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Brazilian footwear producers develop supply potential of bar coding

13/08/2001

13 footwear companies based in the Brazilian state of Novo Hamburgo/RS have formed a working group aimed at exploring the full potential of bar coding and other electronic data interchange (EDI) technologies.

Set up with the support of the Brazilian Association of Footwear Industries (Abicalçados) and a team of specialists from the Brazilian Automation Association (a branch of EAN Brasil), the association has already begun using the technology for the transfer of information between factories in Grendene, Azalía and Beira Rio.

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