Inventory Tracking Simplified: Buy the UPC Code System
Have you ever wondered what those black
lines on most grocery items are? Doesn’t
give a clue what it means, does it? Well
layman calls it a bar code.
But, in
technical terms it is called UPC code....
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Inventory Tracking Simplified: Buy the UPC Code System
Have you ever wondered what those black
lines on most grocery items are? Doesn’t
give a clue what it means, does it? Well
layman calls it a bar code.
But, in
technical terms it is called UPC code.
UPC
stands for Universal Product Code.
So now
let’s take a look at what UPC bar code is.
What is UPC?
UPC is a symbolization of bar code, which
was brought by the Universal code
council.
It was aimed at reducing the burden of tracking stock list in groceries
and other retail outlets.
The system gained wide acceptance worldwide, and now
we can see UPC Codes on almost all products, irrespective of its make.
Composition of UPC codes:
All UPC consists of two parts namely, the machine readable code part and the 12
digit numbers used by humans.
It is a combination of code and numbers.
With
this structure of naming, every product will be uniquely identified.
How manufacturers get UPC system:
If a manufacturer wants his products to be l
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