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In the past few years, through the vigorous publicity, promotion and practice of the Chinese Article Coding Center, sub-centers across the country, system integrators and other relevant aspects, the application of barcode technology has been recognized and accepted by more and more people, especially barcode technology The application in commodity circulation management has achieved very gratifying results. The bar code penetration rate of food, beverage, daily chemical products and other commodities is increasing day by day. Because of this, the application of barcode technology in commodity circulation management has been promoted. More and more shopping malls, supermarkets, chain stores, specialty stores, etc. are using barcodes to manage commodities partially or fully. Some large shopping malls that fully use barcode management (such as Shanghai’s Meimei Department Store, Times Square and other commercial buildings have realized full barcode management as soon as they opened) and supermarkets have appeared in Shanghai and other large cities, becoming the application of barcode technology in commodity circulation management. model.
Looking at the large-scale shopping malls or specialty stores that use barcode management in an all-round way, it is not difficult to find that most of these commercial enterprises are Sino-foreign joint ventures or foreign-funded enterprises. This tells us that the awareness of domestic-funded commercial enterprises in the application of bar code technology lags far behind developed countries and regions. This is also one of the reasons why our corporate management level lags behind developed countries and regions.
The benefits of using barcode technology in commodity circulation management are obvious. It is not only convenient for sales, but also avoids economic losses and management confusion caused by human errors, and can greatly improve work efficiency and management level.
The promotion and application of bar code technology in our country has been highly valued by relevant government departments of our country, especially its application in commodity circulation management will become the most extensive field of bar code application in our country. Therefore, all aspects attach great importance to the application of barcode technology in this field. There is no doubt about the comprehensive promotion of the application of barcode technology in commodity circulation management. Because it is currently the most advanced management method for the management of commodity circulation in the world. To make my country’s commerce in line with international standards, it is necessary to vigorously promote and popularize the application of barcode technology in my country’s commodity circulation management.
1. Basic work of barcode application
No matter in which field barcode technology is used, computer management must be realized first, and then the application of barcode technology can be discussed. The use of barcode technology in commodity circulation management is no exception, that is, first of all, computer management must be implemented in shopping malls, supermarkets, chain stores, specialty stores, retail stores, etc. At present, the relevant departments of the Chinese government are vigorously promoting commercial automation throughout the country, which means that computer management must first be implemented in large and medium-sized shopping malls, supermarkets, chain stores, etc. This has laid a good foundation and created favorable conditions for the realization of barcode management. It is only a step away to realize barcode management in shopping malls that have realized computer management, but unexpected results can be achieved.
For shopping malls that have already achieved computer management, including supermarkets and chain stores, they must implement “single product” management to achieve barcode management. For each commodity, according to its attributes and characteristics, in accordance with certain rules, a “background code” must be compiled, which is the basic work necessary for computer management. In the “backend code”, it usually includes the product category, medium category, small category, supplier, cabinet group, material, size, color, brand, etc., relying on the computer to perform statistics and analysis according to the “backend code” . As long as the “front desk code” used for sales and inventory is replaced with a bar code, and the bar code reading device is used, the bar code management of the product can be realized. It must be pointed out that “front-end code” and “back-end code” cannot be confused. “Background code” is usually more than 20 characters long, so it cannot be used as a foreground operation code. On the contrary, the front-end operation code cannot be too long, usually no more than 13 digits, which is not enough to fully express the attributes and characteristics of the product.
2. How to use the barcode already on the product
Generally speaking, the barcodes on goods imported from abroad are more up to the standard and can be used directly. However, due to various reasons, barcodes on domestic products are not in compliance with standard barcodes and repeated codes. The phenomenon that barcode readers cannot be read due to printing reasons or improper barcode color matching often occurs. Therefore, before using a barcode to scan a product for sale, a product’s barcode must be carefully checked. The easiest way is to scan each commodity with a barcode reader, remove duplicate codes or barcodes that cannot be read, and re-stick the “in-store code” made by the user on this kind of commodity. It seems that this is a very simple problem, but if the work is not done well, it will affect the accuracy of the data, and even make some products unable to scan and sell using barcodes.
