Boring technology like inventory management, customer relationship and bar coding systems.

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He says retailers now have much more information because of bar coding and other technologies that allow them to track their goods from suppliers to the checkout line.

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For instance, the Department of Veterans Affairs has started bar-coding all of its medicines to prevent errors.

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One false positive and each pill bottle would have to be examined by hand--no improvement over current bar-coding technology.

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