Blog 1: Sabarcodes.co.za
PLANNING TO PURCHASE BARCODES Imagine... A simple Blip! Blip! Sound makes your business process efficient and effective. A black and white box commonly placed on the back of product labels, containing some numbers, bars and patterns, known as the barcodes, acts as an easy tool for identifying the price, stock and information of certain products. This makes the product record and checkout process smooth. A barcode is used to encode information in a visual pattern readable by a machine known as a scanner. The technology is now becoming quite popular in the world of retail sales. It is important for tracking a product; price and information mentioned for centralized recording and also helps to minimize manual stress to record the stock level in a computer system. A barcode number or pattern is planned to record three main aspects of a product - first part is the country’s code where the product was made, second the manufacturer’s identification code and the last number is of product itself which enables the scanner to decode the barcode correctly. Purchasing barcodes is quite a confusing job, so make sure when you deal with a barcode company that is reliable and enjoys a good and respectable reputation in the market. Just enquire about the retailer acceptance rate, Quality of barcodes designs and services and the secure payment systems. Try to contact a non-profit organization known as GS1 for purchasing barcodes, which requires a membership and payment of an annual fee. However, people prefer to purchase barcodes from any retailers on one time payment basis. But you can choose the minimum membership levels based on your needs and GS1 is the best and safest way to purchase authentic barcodes.