Article handling system and method

An article handling method comprising:

• associating one or more article tags with an article, the one or more article tags providing a first article identifier associated with the article and a second article identifier associated with one of the article tags;
• obtaining the one or more article identifiers at a mobile device by scanning, with the mobile device, the one or more article tags;
• generating, with a mobile application stored on the mobile device, a message comprising:
• a) a first message line including the first article identifier, and
• b) a second message line including the second article identifier;
• and
• sending the message to a location;
• whereby the article is subsequently identified at the location using either or both of the first and second article identifiers.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying a computer program product which when executed, by at least one computing device, causes the at least one computing device to:

• associating one or more article tags with an article, the one or more article tags providing a first article identifier associated with the article and a second article identifier associated with one of the article tags;
• obtaining the one or more article identifiers at a mobile device having scanning means by scanning, with the mobile device, the one or more article tags;
• generating, with a mobile application stored on the mobile device, a message comprising:
• a) a first message line including the first article identifier, and
• b) a second message line including the second article identifier;
• and
• sending the message to a location;
• whereby the article is subsequently identified at the location using either or both of the first and second article identifiers.