Why is the subject, Universal Product Code (UPC) bar code an important
subject to business?

Greetings Charlayne:

The UPC is an important subject to businesses because of its
capability to store multiple items of product infomation and for its
use as an inventory tracking mechanism.

The presence of a bar code allows businesses "to track everything from
product inventory levels in a factory to a package that has been
shipped to the other side of the globe.  All of this information, in
turn, allows each trading partner to make knowledge-based decisions
about doing business faster and more effectively."
From http://www.uc-council.org/id_numbers/id_getting_started_with_id_num.html

Many consider the Uniform Code Council
(http://www.uc-council.org/main/UCC_About_UCC.html)
"as the point of origination for the automated identification and data
capture (AIDC) industry.  The Universal Product Code (U.P.C.) created
widespread business cases that proved to the world there was
practicality and value in automated identification in the supply
chain."


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