Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor D.B. Kurmangaliyeva
Master student A.K. Zholdasbekov,

 Kazakh Agro Technical University S.Seifullin, Kazakhstan

 

Barcoding as a control product identification.

 

With the development information technology, widespread introduction of computer technology in many areas of production and management, for further solutions of many problems associated with а fixing the fact of supplying, receiving, shipment, sale, transfer to the subsequent stages of production, goods and products rises acute question about a fast and reliable information entering particular product or food (goods) to a computer. Manual entry of the product code, position or line of the document or pre-treatment data on media storage needs costly manual labor, time, error-prone, and therefore this technology to enter information into the computer has become the bottleneck of modern automated data processing systems.

In the Republic of Kazakhstan and abroad are seriously involved works in creation of automated data processing systems with application of machine-readable, one of the species, which are documents with bar codes. The shipping documents, labels and packaging of goods, check books and plastic cards to pay for services, magnetic media relate to a machine-readable. The terms "Electronic sheet", "electronic money" were appeared on this.

The most widely used graphics get fonts for encoding and recording information in the optical range. There are three types: mark graphics, stylized fonts, and font encoding (barcodes)

Barcode is the most perspective and fast-passed trend of information enter automating process into the computer for a number of computer using areas.

The bar code is an alternation of dark and light bands of different widths. Information carry the relative widths of light and dark bands and combinations, thereof, wherein the width of these bands is strictly defined. The dark bands are called strokes and bright - spaces (gaps). Barcodes are read by special optical reader (reading device) of various types, including laser which perceiving strokes, spaces, and combinations thereof, decodes the barcode using microprocessor devices is carried out in the codes laid down methods of control and output on the display, in a computer or other device values of these codes in a specific alphabet (digital, alphanumeric) [1].

 Barcode is the one of the way of machine-readable information. Barcodes is the most famous of all automatic identification technologies. Currently barcodes GS1 system underlie a diversified worldwide communication system, the creation of which provided by the two largest specialized international organizations - GS1 b AIM Global. Barcode symbology EAN / UPC, represented the family of characters EAN-8, EAN-13, UPC-A, UPC-E, designed to encode digital information and one of the basic machine-readable data carriers in the international system GS1. Code 128 barcode symbolic (Code 128) and Code 39 (Code 39), along with the symbols of EAN / PUC and Interleaved 2 of 5 (2 of alternating) are currently the most common in the world among linear symbolics in which character is represented by a sequence of characters bar code symbols arrayed in one line. But as opposed the EAN / PUC and Interleaved 2 of 5, these symbols allow encode not only digital information, but data containing letters and special graphic signs as well.

 Data input is more accurate and fast since the advent of barcode, and accordingly all the processes associated with the processing of information faster and more accurate. Require a lot of time to figure out the appointment or the current status of a job, tools, materials or any moving object. Barcodes help track the movement of goods and thereby save time, respond promptly to requests and respond to any changes. Barcode system offers incredible value for any kind of business. With the help of barcode data collection and recording of information becomes faster and more accurate process that allows you to cut prices to reduce to zero the probability of errors and streamline all processes of turnover [2].

Introduction of information technology is not simply the presence of a computer control system, but also the obligatoriness for a digital device at the points of the primary collection of information to facilitate the entry of information, reduce the number of manual operations and minimize the errors number at data entry.

Among the many problems associated with the primary collection of information, you can select the automatic identification (recognition and distinction) heterogeneous objects (products, equipment, luggage, documents, etc.). The implementation of this solution involves the following steps:

         - Assigning each subject specific identifier (code number);

-         Application  specialized label containing an identifier on the subject;

-          Reading data from the label with a digital device;

-         Transfer of data labels in electronic form.

-         The identifier can be used graphic, magnetic, radio frequency and electronic tags.

         All of them designed for automatic identification and used in various areas, but the most popular graphic mark in the form of a barcode. The barcode damaged to the product package itself has no value. It is useful only where organized a full exchange of data between points of sale and the control computer system. If a retailer such a system exists and the most products have a bar code, then everyone benefits from it: both sellers and buyers, and management personnel. Sellers - by reducing the number of manual operations and as a consequence, increase speed and reduce the number of errors. Buyers - by improving the level of service (now they do not have to stay long where you have to leave with the money). Management personnel - at the expense of timely information about sales and stocks of different species and the possibility to make timely decisions on the replenishment of stocks of certain types of goods [3].

 In a competitive environment, the most part of information must be operational and inaccessible for use specifically unregulated users. Barcoding gives us such opportunity.

The presence of barcoding on the package gives the opportunity to organize effective monitoring of the origin of а goods at any point, from the packaging line, ending with a warehouse store. The use of barcoding can significantly improve the following processes:

-    Producers - sorting, counting, inventory control, shipping, goods.

-    Wholesalers - receipt of goods, inventory control, shipping, payment.

 -    Transport services - receipt of goods, selection and shipping.

 -  Retail trade - getting goods shipment from a warehouse and inventory control.

Thereby from all the above can be seen that lately barcoding has played an important role not only in specific areas, but also in our daily lives.

 

Reference list:

1.                 Белов Г.В. Штриховое кодирование: технологии XXI века. Металлургия, 1998г.

2.                 Сафаров Т.А. Технология штриховые кодирования. Уфа: Башкортостан, 2000 г.

3.                 Арманд В.А. Железнов В.В. Штриховые коды в системах обработки информации (интернет-издание).