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by throw0101d 660 days ago
Inventory / part tracking comes to mind.

The barcode scanner drops the likelihood of typos in part and serial numbers

I've heard it said that an airplane is ten thousand parts flying in formation: keeping track of maintenance and replacement parts is important in many (safety-critical) industries, and so having a scanner that one doesn't have to remember, lug around, and fumble with [0] could be useful.

[0] https://www.amazon.com/s?k=barcode+scanner