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QR Codes are Making the Comeback of the Century

Theatro

QR codes as we know them today were initially released in 1994 by Denso Wave Inc. QR Codes are images that smartphone cameras can scan to access a URL, unique product, or service information, not unlike a bar code. For many years, QR Codes mostly faded their way into obscurity. Connect with Theatro!

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4 Ways to Improve Productivity on the Shop Floor

Global Shop

At Cardinal Systems , a manufacturer of custom swimming pool products, manual inventory counts used to take two and a half days. With GS Mobile it takes six to eight hours at most, reducing labor costs and providing accounting and senior management with information to make better decisions.

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How Retailers can Combat Inventory Shrinkage with Drone-Powered Warehouse Monitoring

Retail TouchPoints

If Stadium Goods loses the inventory, it’s accountable and has to pay the marketplaces for that product. In total, it has 500,000 individual pairs of sneakers at its third-party logistics (3PL) partner, Barrett Distribution Centers. Additionally, these shoes can cost anywhere from $50 to $15,000 for a single pair.

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How To Create a Barcode

Retail Minded

The information will then be stored on a system that can be accessed at any time. This makes them perfect for small, at-home operations and much larger ones. Three of the most common ones you have probably seen before are linear and 2 D barcodes, namely UPCs, EANs, and QR Codes.