▁in ▁the ▁fields ▁of ▁bar ▁coding ▁and ▁automatic ▁identification ▁and ▁data ▁capture ▁( A ID C ), ▁founded . ▁Path Gu ide ’ s ▁main ▁product , ▁Lat itude ▁W are house ▁Management ▁System , ▁makes ▁use ▁of ▁bar ▁code ▁sc anning ▁and ▁R F ▁data ▁communic ations . ▁The ▁company ▁integr ates ▁its ▁products ▁with ▁Enter prise ▁Resource ▁Pl anning ▁( ER P ) ▁and ▁Autom atic ▁Ident ification ▁and ▁Data ▁Capt ure ▁companies ▁like ▁Microsoft , ▁Oracle ▁and ▁Inter m ec . ▁Path Gu ide ▁primarily ▁mark ets ▁to ▁wh oles ale / indust rial ▁distrib utors . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁David ▁Al lais ▁founded ▁Path Gu ide , ▁then ▁App lied ▁T act ical ▁Systems , ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 9 ▁in ▁Lyn n wood , ▁Washington . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁the ▁company ▁changed ▁names ▁to ▁Path Gu ide ▁Techn ologies ▁and ▁moved ▁to ▁M uk il te o , ▁Washington . ▁David ▁Al lais ’ ▁son , ▁Eric , ▁became ▁CE O ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁after ▁serving ▁as ▁the ▁company ’ s ▁vice ▁president ▁of ▁market ing ▁since ▁ 1 9 9 9 . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁on ▁Path Gu ide ’ s ▁ 2 0 th ▁anni versary ▁of ▁being ▁in ▁business , ▁the ▁company ▁reported ▁record ▁re venue ▁and ▁c ash ▁flow . ▁ ▁Product s ▁and ▁services ▁ ▁The ▁company ▁offers ▁two ▁major ▁products , ▁Lat itude ▁W MS ▁and ▁O as ys ▁Time