With the acceleration of the global economic integration process and the upgrading of competition, the retail competition has become more and more competition for the whole supply chain. Barcode technology has long been a powerful weapon for far-sighted retail enterprises, used to manage inventory, purchase, reduce costs, improve efficiency, in order to obtain the advantages of price and convenience. The application of barcode technology in the retail industry has gone through three stages of development and evolution, including the shipping inspection system stage, the inventory management stage and the current business operation decision stage, which profoundly affects the development of the retail industry.
The Barcode Technology is mainly barcode scanner, cash registers and electronic scales as POS, the establishment of scanning sales system, in order to achieve three management:
1.product label management
2.product storage management
3.product out of library management
In the supply chain, capital flows and information flows are always accompanied by a flow of logistics from raw material suppliers to end customers. Throughout the supply chain process, the standard identification of goods, services, supply chain participants – suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, service providers and various physical locations, such as stores and warehouses, is the next step information is valid The basis of the collection, the next step for information processing and utilization is very important.
These innovative technologies not only help retail stores build customer loyalty, provide quality services, but also help improve employee productivity, thereby increasing the company's revenue and profits. At the same time, you can also provide targeted marketing information at the point of sale; at home, you can provide a variety of easy and convenient online shopping experience; at the same time, you can also provide a variety of easy access to online shopping experience; In the distribution center, can be connected to the supply chain and effectively manage the inventory; in the truck, through real-time data collection and transmission to effectively move the goods.
In the future store, barcode reader technology is also very important. Looking at the world, the research and application of bar code technology has become an urgent need for enterprises to participate in international competition and integrate into economic globalization. In the bar code technology applications, retail enterprises must have a forward understanding of the understanding and deployment, it is possible in the future to win the initiative to win the market.
