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Can 'em baby!

If only the Philippines can implement a system where a barcode scanner is installed in every entrance to warehouses, everything that goes in and out of a factory or warehouse will be scanned and recorded. Everything that goes out will be compared to the inventory to be done every year and anything out of the ordinary should cause an alarm. Tax collection should rise dramatically because of that.

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