Essays on Barcode

Abstract

For grocery stores, self-service checkout systems are a convenient option since they save costs for suppliers as only a few employees are required at the store. Self-service checkout systems typically allow customers to scan, pack, as well as pay for their goods with minimal help from the store attendant. It is imperative that such a system has the right functional and non-functional features, an aspect which forms the basis of this paper. This paper provides a list of questions that are needed in determining these features. The functional requirements for a grocery shop include that the system must have ...

In this project, the hospital seeks to adopt a technology-based application that makes use of barcode technology. This is an IT project that seeks to tap into the opportunities presented by the computer software applications to ensure that medical deliveries in the hospital admission rooms are efficiently documented to help reduce medical errors. In the evaluation of the project, key success indicators, data sources, and an analysis plan are important aspects and should look beyond the technical facets of the project and focus on the implementation from an organizational or humanistic approach.

Key Evaluation Questions

The evaluation of the project would raise ...

Introduction

Barcode scanning technology operates based on the symbology principle; which defines the barcode, determines the interpretation as well as the mapping of the encoded data or information (Kato, Tan & Chai, 2010) The encoding enables the scanning gadget to know when a character or digit starts and the moment it stops; in the same way as binary interpretation. Barcodes are usually an array of lines organized in a parallel and alternated (black and white) manner. Barcode scanning technology offers a cheap and simple way of recording information or data in various applications.

Purpose

Initially used in labeling train cars or locomotives, ...

The supply chain management tends to integrate the customers’ logistic requirements, the distributor and the supplier of a particular business entity into a single cohesive system. It is basically a collection of the individual physical entities, for instance, the plants where goods are manufactured, the centers of distribution, retail outlets, the conveyances, personnel and information, all the entities are linked together through the consumption of goods and services. Most of the organizations including the Walmart stores value the supply chain management because it tends to decrease time and also the final costs incurred by the customers in the purchase ...

A recent quality improvement process implemented in the correctional facility that I practice in was aimed at reducing medication errors in treatment regimens. The data for this was gathered by accessing the records on medication errors, and then comparing these results with the number of medication errors after the quality improvement measure was implemented. This was a fairly simple procedure because the records were already existing, and it just required the implementation of a new barcode system to allow for comparing results. The data gathered was used to make an assessment of whether this new barcode system had a ...

According to the institute of medicine (IOM) medical error occurs due to failure to complete a planned action as intended. A lot of lives are lost due to medical errors that can otherwise be prevented (Ehteshami et al., 2013). This has forced the Joint Commission and institute for safe medication practices to adopt new technologies that can help health care professionals to prevent these medication errors. The goals of these technologies are to improve the administration of medication and patient identification. Technology has proved to be the best method to improve the safety of the patients. In United States, ...

Inventory Management

Abstract This paper is on the topic of inventory management of Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics. The first section of this paper will discuss the types of inventories managed by these companies and their essential inventory characteristics. These second section will analyze how each of their goods and services design concepts and integrated. The third section will evaluate the role their inventory plays in the company's performance, operational efficiency, and customer satisfaction. The fourth section of this paper will compare and contrast the types of layouts and their importance in company’s manufacturing. The fifth section of this ...

Riordan Manufacturing offers manufacturing facilities in China and United States. There are three main plants of Riordan Manufacturing that includes Pontiac MI, Albany GA, and Hangzhou, China. Pontiac MI manufactures customized plastic parts, Albany, GA fabricate plastic bottles, and Hangzhou, China manufactures plastic fans. The annual earnings of the company are around $46 million and revenues over $1 billion. Riordan Manufacturing is counted as Fortune 1000 Company. It employs 550 people across the three manufacturing plants of the company.

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Riordan Manufacturing Inc. outsource most of its function. It uses separate systems for all of its departments that increase the ...

Question 1

President Clinton made a strategic miscalculation in health reforms and at the end experienced disappointments. The republicans, moderate democrats, the American Medical Association and the Health Insurance Association of America backtracked from a policy that they had agreed to support (Clinton & Clinton, 1993). The health reform suggested for implementation of universal care coverage that failed terribly remained a dream that never came true. Clinton failed to consider the matters of interest groups as he made a blunder of becoming a partisan in the health reform. The president planned to empower his leadership by public opinions and tried to play the politics of health, which ...

Question 1

In my clinical practice, I have used Point of Care (POC) systems and Electronic Medical Records (EMR). An Electronic Medical Records (EMR) is a patient’s computerized medical record which contains health-related information and enables easy access to it. The function of the EMR is to enable care providers make diagnosis and treatment in an easy and efficient manner. I was satisfied with this system because it is efficiency in that it allows the healthcare provider to quickly track patient data over time. According to Hsiao, Hing & Socey (2010), it is efficient because it enables physicians and nurses to ...

