There are many reasons why a company may choose to use after-market barcode labels. Some of these reasons are listed below.
• Product identification – It’s not just consumer goods which might need barcode labels. Any product, stock item or piece of equipment can use a barcode label as a form of identification. Companies are using barcodes all the time to identify their own products.
• Stores areas – Large factories carry a large amount of spare parts which can be fitted at a moment’s notice if necessary. It becomes easy to find any of these parts in a stores area if they all have barcodes attached.
• Document storage – Large companies who have many documents to file need to rely on an easy to use system so they can find a file if necessary. If all their hard-copy files are recoded using a barcode system it makes locating a certain file very easy.
We all see barcodes everyday on the goods we buy from the supermarket or retail outlet. But as can be seen above, barcode labels can be fixed to just about anything you need to keep track of.