A company can be any size to use barcodes.
Plessey Telecommunications
1952
inventory and pricing
A data matrix bar code is used on almost very product which is found in stores. The data matrix bar code is used to identify a product and find the price in a computer system.
IBM. IBM are the creators of the bar code, so I'm sure their the first to ever scan a bar code. The first bar code was on a 10 pack of Wrigley's gum. The first retail store to scan that pack of gum was at a Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio.
A bar code consists of lines, or bars, if you will, that contain numbers and code for a product. It hold the information for the pricing, the inventory and the SKU numbers or catalog numbers of a certain product. It is also integrated in stores computer system.
There are several companies that make hand held bar code readers. You can even get an app for your smart phone that will read bar codes. A major manufacturer of bar code reader is Motorola (they bought "Symbol" the leading bar code reader company a while back). Look at: http://www.motorola.com/Business/US-EN/Business+Product+and+Services/Bar+Code+Scanning
"There are a number of places online where you can buy a bar code printer. Zebra makes bar code printers, which you can purchase at their web site. You can also buy them from Brother, which also makes bar code printers. Just go to their company web sites and choose one that most appropriately fits your needs."
it should be on the back of the booklet
the use by date company name and bar code that is all
Motorola, which purchased the Symbol company in 2007, produces the products for the company, including bar code scanners. For the manufacturing process, Motorola uses such companies as Pacific Solutions in Bengaluru, India and Quadrant Technology in Kolkata, India
When bar code technology is utilized in business processes, procedures are automated to increase productivity and reduce human error. Bar coding should be used whenever there is a need to accurately identify or track something.