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

The next generation of barcodes includes a heavy emphasis on QR codes and smartphone-use. Fifty years ago, on June 26, 1974, the first universal product code (UPC) was scanned at a Marsh Supermarket ...

June 26, 1974 was an historical milestone that changed the shopping experience: That’s the date the first item was ever scanned with a barcode. Juicy Fruit gum at a supermarket in Troy, Ohio, became ...

Today, millions of businesses around the world power commerce with GS1 Barcode Standards. GS1, the not-for-profit organization behind global barcode standards, has a bold goal designed to help ...

Analyst Insight: In the ever-evolving landscape of global supply chains, the need for increased efficiency and adaptability has never been more crucial. The amalgamation of digital literacy, ...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - Those ubiquitous bar codes, scanned on everything you buy, are going to be replaced. Bar codes are also known as UPCs or UPC codes (even though that’s redundant), which stands ...

Tomorrow marks the 35th anniversary of the first time a laser scanner was used to “read” a bar code, according to Motorola Inc. The company has detailed a few of the pertinent facts from that day, ...

That’s a very difficult question to answer. It you are inquiring about the cost of everything—hardware, software, services and data-capture—it would be very hard to estimate price, since that would ...