The objective of this report is to present analysis on how RFID are being used to improve the efficiency and quality of organizations, their products and services. The report has been divided into three sections namely introduction, which provides a brief discussion on the general relation of information technology to business most particularly the RFID. The methods used to construct this report is through random research of the topic and used the obtained readings to support the thesis. It was concluded through the readings and findings that RFID was able to improve efficiency of companies in term of securing their ...

Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) has been slowly replacing barcodes especially in the supply management chain. RFID tags which consists of small electronic devices together with an antenna, which are usually as thin as or even thinner than barcode stickers, are placed on the stuffs. Unlike barcodes, which requires direct line of sight to the scanner for it to be read, RFID does not require being directly on the line of site of the scanner and is also capable of being read at a greater distance than the barcode. RFIDs also is capable of reading tags by 10’s, 100’s and ...

Business Model and Strategic Plan

SWOT Analysis Political There exists massive unionization of workers and consumers in both the US and UK hospitality industries. Travelodge is not immune to cases of increased demands for better working conditions, protection, information, and cost of operation. The rather stable political environment offers legislation to help maintain a high standard for these demands. The positive side of this factor is reduced turnover that lower long-term costs.

Economic

Consider first the fact that Travelodge Hotels Limited operates on a conscious budget model. The management seems to have factored in issues in growth rates as well as exchange and inflation rates. ...

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)

The discovery of computers and usage of such in the business have paved way to a more efficient and excellent way of tracking down data. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) particularly has improved the way prices of good are identified and their corresponding prices are computed. Further, it has also set a standard on how inventory tracking is done to come up with an accurate daily sales data. Gone were the days when merchants have to write down the prices of every goods they have on their sales book. Gone were the days when computations of prices and sales do not reflect ...

Educational Institution

Correspondence concerning this paper should be addressed to Student Name, There are several food applications available on the market for smartphone users. With the popularity of these applications (apps), it is almost impossible to tell which ones are worth downloading and which apps should be avoided. As with all apps there are pros and cons, limitations and areas for improvement. The three food applications that are being reviewed include Fooducate, an app that rates food with letter grades, True Food, an app that identifies foods containing GMO’s, and Seafood Watch, an app that alerts consumers about ...

Introduction to RFID

In the world today, the RFID i.e. Radio Frequency Identification Technology has become a mainstream application and no longer an obscure one. The RFID application now enhances the quick handling of manufactured materials and goods. The Radio Frequency Identification Technology makes it possible to carry out identification from a distance without requiring a line of sight unlike the barcode technology. The RFID also supports many set of unique IDs compare to barcodes. The RFID also gives room for the application of additional data which may include environmental factors example of which is the temperature, it may also include data like the product ...

Barcode labels are largely been used as a standard by retailers and logistics for the last 30 years. Since past decade, there are various other technologies been introduced like Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) that have greatly weakened the popularity of barcodes. There is much hype that RFID may take over barcode technology of automated data collection. However, both methods of data collection are effectual in collecting product information, but differ greatly with each other.

Barcodes

Barcodes are comprised of a sequence of parallel black bars that represents identification information. This barcode information is read through an optical device like scanner. The spaces between ...

(S4 DQ) IT Management Decisions Some of the most important concepts to be taken into an account when crafting disaster recovery policies and procedures involves around disaster recovery planning. The plan should not only identify, but also classify risks that might results to specific disasters. The plan should also define resources in addition to processes that might guarantee the continuity of business in the course of disaster. The reconstitution method ought to be defined to reinstate back the business to usual from disaster recovery condition after the alleviation of the effects of ruin (Dovers & Handmer, 2012). The ...

Executive Summary

Most of the organizations are eager to take part in race of global market competition and thus making huge efforts to improve their processes and reputation. Decision making is one of the most important pointers of the success of any organization. Nowadays, there are various automated software programs been launched that help managers in making important and influential decisions for the organization. This report is based on the study of Sports Shirts Australia Company’s inventory management. ABS by Apparel Business System is chosen for managing inventory of the Sports Shirts Australia Company. There are various benefits of choosing ...

Frequent shopper programs give customers the ability to redeem their loyalty points for high end gift items. The program will give system loyal customers motivation to frequent the business. For this objective to be realized, a system is required at each and every store. The system will be integrated with customer details of all the frequent shoppers by tracking their purchases. As purchases are made, loyalty points are accumulated which can be redeemed for high end gifts. This paper will describe the technical concepts of developing a new system that develops customer loyalty while tracking customer behavior. The new system ...

Introduction

Direct patient care is a care that is provided to patients by staff members of a hospital. Technology has improved work done and made it more efficient in giving patient’s records. There are several technologies being used in hospitals in order to serve patients efficiently. This paper will look at two forms of technologies used in direct patient care discussing when they are being used, their value, and lastly, strengths and drawbacks of each technology.

