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Types of Inventory Management Systems | Chron.com

Types of Inventory Management Systems

by Kenneth Hamlett

The inventory management system a company chooses depends on various factors.

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4 [Track Inventory] | How to Use Technology to Track Inventory

Properly managing inventory requires a system of some sort. It doesn't matter if the system consists of writing inventory levels on...

Radio Frequency Identification for Inventory | Chron.com

Radio Frequency Identification for Inventory

by Bert Markgraf

Radio frequency identification facilitates efficient inventory tracking.

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[Retail Tags] | Methods for Retail Tags

Radio frequency identification (RFID) tags are attached to individual products or boxes of products and generate radio signals containing information about the product. Passive tags...

What Is an RFID Printer? | Chron.com

What Is an RFID Printer?

by Shea Laverty

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The advances in radio frequency identification -- or RFID -- technology have revolutionized the way many products are made and tagged -- even products as seemingly mundane as a product label. Through the use of specialized printers, warehouses, shipping companies,...

Tracking & Inventory System | Chron.com

Tracking & Inventory System

by Kenneth Hamlett

Inventory tracking and management systems provide extensive information on where inventory resides under a company's control.

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4 [Inventory Using Excel] | How to Make an Inventory Using Excel

Inventory tracking systems have developed a lot over time. Many years ago inventory tracking systems consisted of manually...

Benefits of RFID in Retail Marketing | Chron.com

Radio frequency identification, or RFID, is a new tracking technology that involves small tags that emit distinct signals. Retail business owners can use remote scanners to read RFID tags placed on individual products, enabling them to record a variety of information, including quantities of various stock items and their precise locations.

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RFID tags carry unique product numbers....

How to Block RFID From Reading Your Credit Card | Chron.com

How to Block RFID From Reading Your Credit Card

by Chris Hoffman

Wave the card in front of a reader to make payments.

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4 How Can My Small Business Accept Credit Card Payments?

Many credit cards include RFID chips. The chips use radio-frequency identification to transmit payment information over short distances. Credit card companies use...

Examples of Accounting Systems | Chron.com

Inventory Accounting

Inventory accounting systems are used to plan and track inventory levels and inventory related activities. One common inventory system is bar code tracking. Each inventory item is tagged with a bar code. As inventory items are brought into a warehouse or moved out of a warehouse, the bar codes are scanned to add to or subtract from inventory. Bar code systems can also be used to track for and account for items as they are moved around in a warehouse. Another type of inventory accounting system is RFID, a new technology that will see expanded use. This type of system, more advanced than bar coding, has...

Necessary Items for Starting a New Grocery Store | Chron.com

Necessary Items for Starting a New Grocery Store

by Catherine Capozzi

Opening a grocery store requires property and technology.

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Ideas for Opening a New Indian Grocery Store

When a customer steps foot into a grocery store, she is inundated with a variety of products to satiate her shopping needs. Shelves of well-known chains may stock over 20...

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