Public and
private warehousing applications offer several opportunities for effective bar code use.
One possible example follows:
- As products are received, the description and
other pertinent information is manually entered into the local computer’s database.
The computer then drives an on-line bar code label printer in the receiving area to
produce a unique bar code GS1 label. A label is applied to each warehoused unit.
- The items to be stored are placed in a holding
area, waiting for a forklift operator to take them. The operator has a portable bar code
reader and scans the item that is to be stored. He then places the item in the next
available storage location and scans the bar code affixed to it. These two bar codes
fields have now been linked in the reader’s memory. Several times a day, the
portable’s data is uploaded to the host computer. If a portable radio reader had been
used, this step could be eliminated.
- When items are to be picked, the host computer
downloads a pick list into an operator’s portable terminal. The portable’s
display prompts the operator to go to a specific storage location. The operator then scans
the symbol on the stored item, the portable confirms that this is the correct item, ad the
operator is then prompted to proceed to the next location. If it is not the correct item,
an error message is given.
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