Health care information Technology

Health care Information Technology for patients is the use of electronic medical records whereby information for patients are processed and kept. These records include past ...

Introduction

An inventory control system is described as the process where objects and materials are located. The Automatic Identification of Inventory system mainly depends upon the barcodes as well as the RFID (Radio-frequency identification tags which serves a purpose of identifying the inventory objects. Example of inventory materials includes physical assets like circulating tools, farm machinery, fixed assets, consumables, and merchandise or capital equipment. For the purpose of accountability and record, any inventory transaction is identified automatically by the help of the barcode scanner or the Radio-frequency identification reader. The system also collects additional information from other points of service like ...

Globalisation simply refers to social and economic expansion of the global scale leading to consolidation of world society. It is the tendency of expansion that is unhampered by the time zones or the boundaries. This is common ecumenical definition because globalisation has several definition .however, one of the most outstanding definition that represent the current influential trend is, ( Friedman 1999) according to him, globalisation is the inexorable integration of market , state governance and technologies to a degree that shows change that has never been witnessed before, hence enabling individuals, corporations and nations governance reach around the world in a faster manner, ...

Introduction

Fred Smith founded FedEx in 1971 with a $4 million inheritance from his father. He developed the business concept as a solution to research problem while studying at Yale University. FedEx pioneered the express mail delivery industry, with the launch of official operations in1973. The firm was quick at adopting new technologies to enhance efficiency, notable innovations include barcode system and parcel tracking system. The company entered the Chinese express delivery market in 1995 following the acquisition of Evergreen International Aviation, Inc., the only company at the time with the permission to conduct direct flights from China to the United States. ...

Community Health Nurse

QR is an acronym that represents "Quick Response". This makes a QR code a shortened form of "Quick Response Code". A QR code is a form of barcode, which can be referred to as a matrix barcode. The code can be read by specialized QR scanners. In addition, many mobile phones, which have in-built camera, can also read a QR code. Smart phones also have the capability of reading them (Qodemed, 2013). The code is made up of black dots that are arranged on a white background. Various types of information can be encoded in the QR code. The various types of information that it ...

Executive Summary

Those things that affect the Technology on the Accounting Profession are to become more aggressive, easy to learn, clients are more knowledgeable, and technology will be change when it comes to world’s communication. Information Technology (IT) is constantly impacting each facet of accounting. This research paper will examine how Accounting Information System (AIS) are bringing about changes within the accounting profession. Human error is one of the most obstacles that technology has helped the accounting profession conquer. However, knowing you basic accounting concepts is important in the precision of the product. The report focuses on discussing the important ...

Introduction

Marketing is the process of collaborating the worth of values of commodities or service to clients; this at some time can be said to be the art of selling products and letting clients know of a good and new products in the market. In addition to this, marketing can be termed as the process of marking clients updated of available products in the market for sale; this is usually done in by advertising the company’s products. However, the society views marketing as to be the linkage between clients and the seller of a commodity; it’s of importance for a company ...

The Impact of 9/11 on Global Logistics

Q1. Is a security oriented culture applied to the supply chain just good business? Explain! - Before making assumptions whether security-oriented culture in logistics is just to maintain good business, it is important to understand what security-oriented culture is about. It is the application of procedures, policies and technology to protect assets within the supply chain from eminent threats (Closs et al., 2002). Given the description of security and the culture it implies, its application to supply chain is just good business. It is because security is part of process strategy that involves implementation of effective security measures for ...

The Australian consumer Act of 2010 provides for the protection of consumers in the entire of Australia. Parts of its provision are policies to govern the return of purchased goods to their sellers. Under Australian return policies, sellers have three options in case of a genuine and warranted return of goods. They can replace the returned product, refund for the product or provide repair to the returned product (Australian Competition & Consumer Commission, 2012). The Australian return policy provides the conditions to govern the returning of goods on both the seller and the buyer. Sellers are required under Australian law ...

Low-Cost Inventory System

Most businesses today, regardless of its size has recognized the advantages of automating routinely tasks in a business. Such routinely tasks covers accounting services, ordering systems or point of sales systems. One of the most common and helpful system businesses need specially those engaged in marketing goods is an automated inventory system which could help the management keep track of the number of stocks they have and perform simple analysis such as determining which items have high demands or which items are not easily sold out.

Inventory management is an integral part of a retail business such as a clothing retail shop ...

Substitution debate

There has been debate as to whether barcode technology should be substituted by Radio Frequency Identification technology. Barcodes and Radio Frequency Identification have revolutionized and improved several aspects of human life. They are automatic systems of identification that are used extensively in the present day. Each of the two technologies has its merits and demerits. However, Radio Frequency Identification is more advantageous. Barcodes are optically represented data that are interpreted by scanning machines after the scanning process is complete. When using barcodes technology, spacing and width are used to represent the data. Lately, barcodes have been used as the ...