Abstract
In the whole field of warehousing, perhaps no technical development has shown greater potential than electronic identification. There is more than one way to “machine-read” information from a package, but today the most common method is bar coding. The concept of bar coding has been around for decades, but it is just in recent years that its full potential in warehousing has been realized.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
This section is by Russell A. Gilmore III, President of Autocon, Inc. It first appeared in Volume 4, No. 2 of Warehousing Forum, ©The Ackerman Company.
This section is by Morton T. Yeomans of Integrated Automation. It first appeared in Vol. 2, No. 11 of Warehousing Forum ©The Ackerman Company.
This chapter is based on articles written by Bob Promisel, Management Consultant. Parts of this appeared in Vol. 20, Nos. 3& 4 of Warehousing and Physical Distribution Productivity Report, ©Marketing Publications, Inc., Silver Spring, MD. R. Gilmore of Autocon provided photography and information about warehousing applications.
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1990 Springer Science+Business Media New York
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Ackerman, K.B. (1990). Electronic Identification. In: Practical Handbook of Warehousing. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1194-3_50
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1194-3_50
Publisher Name: Springer, Boston, MA
Print ISBN: 978-1-4757-1196-7
Online ISBN: 978-1-4757-1194-3
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive