Editing Telemetry (section)

====Dry goods====
Dry goods, such as packaged merchandise, may be tracked and remotely monitored, tracked and inventoried by [[RFID]] sensing systems, [[barcode reader]], [[optical character recognition]] (OCR) reader, or other sensing devices—coupled to telemetry devices, to detect [[RFID tag]]s, [[barcode]] labels or other identifying markers affixed to the item, its package, or (for large items and bulk shipments) affixed to its shipping container or vehicle. This facilitates knowledge of their location, and can record their status and disposition, as when merchandise with barcode labels is scanned through a checkout reader at [[Point of sale|point-of-sale]] systems in a retail store.  Stationary or hand-held barcode [[RFID]] scanners or [[Optical reader]] with remote communications, can be used to expedite inventory tracking and counting in stores, warehouses, shipping terminals, transportation carriers and factories.<ref name="rfid_technology_ariz_univ">[http://www.u.arizona.edu/~obaca/rfid/tech.html "RFID Technology,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423232517/http://www.u.arizona.edu/~obaca/rfid/tech.html |date=2019-04-23 }} [[University of Arizona]], retrieved April 8, 2019</ref><ref name="improving_warehouse_2014_12_naval_postgrad">Burke, Eric M., Maj. U.S. Army and Ewing, Danny L., Jr., Lt., U.S. Navy, ''MBA Professional Report: [https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a621276.pdf "Improving Warehouse Inventory Management Through RFID, Barcoding And Robotics Technologies,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324005725/https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a621276.pdf |date=2020-03-24 }}'' December 2014, Graduate School of Business and Public Policy, [[Naval Postgraduate School]], Monterey, CA, retrieved April 8, 2019</ref><ref name="barcoding_and_rfid_2007_jiito">White, Gareth R.T.; Georgina Gardiner; Guru Prabhakar; and Azley Abd Razak [[University of the West of England]], UK), [http://jiito.informingscience.org/articles/JIITOv2p119-132White96.pdf "A Comparison of Barcoding and RFID Technologies in Practice,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808033409/http://jiito.informingscience.org/articles/JIITOv2p119-132White96.pdf |date=2020-08-08 }} ''Journal of Information, Information Technology, and Organizations,'' Volume 2 (2007), retrieved April 8, 2019</ref>