Barcode

A REPORT

ON

IMPORT & EXPORT SCRIPT

BY Shivang Patel AT 2001U7PS098

ETA –MELCO ELEVATOR CO. L.L.C. DUBAI, UAE

A Practice School – II station of Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani-Dubai Campus Knowledge Village, Dubai UAE

(FEBRUARY 2005 - JULY 2005)

A REPORT

ON

IMPORT & EXPORT SCRIPT

BY Shivang Patel 2001U7PS098 AT CS

ETA –MELCO ELEVATOR CO. L.L.C. DUBAI, UAE

A Practice School – II station of Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani-Dubai Campus Knowledge Village, Dubai UAE (FEBRUARY 2005 - JULY 2005)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ABSTRACT SUMMARY

I II IV

CHAPTER 1 1.1 1.2 ABOUT ETA MELCO ABOUT BARCODE SYSTEM 1 5

CHAPTER 2 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 WORKING OF A BARCODE SYSTEM ADVANTAGES OF BAR-CODING BAR-CODING SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS BARCODE SYMBOLOGY 6 9 12 13

ONE DIMENSIONAL V/S TWO DIMENSIONAL BARCODES 17

CHAPTER 3 3.1 TYPES OF DATA-COLLECTION SYSTEMS 22

CHAPTER 4 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 BARCODE SYSTEM ELEMENTS TYPES OF BAR CODE SCANNERS ADVANCED SCANNING TYPES OF BAR CODE READERS 24 29 32 33

4.5 4.6

BAR CODE INPUT DEVICES PREPRINTED BAR CODE LABELS

37 40

CHAPTER 5 5.1 5.2 5.3 TODAY’S SITUATION AT ETA MELCO PROPOSED IMPLEMENTATION PHASES COST JUSTIFICATION 43 47 49

CHAPTER 6 6.1 6.2 6.3 WHAT NEXT …ASSET TRACKING USING BAR CODING 51 HARDWARE & SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS STEP BY STEP APPROACH 52 55

CHAPTER 7 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 EXPORT IMPORT SCRIPT TIME TICKET ANALYSER SCOPE OF THE SOLUTION EXPORT T.T FUNCTION IMPORT T.T FUNCTION 57 59 61 62 66

CONCLUSION

71

REFERENCES

72

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ABOUT ETA MELCO

ETA-Melco Elevator Co. L.L.C., was formed as a joint venture between Emirates Trading Agency, Dubai and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Japan. ETA-Melco started its operations in 1975 in Dubai and expanded its operations to 13 countries including the U.A.E., the State of Qatar, Sri Lanka, the Sultanate of Oman, Kuwait, Turkey, Maldives, India, Bangladesh, Azerbaijan,...