The use of barcode technology in an industrial setting can be traced  back as far as the 1960s, with some early implementations to identify  railroad cars. Common barcodes began appearing on grocery store shelves  in the early 1970s as the UPC code to automate the process of identifying  grocery items. Today, barcodes are just about everywhere and are used  for identification in almost all areas of business. When barcodes are  implemented in business processes, procedures can be automated to reduce  human error and increase productivity. Barcoding should be considered  whenever there is a need to accurately identify or track something.

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