BAR CODING
		Bar codes have been around for thirty years, and they're more important than ever in scanning and tracking inventory, orders, and shipments in warehouse facilities. The articles in this section provide expert advice on how to use this technology and deploy it along with new developments such as radio frequency and wireless.

Shelf-Involved Is it true that as Wal-Mart goes, so go all retailers? As the largest retailer in the United States — indeed, as the country's largest corporation... Golden Age of Fulfillment DIRECT-TO-CUSTOMER FULFILLMENT has come a long way in the last decade. Or has it? Some of the clearest clues to the history of the industry lie in the... Good Vibrations The old adage “You get what you pay for” is apt in the case of radio frequency identification technology. Although it isn't cheap, RFID has... TraceElements But there may be no need to pay such close attention THE POSSIBILITIES are intriguing. Wonder where the merchandise from the factory in China is as it... DIS-connected Regardless of how organized you attempt to be, it can still feel as though your inventory moves from one black hole to another because of the difficulty... Working Gear: Catalog/Order Management Software Review 2002 Just as direct-to-customer software has become a mature product, the recession is causing slower sales,... Working Gear Relay Race R.R. Donnelley Logistics and the USPS have teamed up to offer consumers the ability to track... It's in There Dream on, about the warehouse infrastructure that you'd love to have but can't afford, about the new systems... FREEZE FRAME “Nothing much” may be a perfectly fine answer to give to an old friend who calls to ask whassup.... Rapid Transit These speedy cost-savers may just be the ticket to race through picking tasks PTL units cost...