how many pieces of goods moved in and how many of them moved out. Barcoding also helps in arranging the goods in the store in a better way. With every sale figure you need, now you can easily find the most sold goods and then place them even more conveniently so as to boost the sales further. The billing process also becomes much more convenient and hassle free along with being speedy, as now you just have to enter the barcode of every product. All the totals and discounts automatically show up in the net payables. This way you also have a complete record of each item you sold, and can order them well in advance to keep your stocks replenished. In the manufacturing sector also these barcodes play a very vital role as they help manufacturers with easy stocking and delivery service. At any given time, manufacturers can know exactly how much stock they have with them on any particular day, and can calculate exactly as to how much demand they have of their products in any given market. Product barcode number is also very helpful to the customers. Now customers can have full information of the products they are buying through reading the barcode on the product. There are many such companies (like Lloyd) over the world that specializes in the barcode implementation business. They provide you with customized barcode systems suitable to your business and management. You can easily find them online as all of them are listed online. Apart from the listing, you can avail of their services through the Internet as well. You do not even have to leave your premises for them. Make an Internet search for barcodes for products, and do look for their customer reviews and compare them to others to find out the best one for you. For more information about barcodes in South Africa, visit Sabarcodes.co.za

2. Article3:Sabarcodes.co.za ABOUT THE AUTHOR Jennifer Greene is a post-graduate student in Business Management, who specializes in logistics, inventory, procurement and sales. She has written many articles on inventory management, and believes www.sabarcodes.co.za to be a very good source of information and online barcodes.