In view of the numerous problems with barcodes on domestic products, it is necessary to strengthen the inspection and supervision of barcodes on domestic products that do not meet the requirements, and make appropriate treatments to prevent similar phenomena from happening, which is conducive to the circulation of barcode technology in commodities. Promotion and application in management.
Third, the use and production of the store code
In shopping malls that use barcode management in foreign countries, there are two methods: one method is to use the “in-store code” made by the user regardless of whether there is a barcode on the product; the other method is to make full use of the original barcode on the product. Only products without barcodes are marked with the store code created by the user. In the domestic shopping malls that have promoted the use of barcode management, it is nothing more than these two situations. The former approach is basically mid-to-high-end shopping malls or specialty stores, and the latter approach is basically all supermarkets and chain stores. Because the value of the goods is low and the sales volume of the goods is large, all use of the store code will increase the cost of the goods, which is not conducive to Merchandise sales in supermarkets and chain stores. Of course, the latter approach is also applicable to all shopping malls. The advantage of using all the “in-store codes” is that the “in-store codes” can be compiled according to the user’s own requirements for the management of goods, so as to meet the user’s own management requirements. Another advantage is that the store code can be automatically generated by streamlining, which improves the efficiency of bar code production.
The compilation of the “store code” shall be carried out in accordance with the regulations of the China Article Numbering Center. Some users still don’t know the rules for preparing “in-store codes”, which requires relevant departments to promote and popularize them. A special bar code printer must be configured to make the “in-store code”. It is best to use a bar code printer that can interface with a computer. The required “in-store code” can be made through a pre-programmed program. Thereby reducing the errors of manual input and greatly improving work efficiency. If users all use the “store code”, the store code can be automatically generated through the application program in the POS system using the streamlining method, which makes bar code production more convenient, labor-saving, and more efficient.
4. About the design of barcode POS system
There is no principle difference between the design of POS system using barcode and the design of general POS system. The difference between the two is that the former uses bar codes as front-end codes, and automatically reads bar codes through a bar code reader, which avoids errors when manually inputting the code before, and improves the input speed and work efficiency, especially for supermarkets. , Can greatly reduce the waiting time of customers shopping settlement.
For the choice of barcode readers, it is appropriate to choose handheld barcode readers in large and medium-sized department stores, retail stores, specialty stores, etc., and to choose laser platform barcode readers in supermarkets.
The interface between bar code reader, cash register and computer is usually divided into two types: keyboard emulation input and serial port input. When programming an application, as long as you pay attention to what interface is used, programming is not difficult.
5. Barcode application and business management model
The application of barcode technology in commodity circulation management can not only avoid errors and improve work efficiency, but also improve the level of management. Bar code technology can be used not only for merchandise sales, but also for inventory management and storage management. Use a portable data collector to scan through a barcode reader to quickly and accurately perform inventory and counter inventory counting, and then send it to the POS system, and compare it with the data in the POS system to generate inventory profit and inventory loss tables. If the inventory and counters are checked manually, it is not only labor-intensive and time-consuming, but also difficult to check accurately and easy to make mistakes. Therefore, the use of bar codes for storage and inventory management is an important means to realize modern warehouse management.
The application of barcode technology in product scanning sales has also promoted changes in sales management models. For example, Sino-foreign joint venture commercial buildings such as Shanghai’s Meimei Department Store and Times Square have abandoned the traditional management model of payment from customers to checkout counters and replaced them by salespersons. When a customer pays at the checkout counter, the salesperson then scans the bar code at the checkout counter with the merchandise or the barcode label, and the cashier scans the bar code of the salesperson’s job number at the same time. In this way, cumbersome practices such as the salesperson issuing small invoices and the cashier’s need to enter the sales employee number are abolished, so that customers can truly realize that they are the “emperor.”
Promoting the use of bar code management can raise the level of business management of commercial enterprises to a new level.
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