Just back from Label Expo 2022 in Chicago. It was wonderful, reconnecting with barcode testing and verifier clients, many of whom we have worked with for years and yet never met in person. Trade [...]
Bad barcodes are a risk to be avoided. They break the supply chain, endanger hospital patients, disappoint customers and cause needless, preventable stress. You know you should have a verifier [...]
Why verify a barcode? What could possibly go wrong? Here is an incomplete, constantly evolving answer. Verification is all about barcode quality—so let’s start by defining of what “barcode [...]
It seems like a whole new world out there, so much has changed, and quickly. Pandemic, overwhelmed supply chains, international conflict, inflation–a perfect storm of uncertainty that has [...]
The death of the ubiquitous UPC symbol has been predicted almost from the start. The parade of successors has including everything from RFID to computer recognition, but it looks like the UPC [...]
Which is better, inline or desktop verifiers? Have inline verifiers made desktop verifiers irrelevant. This article examines the benefits and shortcomings of both types of barcode verifiers. [...]
Your customer has just alerted you to a problem with your barcode. Now you need to test it: is there really a problem? What is it? How do you fix it? Or, you want to be proactive about preventing [...]