We talk a lot about barcode print quality, but it is equally important to confirm that your GS1 number assignments are correct. The GS1 GTIN Management Standard spells it all out, but it can be [...]
Barcode Test LLC is completely focused on barcode quality. We hear on a nearly daily basis how imperiled we are, hastening into extinction. Digital imaging scanners are capable of reading [...]
At GS1 Connect Conference in Las Vegas, a chart was distributed, showing the various levels of risk associated specifically with poor data quality in supply chain operations, in-store operations [...]
Decodability is one of the graded ISO parameters that determine barcode quality. Why test and grade a barcode for quality? This is done to predict with reasonable accuracy that the barcode scans [...]
A guest author gives us a quality expert’s overview of the significance, importance and origins of standards. We are grateful to Jon M. Quigley, PMP CTFL for this excellent article. We [...]
When a barcode doesn’t scan it is almost always an emergency—a growing and unhappy checkout line, a patient lying in a hospital bed waiting for medication, or a chargeback notification from your [...]
Barcode quality means two different things. Print quality is one important aspect of barcode quality. This other is data structure. A perfectly printed barcode with incorrectly parsed data will [...]
The verifier is reporting low grades on your barcodes, consistently in the D and F range. Your scanner decodes them just fine. Which do you believe? What is the smart way to proceed? Verifier [...]
When barcodes scan incorrectly, or fail to scan altogether, it is always an unexpected event. It should not happen. There are five basic steps everyone can take to give a barcode every advantage [...]
How do you figure out what is wrong with a barcode that does not scan? Where do you start? The obvious answer is to use a verifier. Usually—but not always—when a scanner cannot decode a barcode, [...]
