{"id":11558,"date":"2015-06-17T14:03:32","date_gmt":"2015-06-17T20:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.barcodesinc.com\/news\/?p=11558"},"modified":"2019-05-08T12:42:38","modified_gmt":"2019-05-08T18:42:38","slug":"rfid-vs-barcodes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.barcodesinc.com\/news\/rfid-vs-barcodes\/","title":{"rendered":"RFID vs Barcodes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.barcodesinc.com\/cats\/rfid-readers\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.barcodesinc.com\/images\/models\/lg\/Motorola\/mc3190-z.jpg\" alt=\"Motorola MC3190-Z RFID Reader\" width=\"198\" height=\"296\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a>With the introduction of NFC, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barcodesinc.com\/cats\/rfid.htm\">RFID<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0has become a trendy technology, but is it really a necessity for your business? Let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s go over some of the differences between barcodes and RFID:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Line of Sight \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Rather than using light to collect or read a number from a barcode, radio waves are used to read a number from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barcodesinc.com\/cats\/rfid-tags\/\">RFID tag<\/a>. Therefore, RFID does not require a line of sight to operate, but rather you can wave the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barcodesinc.com\/cats\/rfid-readers\/\">RFID reader <\/a>to read the tags.<\/li>\n<li>Multiple Item Scanning \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Since RFID does not require line of sight it is not necessary to present each tag to the reader separately (as is required for barcodes); instead, all tags within the range of the reader can be read almost simultaneously as they pass the reader.<\/li>\n<li>Automation &amp; Accuracy \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Barcodes require a person to manually read each individual barcode, which can lead to manual read errors and mis-scanning. RFID, on the other hand, is a fully automated solution with a higher accuracy rate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Although there is a huge savings in RFID technology from a resource, time and accuracy standpoint, we rarely recommend a business migrating from a completely manual process to a RFID solution. Companies that currently incorporate barcodes face the best return on investment from a RFID solution. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barcodesinc.com\/support\/contactinfo.htm\">Talk to one of our experts<\/a> today to get a full assessment of your business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the introduction of NFC, RFID\u00c2\u00a0has become a trendy technology, but is it really a necessity for your business? Let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s go over some of the differences between barcodes and RFID: Line of Sight \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Rather than using light to collect or read a number from a barcode, radio waves are used to read a number [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[228,18],"tags":[84,1362,271,55,2268,72,257],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>RFID vs Barcodes - Barcoding News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.barcodesinc.com\/news\/rfid-vs-barcodes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"RFID vs Barcodes - Barcoding News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"With the introduction of NFC, RFID\u00c2\u00a0has become a trendy technology, but is it really a necessity for your business? 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