Abstract: A method, system and device are provided that collect and provide information related to goods in transit, as made available for purchase and/or after purchase. The goods may be or include consumer products, commodities, equipment, food, food products, agricultural supplies and agricultural products. A label may include a bar code, a quick response code, an RFID chip and/or a radio frequency or photonic communications device.

Abstract: A method, system and device are provided that collect and provide information related to worker productivity. The goods may be or include consumer products, commodities, equipment, food, food products, agricultural supplies and agricultural products. A label may be employed that includes a display screen, a bar code, a quick response code, an RFID chip and/or a radio frequency or photonic communications device to aid tracking of accomplished piecework and worker behavior. The worker may confirm documentation of piecework credit by both displays of piecework counts by the badge and by accessing a database server.

Abstract: A method, system and device are provided that collect and provide information related to goods at retail sales locations. The goods may be or include consumer products, commodities, equipment, food, food products, agricultural supplies and agricultural products. A good may be associated with an identifier represented by a bar code or a quick response code, or recorded within an RFID chip and/or a radio frequency or photonic communications device. An observer may transmit the perceived or received identifier to a remote database server and optionally receive a credit for the transmission of this information to the database server. The observer may optionally use a cellular telephone or portable communications device to transmit the identifier, digitized photographic data, GPS data, other geolocational data, time-date stamps, textual data, and/or audio data.