What Type of Barcode Should I Choose For My Business

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What type of Barcode should I choose for my business?
A barcode is an optical machine-readable representation of information relating to the object
to which it is attached. They cannot be read directly by humans and need scanners to get
manipulated for decoding stored data. They store information in form of some horizontal and
vertical black and white lines as per business requirement.

Types of Barcodes

Linear barcodes - Barcode that represents data by varying the widths and spacing of parallel
lines are known as linear barcodes. Commonly used linear barcodes are Coda bar, Logmars,
Telepen, UPCA, USS-93, EAN 13 etc
2D Barcodes- Barcodes that stores information in form of various geometrical figures
including rectangles, dots, hexagons etc i.e. they store information in 2 dimension which
results in storing more information in less space. Commonly used 2D barcodes are Data bar,
QR Code, Maxi code, EAN 8 etc.


Barcode Label Maker Software facilitates you to develop linear and 2D barcode tag and labels in many
shapes and sizes. Application produces barcode labels that do not need any special scanner or printer
to get read and print. This application provides preview of generated barcode images before printing
them to make necessary changes, if needed. Tool provides wide range of designing views comprising
of rectangle, rounded rectangle, ellipse etc that helps in customizing barcode image so as to meet all
industrial guidelines. Program supports wide range of image file formats like jpg, jpeg, gif, tiff, png etc
for storing Barcode information. Utility facilitates to edit, hide or delete barcode header and footer
values as per commercial needs. They are widely used in retail, manufacturing, healthcare, banking,
post offices and other industries.
Barcode Label Generator Software helps you to create and print product labels. There are various
types of batch processes including sequential series, random and constant value methods that
generates bulk asset tags within single instance of time.


Selection of right types of barcode
There are following types of barcode labels for business purposes
Code 39 Barcode:-This is the easiest barcode label to use. If you want to choose barcode for
inventory product or any in-house goods then Code 39 barcode is right choice for you. It
supports both alphanumeric characters.
Use-Inventory


Code 128:-This type of barcode labels supports ASCII 128 character set and all types of
characters, digits and punctuation marks. It helps you to store large goods data storage
information.
Use- Distribution and transportation industries


ITF-14:- These types of barcode labels have high printing tolerance. It uses 14 digit number
symbologies. If you want to print barcode labels on corrugated cardboard then ITF-14 is right
choice for you.
Use-In trading field and for those products that dont need POS interaction


EAN-13 and EAN-8:
EAN-13 comprises of 13 digits and EAN-8 comprises of 8 digits. These two types of barcode
labels are familiar to each other. These type of barcodes are used on the products where less
space is available and scanned on the point- of- sale
Use- DVD, chew gums, clothes, grocery stores etc.


UPC-A and UPC-E: These types of barcode labels has much similarity with EAN barcode. These
barcodes can be differentiated from EAN barcode labels only on the basis of their geographical
applications. UPC codes have 12 digits.
Use-These barcode labels are most popular in the United States


Major uses of barcodes are:
Use barcodes to track your inventory- Using barcodes to track your business inventory can
help you in managing your products in an easiest manner. A basic inventory tracking system
consists of barcode label maker software and a barcode scanner or mobile computer. All
Inventory items will have barcode labels, so when you remove an item from stock, you just scan
the barcode to reduce the available count in your inventory tracking software,
Add barcode tags to your assets- Any business, no matter how large or small, has IT assets
and fixed assets. This can include items like PC, laptops, projectors, software, and tools. You can
implement barcode tracing system for monitoring your company assets that result into
improved accountability and easier audits.
Use barcodes in return mail- If your organization sell products that require registration, add
a barcode to the return-mail registration postcard that matches the products serial number,
and then you can instantly track which serial numbers are registered, and which arent.
Include barcodes in a mail merge- If your company is hosting an annual meet, you can add
barcodes to an Invitation card so you can track who has responded without wasting much time
in translating anyones handwriting.
Add barcodes to invoices- If your company is sending out transaction invoices for any
business product, Add a barcode that represents the customer number or the individual invoice
number so when its returned with payment, you can easily locate the customer account or
invoice number. This will prevent problems like applying payments to the incorrect customer
account or invoice.


For more detail you can contact on:
Shweta Kaushik
support [at] generate-barcode [dot] com
www.Generate-Barcode.com

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