You know it well, though you've probably never given much thought to it. The rectangle of black and white bars present on millions of merchandise, which now has dozens of applications outside the grocery store, is turning 35 years old.
It helps you zip though the line at the grocery store. Helps small business owners track inventory with relative ease. It tells suppliers to order more stock. Not to mention it can eliminate nearly 99 percent of human-made data entry error.
Why we love them:
- Bar codes add value to small business owners - inventory, data entry, point of sale
- You can print bar codes to get started streamlining your business
- They help people with diabetes calibrate their meters
- They are used to board airplanes
- Track our shipments
What's your favorite use for a bar code?
A little bar code history:
- First used to read price of a 10-pack of Juicy Fruit on June 26, 1974
- Bar codes are scanned more than 10 billion times a day around the world
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