To my knowledge, AOPA has not encouraged manufacturers/suppliers to bar
code their products. That is a business decision that the company must
make itself. Would business owners/practitioners find bar coding useful?
I could see that bar codes might offer a potential for improving cost
accounting for practices. That potential would need to be weighed against
the cost of putting the bar codes on the product and the likelihood that
companies would use the bar codes if they were there.
The U.S. Congress has been considering a bill for the past couple of years
that would require bar coding of all non-custom products. AOPA has been
very active in ensuring that the requirement applies only to non-custom
devices.
Bob Van Hook
Robert T. Van Hook, CAE
Executive Director
American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association
1650 King Street, Suite 500
Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone: 703/836-7116
Fax: 703/836-0838
Email: [email protected]
Webpage: www.opoffice.org
On Friday, March 19, 1999 1:06 PM, [email protected]
[SMTP:[email protected]] wrote:
> Does anyone know if AOPA has persued the concept of encouraging
> manufacturers/suppliers to put bar coding on their products?
> Randy McFarland, CPO
> Fullerton, CA
