Second, there are the barcodes printed on all First, there's a centralĬomputer running a database (record system) that keeps a tally of all the products you're selling, who makes it, what each one costs, and how Stolen-and maybe move them to a more secure part of your storeĪ barcode-based stock system like this has three main parts. Missing (and don't appear to have been sold) have probably been Because barcode technology is soĪccurate, you can be reasonably confident that any items that are You can instantly see when stock levels of certain You can change pricesĪs often as you like, without having to put new price tags on all yourīottles and boxes. That tracks products, prices, and stock levels.
It lets you keep a centralized record on a computer system Using barcode technology in stores can help to solve all these The shelves, can you really be certain you've sold them all? How do you What about shoplifting? If you see a lot of whisky bottles missing from Prices before you sell the goods, you have to reprice everything. You mark all your items with their prices, and you need to change the Sale? There are many other difficulties of running shops smoothly. You're running a giant branch of Wal-Mart with thousands of items on That's fine for a small store, but what if
Alternatively, you could write down what people buy at theĬheckout, compile a list of all the purchases, and then simply use that Shelves looking for empty spaces and simply refilling where you need The simplest way of doing that is to walk around the You sell so you can make sure the ones your customers want to buy areĪlways in stock. If you run a busy store, you need to keep track of all the things
Photo: Barcodes can be used for all kinds of inventory/stocktaking work, but they're probably most familiar to us as identification codes printed on grocery store products.