Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Benefits of Barcodes in Supply Chain Management

Supply chain mangement involves integration of all business processes. Barcodes have made the process of supply chain mangement simpler and efficient.

Cut costs incurred in maintaining high inventory levels
Barcodes help in saving costs involved in maintaining the inventory, by error free entries, reduction in labour and increased visibility. Using barcodes with Just-In-Time method (JIT) helps the companies in knowing details about the running out of stocks, proactive placement of orders with suppliers, etc. Large-scale inventories are benefited by adopting this barcode technology.

Facilitates quality control
Barcodes help in reassuring the quality of products by maintaining important information regarding the products manufactured such as, place of manufacturing, identification number, tracking and recording the information of the product regarding the dispatch of product.

This helps in having each and every detail of a particular product, hence preventing duplicate products.


Higher Returns on Investment (ROI)
Barcode technology is expensive, but it is the only technology which can give higher returns on investment. This improves the overall quality of the business, making all the processes quick, efficient and effective. It helps in providing good value to the businesses and is capable enough of providing higher returns.

Barcodes are considered to be the most cost-efficient process. Latest developments such as 2d barcodes and RFID barcodes have been proven to maximize efficiency of businesses and also quick returns.

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