What is the purpose of' Bar coding' on the product?

Answer 1

It allows sheep to do their shopping in a convient way

Answer 2

A barcode (also bar code) is a machine-readable representation of information in a visual format on a surface. Originally barcodes stored data in the widths and spacings of printed parallel lines, but today they also come in patterns of dots, concentric circles, and hidden in images. Barcodes can be read by optical scanners called barcode readers or scanned from an image by special software. Barcodes are widely used to implement Auto ID Data Capture (AIDC) systems that improve the speed and accuracy of computer data entry.

While traditionally barcode encoding schemes represented only numbers, newer symbologies add new characters such as the uppercase alphabet to the complete ASCII character set and beyond. The drive to encode more information in combination with the space requirements of simple barcodes led to the development of matrix codes (a type of 2D barcode), which do not consist of bars but rather a grid of square cells. Stacked barcodes are a compromise between true 2D barcodes and linear codes, and are formed by taking a traditional linear symbology and placing it in an envelope that allows multiple rows

Answer 3

The Bar Code on a product is like a DNA product ID and makes for easy computerised stock-checking and pricing. You will see the cashier at the checkout, scan your item's barcode and this sends details of the item, price, size and any thing else relevant, to the computerised till. Easy isn't it, unless there is a power cut!

Answer 4

It is an easy way to store a great deal of information about a product. The bar code can tell you what the product name is, the colour, size, etc.

Answer 5

makes it easier to track inventory with electronic means, less part time help is needed to count goods!! so less overhead from not having to pay people to count say cans! electronic check out makes it easier for the customer and the stocker. don't really need to paste price tags on stuff so eliminates more jobs by not needing price paster person. it also identifies pay skippers or those who don't check out through electronic means as the codes are shifted when checked through electronic registers and they can go out the door without buzzers going off.

Answer 6

speed @ till (otherwise cashier would hav 2 type in code 4 everything)

Answer 7

Inventory Control and price point convenience and accuracy

Answer 8

So people wont steal the item and so its easier to charge the item

Answer 9

it holds info of item and where it was processed so any probs they can trace source etc.