As the stacks of cloth become pants, their bar-coded identity will be followed with hand-held laser readers, from fabric to trucker to store shelf.

• 而当这些布最后变成裤子的时候，它身上的这些条形码则将会由那些手持式的激光条码阅读器来追踪：从厂区到货运再到商店的货架上。