Y r most of d products in the shops r barcoded?

Question

Y r most of d products in the shops r barcoded?

Answer 1

it carries the information of the unit parcel code....it keeps track of the price and inventory of the store.

Answer 2

there are legal obligations in most countries to barcode their products for the ease of import and export and tracking. In addition, having items barcoded helps to track inventory levels, leaves little room for error in recipt of stock, allows tracking of individual item sales for better control over inventory levels, eg aging stock, and aids speed of processing sales, recieving product, and processing returns and recalls

Answer 3

It is for inventory and is used to re-order items for the stores. It also helps the stores to keep track of the merchandise that moves in and out of the store. When the figures do not match and there is a deficit, they can tell how much loss of inventory they have suffered at the end of the physical year.

All inventory when received is keyed into a data base using the codes.

Answer 4

Correct pricing and inventory purposes

Answer 5

its a good way to keep up with stuff

Answer 6

the barcode contains the id number of the product. most stores scan the barcode at the register and it bring up the products price and description. they are also used to keep track of a stores inventory.

Answer 7

Universal Product Code, easier to price and for auditing  inventory.....

Answer 8

The barcode holds information about what the product is so that machines can read it for inventory and pricing.  It helps the store keep track of how much of each item they have and how much they're selling.

Answer 9

So that the person at the counter can add up all of the prices faster because they tell the cash register hwo much to charge for everything and then it adds them all up and prints out a receipt.

Answer 10

so they can scan them. and some stores use them for electronic inventory

Answer 11

barcodes allow for near infinite amount of objects to have an alphanumeric string attributed to them. that string is tied to the product which again is tied to a price and linked to a database to allow the shop/store to know what products are being sold and at what frequency.