1. A method of processing a ticket order for a plurality of articles to be supplied from a vendor to a retailer, the ticket order being placed by a client, the ticket order requesting the production of an identification tag for each of the plurality of articles, wherein each identification tag can be provided with a unique identification code, each of the plurality of articles having business information between the vendor and retailer associated therewith, the method comprising the steps of: (a) receiving the ticket order for the plurality of articles, (b) associating a unique identification code for each identification tag, (c) after the associating step, creating a file which cross-references the unique identification code for each identification tag with the business information relating to the corresponding article with which the tag is associated, and (d) storing the file in a database.