A method for representing records includes, assigning a unique identifier to a record stored at a record collection site, entering the unique identifier in a hierarchical tree structure, and sending the hierarchical tree structure to a central storage site. A platform supports product and is movable along a closed path between a loading position adjacent to the first product conveyance mechanism and a transfer position adjacent to an output in the form of a second product conveyance mechanism spaced from the first product conveyance mechanism in the conveying direction. The table is pivotally supported by a table frame which is movable along the Z-axis along slideways provided on the bed.