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Barcodes: Is Google extracting the data?

October 7, 2009

It shows just how far the humble barcode has come in the last few years as Google chose today’s anniversary of the invention to honour the inventors with a special ‘doodle’ – see image capture below…

Bernard Silver and Norman Woodland invented barcodes having overheard a local food business boss asking for a system to help read product data automatically.

The final standard of barcodes as we know it today (Universal Product Code) was released in 1970 and first used a few years later.

ProcessFlows are extremely grateful, as the barcode has driven business process automation in lots of other areas. The ability for machines to read information without human input is invaluable in data entry, where it cuts costs and reduces ‘human error’.

Part of ProcessFlows’ core business, Data Capture, has been transformed by this simple device.

We have used Barcodes extremely successfully with Cory Brothers for example, automatically extracting information from invoice documents. We’ve also helped RSPB use barcodes to identify membership documents and Sheffield Insulation Group use barcodes for their Proof of Delivery scanning, reducing duplication of data entry and minimising mistakes.

Bravo Google, we quite agree. Simple concept, well executed.

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