Barcodes Solved the Easy Half of Identification

The codes that carry legal and safety consequence, a DOT number moulded into a tyre or an expiry date printed on a drug carton, were designed to be read by people. Fifty years after the first barcode was scanned, the highest-stakes identification in the world is still done by looking.

Indian Manufacturing Automated Production and Left Quality Behind

Your production floor runs at one speed and your quality floor runs at another. That gap now decides which Indian suppliers move up the value chain and which stay where they are.