Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Know About Barcode Technology Applications and Benefits in Transportation Industry

The technology of barcode is finding its place in every possible field. This technology has totally changed the traditional working process of businesses.

Barcode applications in transportation
Barcode technology is used in the transportation and as well as logistics industry, for improving the processes such as, route planning, load management and scheduling of activities. These activities play an important role in the transportation business.

Benefits of barcode applications in transportation
Barcode technology is widely used in this business, as it eliminates the human errors in tracking the work flow.

Tracking and safety

Barcode technology is helpful in successful deliver of the goods to the customers. It helps in tracking the position of the goods, at the same time safety of the goods. It accurately records all the data at every check points.

Advanced data capture

Barcodes help in capturing the data of an product, which is either entering the inventory or moving out of the inventory. This information can be traced by barcode scanners at any given point of time. Hence. This technology helps in having accurate recorded data.

Load planning

The data required for load management such as, number of items packed, order number, location of delivery, etc. Can be encoded in barcodes.

Routing and scheduling activities

A common procedure involved in transportation, is starting from the provider (or manufacturer), transport agency, distributor, retailer, and finally ending with the customer. The details at each and every stage is impossible to be entered manually that too error free. So, here comes the need of barcode technology, which provides accurate details helping in efficient planning and scheduling of transporting activities.

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