7 ways RFID tagging beats a barcode

Technologies come and go, some manage to find their place, but many will fall by the wayside, whether it’s the competing formats of VHS and Betamax or compact discs replacing cassette tapes. Even though the pace of technology adoption has increased over the last century, the retail industry has been using the same method for identifying and scanning product for nearly half that time. The barcode has been a work horse of the industry, linking databases to a physical product and improving inventory management beyond recognition.