The use of bar coding has been growing dramatically over the last 15 years. With the adoption of UPC as the standard for retail grocery stores in the late 70 s, bar codes have become an everyday experience for most people. Bar codes are a fast, easy, and accurate data entry method. The correct use of bar codes can decrease employee time required and increase an organization s efficiency.
Bar codes are the sizzle on the software steak.
You can eat steak without sizzle, but you can t eat sizzle without steak. With the introduction of the IBM PC in the early 80 s, bar coding applications expanded along with the PC explosion.