| All products are labeled with bar codes today. Even | | | | all these assets was done manually and workers had |
| the smallest retail items, like chocolates or pencils, have | | | | to put in long hours to have all the details on record. |
| a unique bar code to identify them accurately. Bar | | | | With the advent of bar codes, even the tracking |
| codes have specific symbology that is defined in the | | | | system has been made easy. All fixed assets can be |
| height and width of the bars as well as the spacing | | | | bar-coded and kept track of using bar-code |
| between them. Each of these bars might represent | | | | fixed-assets tracking software. In schools and colleges |
| numeric data, alphanumeric data or character data, | | | | where students are provided with laptops, these are |
| depending on the type of symbology being used by | | | | noted in the database as loaned. This also holds true |
| the user. | | | | for companies that provide employees with laptops |
| Each bar code has a start bar and an end bar to | | | | and other work-related paraphernalia. Even the |
| allow the scanner to read the data precisely. Some | | | | smallest items are tracked using bar codes. Fixed |
| bar codes have another bar before the end bar, | | | | assets tracking software is a big help in such areas |
| known as the checksum bar code. After the scanner | | | | where a company needs to have an idea of where |
| calculates the sum, it is verified with the value of the | | | | assets are located. |
| checksum bar code for accuracy. This ensures exact | | | | Company-related files, documents and important notes |
| calculation with minimal errors. | | | | could also be considered fixed assets and noted in the |
| Bar codes help during data collection, inventory | | | | database of their whereabouts. This is especially |
| tracking, and other asset tracking. They keep accurate | | | | important in medical and legal fields. |
| records of all the items scanned and so are a big help | | | | Fixed assets tracking software is essential in all major |
| while taking care of the inventory. | | | | companies, schools, offices, hospitals and other big |
| Any company or manufacturer has fixed assets. | | | | places where one person keeping track of all the |
| These must be kept on record. All manufacturing | | | | assets is an impossibility. Bar code tracking software |
| equipment, tools, and various other assets come under | | | | can be of immense help in such areas, and would |
| the category of fixed assets. Earlier, keeping track of | | | | ease problems related to records. |