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Bigger Bar Code
Inches Up on Retailers
In a little more than two years, retailers in the United States and Canada will face a deadline that promises technological challenges
akin to the Year 2000 computer problem. Starting Jan. 1, 2005, the 12-digit bar codes retailers use will go to 13 digits. The additional
number (and associated bars and spaces) is enough to make checkout scanners seize up and make computers crash, perhaps disrupting entire
supply chains. But many retailers have yet to focus on a problem that will require significant investments in time and capital.
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