Warehouses, retail floors, logistics hubs and healthcare facilities all have one thing in common: speed and accuracy matter. When inventory tracking slows down or scanning errors creep in, costs rise ...

The concept of the barcode — an alphabet made up of thick and thin bars — came into being in the 1950s. It took another quarter of a century for one to be printed on product packaging and scanned.

A key challenge facing biotechnology and pharmaceutical laboratories is how they can reduce mislabeling errors, which can be difficult to spot and have a huge impact ...

Before the creation of the scanner and barcodes, SA and its retail stores only had one method available to ascertain a correct assessment of what stock remained on the shelves and in the storeroom.

Socket's Series 8 mobile barcode scanners are designed to be connected to a mobile host such as smartphones and the Apple iPod touch in multiple convenient attached configurations. Approximately the ...

A key challenge facing biotechnology and pharmaceutical laboratories is how they can reduce mislabeling errors, which can be difficult to spot and have a huge impact ...