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The Bar Code Implementation Guide: Using Bar Codes in Distribution

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"The Bar Code Implementation Guide" by Stephen L. Pearce and Rick Bushnell truly is a guide that will benefit anyone who already uses or is interested in using bar coding for warehouse and distribution systems. Written by two well-respected members of the distribution industry, the guide provides practical, easy-to-understand steps to implementing bar coding technology. This is not the average "turn the page and continue reading" book. The guide is divided into several sections that address the many facets of bar coding implementation in a clear and concise fashion. Want to know how bar coding can help your business? Turn to the "Benefiting from Bar Codes" section. How about the money aspect? Turn to "Equipment & System Costs." The guide also includes question-and-answer sections and numerous worksheet-style appendices. These are helpful for defining specific problems your business might have and offering solutions to these problems. This is especially useful for saving money. For instance, a handy Q & A chart provides a way to quantify the dollar amount saved by implementing bar code technology. Above all, this guide is practical. From the description of how bar coding works to the breakdown of industry-wide standards, the authors have provided a wealth of easy-to-read information. The clarity of the information makes the guide useful across many business disciplines and provides a common language for trade partners. Follow the guide's plan and save your company money!

This is a superb reference guide for those who are looking to implement a bar coding system. It includes a number of practical tools which are quite useful.

Be sure to order only the newest edition which was issued mid-2010. So ordering a used copy may not be the current one with all the updates.

This is a great book for anybody who wants to understand what bar codes are, how they work, how to prepare a cost/benefit analysis and how to implement bar codes. Even if it is called Using Bar Codes in Distribution, it is as relevant for other applications.

There are a some redundancies in this book that would need to be fixed in a reeddition. Also it would be nice if a reedition was done since it dates from 2000 and technology has evolved so much. But still, even without these improvements it is a great book.