“AIDC WHEN CORRECTLY INTEGRATED WITH EXISTING SYSTEMS CAN IMPROVE BUSINESS EFFICIENCY DRAMATICALLY”

Mark Beauchamp, chairman of AIM UK, writes: Thank you for visiting our website. I hope that here you will find a broad range of helpful, accurate but most importantly, relevant information about AIDC – Automatic Identification and Data Capture.

AIM UK is the major non-commercial, not-for-profit trade association for the AIDC industry and this year we celebrate our 25th anniversary of providing a vital resource to our members and non-members alike.

So, what is AIDC? Traditionally, we think of barcodes and barcode scanning and this is probably the most well recognised use of our technologies. However ,there are also plenty of other technologies for data capture and transfer such as RFID (radio frequency identification), smart media cards and even “biometrics” such as fingerprint and iris scanning.

With AIDC correctly integrated in to your own business and computer systems, the accuracy and efficiency of your company’s operation can be dramatically improved.

To see these technologies working in real applications, I would encourage you to visit the European Centre of Excellence for AIDC in Halifax which has been supported and developed in co-operation with AIM UK members. It provides a wealth of examples of data capture technologies and how they can operate in your business. (www.aidc.org)

Our member companies in AIM UK cover all aspects of AIDC technology and are expert solutions providers. So please click onto our Buyer’s Guide to find out more about them and how they could help you achieve greater efficiency and profitability.

Mark Beauchamp
Chairman
AIM UK