P&G, Gillette First Sponsors Of MIT Auto-ID Research Center
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Alternatives to Universal Product Codes employed on retail products will be developed at a new Massachusetts Institute of Technology research center co-funded by Procter & Gamble and Gillette. Establishment of the project was announced in conjunction with the recent 25th anniversary of the UPC.
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