Bar Coding Companies

History

Burland Associates Incorporated was just another one of the industries bar coding companies out there which is Scansmart's parent company, and was founded in 1980 as a manufacturers' representative for computer peripheral products. Since its founding, Burland has evolved into a significant value-added reseller of bar code data collection equipment and RFID Technology. We have a strong reputation in the barcode industry, with our client base as evidence. Today, Burland Associates, d.b.a. Scansmart, is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona and markets its bar coding data collection products on-line to Point-of-Sale, Retail, Industrial and Commercial service customers throughout the United States and International markets.

Scansmart was brought on-line September 1, 1999. A website for a growing niche of professionals and companies who are involved with implementing bar code technology within their own companies, Scansmart provides access to a wide variety of barcode products very inexpensively and quickly without having to contact an industry professional to do it.

Strengths
Scansmart also has the largest inventory of any on-line bar code site. Scansmart represents over 90% of the barcode industry and is growing every month. The site's ease-of-use evolves literally every visit as suggestions and ideas from visitors are implemented. There are a number of areas on the site where service, industry related questions, and custom help are provided. Scansmart's pricing for barcode equipment on average is the lowest on the web. Book mark our page and then we encourage those consumers who are very price sensitive to compare our prices with any other company. This is one of our biggest strengths. Visit our "Who we represent" page to see a partial compilation of the manufacturers we represent.

Future

To continually meet the needs and challenges of a diversifying technology field as the bar code industry, innovation in bar coding will be key. Scansmart will expertly guide consumers through new buying processes, as well as, update consumers on bar code technology evolution. Scansmart believes that providing companies end-users with access to professional products, services and information provides for easy and affordable knowledge transfer. Furthermore, educating those end-users as to the opportunities and direction of this technology will lead the economy and the world into the future and beyond.

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