A UPC bar code is nothing but a universal product code making it easy for bulk handling of products and commodities at various points of commodity retailing. It enables extremely high throughput for verification of purchases / supplies, logging the procurement into a database, stocktaking, point-of-sale handling, maximizing speed of handling, thus, deriving maximum profits in minimum time for the retailer. This facility is also used to document and help the point of sale authorities to identify associated package benefit deals like one commodity free for purchase of specific packs or quantities of a particular commodity.
As dedicated systems the POS system is developed and designed for specific uses of the retailers. Making it a front-end and connecting it to servers on the back-end fulfills the operational needs of different spaces. UPC bar codes facilitate high volume, high speed handling of commodities in conjunction with the latest in information technology allowing managements and staff to oversee the operation, control / eliminate the chance of human error, maximizing efficiency and increasing profits.
Look into the refrigerator or the pantry and you will find that all the stocked items are with their unique UPC bar code printed somewhere on the package, usually the back or the side. If you are wondering what these bar codes are all about then be aware that the UPC abbreviation is for the product code on the basis of the product being produced universally. It helps keep track of the inventory details. From inventory accounting its spread to many other products and now is used worldwide for almost all types of manufactured and natural products.
The trader uses these to create invoices. The manufacturers need to pay a small amount of fee for licensing and then they can use it on their products. By any standards the bar code is a 12 digit code which when flashed through the infra red register reads the number and associates a product already assigned to be associated to the number. Then it displays the product on the screen and registers it as a price against the name of the product in the invoice as a print.
Bar codes are technically AIDC based and maybe the oldest of any technology. It primarily focuses on the readable numbers on the linear inch density. There are bars of various widths for each number of the bar code. Density is based on symbology. The number of these in the common use now-a-days is 400 or more. It is a highly efficient method to collect data. Printable on dot matrix and laser printers these can be produced with ease.
