This news came out a few months back but is very relevant, IMO. TRKR, in conjunction with Symbol, could deliver a similar system/platform for SONY. I really don't know if it will ever happen but at least we know Samsung has gone through all the testing and found it worthwhile:
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DIMENSIONAL BAR CODE, DEVELOPED BY SYMBOL
TECHNOLOGIES, FOR GLOBAL APPLICATIONS
HOLTSVILLE, N.Y. -- May 31, 2000 -- Symbol Technologies today announced that
Samsung Corporation, the largest corporation in Korea, has selected PDF417, the two
dimensional symbology which has become a global standard in a number of
industries and nations, for a number of corporate and global applications. Samsung
Corporation will use PDF417 for supply-chain management, shipping and delivery
and for emerging e-commerce applications. In addition, Samsung Corporation will
promote PDF417 throughout Korea as a commerce standard.
The PDF417 symbology was selected by Samsung Corporation after a
comprehensive year-long evaluation and will be used initially to track products in its
marine products plant through a PDF417-based shipping label. It's expected that
PDF417 will be central to Samsung Corporation's growing e-commerce strategy to
rapidly deliver goods throughout the world.
Samsung Corporation, a $37 billion (U.S.) corporation, exports diverse goods that are
75 percent of their sales.
PDF417 brings inherent efficiencies that increase accuracy, lower costs, maximize
customer service and drive competitive advantage. It has been adopted and used by
companies such as General Motors, is at the core of the new digital postage program
put in place by the U.S. Postal Service, and is the emerging worldwide defacto
standard in a number of nations. For example, the People's Republic of China has
adopted PDF417 for critical infrastructure projects.
Samsung Corporation has three major business groups: trading, construction and
housing development. With the advent of the Internet, Samsung Corporation is a
leading e-business with the largest electronic shopping mall in Korea and a
sophisticated cyber trading system for the import and export of goods.
"Now that e-commerce is so widespread, we believe that PDF417 is the appropriate
solution for logistics management on Internet business-to-business sites," said
Sang-hong, Roh, Senior Executive Managing Director of Basic Material &
Commodity Division, Samsung Corporation. "The adoption of PDF417 by Samsung
Corporation will definitely make a great contribution to Korean companies'
competitiveness, and we believe that with PDF417, will make a greater impact on the
Internet Business-to-Business related industries."
"This PDF417 partnership with Symbol will help Korean companies recognize the
benefits of adopting PDF417 in e-business activities, supply chain management and
logistics management," said Mr. Koo-Whee, Cho, General Manager of Samsung
Corporation. "I expect many more Korean companies to adopt PDF417 for their
businesses in the near future. Samsung Corporation will be applying PDF417 to
business-to-business applications and we are planning to work closely with Symbol
to promote PDF417 applications into other big projects in Korea."
"Many countries and industries have accepted PDF417 as their logistics standard
and we see it playing a key role in e-commerce fulfillment and delivery," said Tomo
Razmilovic, President and CEO-elect, Symbol Technologies. "We are very proud that
Samsung Corporation has selected PDF417 as their labeling and documentation
standard and we believe PDF417 will help Samsung Corporation and others to
succeed in the competitive e-business world."
About PDF417
PDF417 is a high-capacity symbology, which contains up to two kilobytes of
information to be encoded in less than one square inch of space -- more than 100
times more data than traditional linear bar codes. An entire database, such as
shipping manifests, instruction sets or driver's license information can be easily
encoded into a PDF417 symbol, faxed, mailed, stored or carried, then decoded
through proven bar code scanning methods.
About Symbol Technologies
Symbol Technologies, Inc., winner of this year's National Medal of Technology, is a
global leader in wireless and Internet-based mobile data transaction systems and
services. Symbol provides its customers unique value with innovative solutions
utilizing application-specific information appliances, data and voice wireless
networks, and bar code and data capture scanning. Symbol and its global network of
business partners provide LAN and WAN mobility solutions from the enterprise to
e-commerce for industries including retail, transportation and distribution logistics,
manufacturing, parcel and postal delivery, healthcare, education, and hospitality.
Symbol's broad range of information appliances is in use by business and consumers
from the factory, to the office, to the home. Information is available from Symbol at
symbol.com, +1-631-738-2400 or +1-800-722-6234.
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Tom B. |
