The Base Network News is expected to be unified worldwide in personal computer applications and commercial informationization. In the current wave of globalization, the US Retailer Association has decided to use Europe's barcode standard from January 1, 2005. By, all zero stores in the United States must be equipped with a reader of this global general bar code standard.
30 years ago (August 1974) The United States has developed "American General Commodity Bar Code (AUP)" in the world. In view of the success of the bar code in the retail industry of the MITM, in 1977, in 1977, Europe is blue in the US bar code standard, which has been developed from the Barcode - European Commodity Barcode (EAN) standard. Unfortunately, in the competition in Europe and the United Relivitary and technical standards, the general US General Commodity Barcode (AUP) is not universal, and it will be lost in global competition. The European Commodity Barcode (EAN) is inverted into global general bar code standards.
The difference between European and American barcode standards is that its number of bits is different. The US universal commodity bar code is 12, and there are 13 European commodity barcodes. When the European commodity barcode system was established, they decided to be more than 1 in the United States so that more product information and representing different countries (12 countries were 12 countries). Most countries in the world use 13 bar code standards. Only North American American and Canada use 12 bibli standards.
Recently, North America Unified Book Association (UCC) has requested the retailers in North America, and must be equipped with a barcode scanner that can read 13-bit barcode before January 1, 2005. Of course, the bar code scanner can read 12 bits.
Mr. Ray Tromba, Ray Tromba, Ray Tromba, retail and consumer product expert, the IBM Global Services Department, "13 barcodes are trend, and they are global standards."
However, with the rise of RFI (RFID) that can transmit more information, is the bar code scanning system sleeps in the life? The view of the industry experts is that both barcode scanning and RF identification (RFID) may have a long period of time. Barcode Scan and RF Identification (RFID) Label Supplier US Symbol Technology Company (Symbol Technology) Mr. Yan Ling said: "I walked into the supermarket after 20 years, if I can find a box of oats with barcodes, then I will be on the spot Each of the boxes will be eaten together. "
Barcode scanning enters globalization, showing its importance and increasing. As a barcode scan represented by modern commercial quick accounting, it can not only speed up the retail checkout, but also provide valuable data for advanced market research. Today, the number of goods that have passed through barcode scans around the world exceed 5 billion.
30 years ago, the computer technology is booming during the current bar code scan. Experts pointed out that low-cost and high-efficiency settlement capabilities and huge data, significantly reduced commercial cost, changing the relationship between suppliers and retailers, thus promoting the rise of highly retailers such as Wal-Mart. . In the process of computing technology, bar code scanning plays a core role.
Mr. Harfo University of Harvard University, Mr. Harmond said: "Barcode scan opens the information world gold mine, if there is no bar code, today's retail industry will be completely different."
