How to Choose the Best Data Capture Technology In 1974 when Intermec invented Code 39, data capture technology was pretty simple: Print out a linear bar-code label and read it with a batch laser scanner. As bar codes became commonplace, companies realized the advantage of carrying more data, leading to new symbologies such as PDF417 and matrix codes that convey far more information, and now radio frequency identification (RFID), which can serve as a portable, dynamic database attached to a pallet, case, or single item.
Do You Know Where Your Assets Are? Maximizing ROI with RFID Asset Management Companies today are making millions of dollars' worth of decisions based on data that is only about 70% accurate. They may have an existing procedure for how assets move through their internal or external supply chains. But when they get an opportunity to look at actual data about that process, it usually doesn't match their perceptions. RFID technology can provide visibility into that unknown, and it can do this automatically.
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