Across industries, companies have experienced an increase in SKU's, shorter shelf lives for their products, and increased demand for production changeovers over the years. As a result, case coding has become significantly more important in helping the supply chain and logistics function of business, allowing manufacturers to track their product as its transitions from supplier to store. Case coding also plays a role in helping businesses brand themselves, letting companies print a graphic or product information on the side of boxes that immediately identifies where that box has come from and is contents.
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