In a bylined feature for UK Tech News, Andrei Iacobita, Managing Director at IESYS, makes the case that a baggage handling system is only as reliable as its identification layer — every downstream decision, from routing to security screening to sortation, depends on the system correctly knowing which bag it’s processing. The article cites IATA’s global baggage tracking survey, which found optical barcode scanning, the technology at the core of ATR systems, is the dominant standard at 73% of airports worldwide, driven by proven reliability, compatibility with existing BHS infrastructure, and the tracking obligations introduced by IATA Resolution 753 in 2018.