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operations. Undoubtedly, the barcoding scheme is critically important in fashion retail
supply chain management. It helps reduce manual errors and provides a needed tool for
digitizing the inventory record, the transportation profile, etc. If there is an opportunity
to further improve it or if the company switches from the “no barcoding scheme’’ to
the “automatic scanning with barcoding scheme’’, the potential benefit is immense.
Since the barcoding technology is well-established and mature, the level of risk is low.
Finally, some information systems projects involve ...