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I'm in need of a system that will track a box through different locations. For instance, I have a box of documents, and I want to know its current location. So far, I've thought of creating a QR code label for the box. Then we can have employees scan this code from different locations. But how would this help if the same QR code is being scanned from each site?
Any other ideas? Thanks!
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I worked at a company that did exactly that with Mail. Hit me up if you wanna discuss.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.
Everything makes sense in someone's mind.
Ya can't fix stupid.
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The scanning station appends/prepends a location code to the bar code. That gives you a unique Location/Document id.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.
Everything makes sense in someone's mind.
Ya can't fix stupid.
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What problem do you actually have?
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You could ask Amazon.
I'd rather be phishing!
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The box/qr code is in a database, each time the qr code is scanned, the location and time are entered in the database.
I'd rather be phishing!
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You could also eliminate the employee (unreliable creatures they are) and use RFID tags and auto scanners in the in/out points of a location.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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One thing with RFID we had trouble with: every time an item even shifted position a little bit within a location, the dang thing would get pinged again. Obvious ways to deal with that, but still a pita.
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To find this system you must look outside the box ... and, think about where on CodeProject is the appropriate place to post a request like this.
«One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali
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Rudy*1 wrote: Any other ideas? I'm thinking of StyleGAN at this very moment.
Scientiæ de conservata veritate.
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Firstly, this is the lounge!
Secondly, anything that starts "I have an idea for a project" generally doesn't end well, in my experience. Sounds like your company has a problem with knowing where documents are. Fine; then analyse the problem, the business, the people, and come up with a solution. (extreme e.g. don't move the documents, move the people who need them; people generally know where they are!) If the solution involves IT, then ask a question in the appropriate forum.
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Stick a cell phone in the box.
The Master said, 'Am I indeed possessed of knowledge? I am not knowing. But if a mean person, who appears quite empty-like, ask anything of me, I set it forth from one end to the other, and exhaust it.'
― Confucian Analects
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Johnny's cover of Trent Reznor's "Hurt" does it for me: [^]
«One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali
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When there's someone ahead of me on the path, I prefer to simply enjoy the view.
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A good song can be made in any other music style.
I'd rather be phishing!
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How is that different from bad songs?
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Are you reading my mind!?
I just got this in my head as I was watching Peaky Blinders, with Nick Cave music, who Johnny Cash also covered, which got me to Hurt.
And I was thinking I should listen to it and about five minutes later I read your post.
I don't much like NIN's original though.
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with respect to Mr. Cash, this is my favorite cover of that song:
Hurt - Sad Kermit - YouTube[^]
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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Interesting.
If the Muppets can re-do Bohemian Rhapsody, they could redo this. It's too bad they could only get a bad Kermit impersonator.
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Totally out of topic.. I posted something for ya!
The Lounge
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Too late. I watched/listened to it (again) this past weekend after watching "Walk The Line" (again).
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I was never a fan of Johnny Cash.
I never really liked any of Johnny's Songs either until I heard this on the car radio whilst coming home from work.
It was just after it was released.
It is one extraordinary powerful thing. Just love it.
Much better than the original.
"Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read." Frank Zappa 1980
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You can start by reading the rules at the top of the page
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.
Everything makes sense in someone's mind.
Ya can't fix stupid.
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