Former IBM Engineer Who Invented Bar Codes Dies At 94
George J. Laurer has just passed on at 94 years old.
Laurer was a former IBM engineer. His innovation of the Universal Product Code at IBM changed retail and different enterprises far and wide.
A burial service was held on Monday for Laurer, who died on Thursday, December 5, at his home in Wendell, North Carolina.
Laurer was an electrical engineer with IBM in North Carolina’s Research Triangle Park in the early 1970s when he initiated the advancement of the UPC, or standardized identification.
The now-widespread stamping, made out of interesting dark bars and a 12-digit number, enabled retailers to recognize items and their costs as they are filtered, for the most part at checkouts.
Laurer said in a 2010 meeting that grocery stores during the 1970s were managing taking off expenses and the work serious necessities of putting sticker prices on the entirety of their items. The scanner tag prompted less mistakes and enabled retailers to keep better record of their stock.
