Barcode, Labels and Equipment Blog
- Quick Check 600 - QC600 Portable Product Retirement
Tuesday, February 12, 2008 | Posted in: BarcodesFuture Trend in Barcode Verification: No More Wands? When Handheld Products, now Honeywell Imaging and Mobility, discontinued the Quick Check 600 family of verifiers last year, it was the death knell for thousands of verifiers in the field. Soon enough, those instruments would no longer be…
READ MORE » - RFID as a Process Transformation Strategy
Wednesday, January 16, 2008 | Posted in: BarcodesRFID technology can potentially impact so many areas of a company and its processes, the rush to implementation often causes companies to implement poorly and ultimately jeopardize not only maximizing the possible benefit, but the overall value of the integration. In his recent article, “
- What is Barcode Validation?
Friday, December 21, 2007 | Posted in: BarcodesBarcode Verification Only Manages 1/2 the Risk “Validation is to spelling what verification is to penmanship.” Think about it. Spelling is making sure the word is really a word. After all, a misspelled word may not be recognizable as a word at all, and therefore devoid…
READ MORE » - ISO Certification of Barcode Verifiers
Wednesday, December 12, 2007 | Posted in: BarcodesIf your company is pursuing ISO certification and you have barcodes on your product or in your process, verification is no longer enough. You also have to make certain your barcode verifiers are ISO certified. This isn’t always an easy thing to do, but neither…
READ MORE » - So What is a Blog Anyway?
Friday, December 07, 2007 | Posted in: BarcodesTechnorati ProfileThe word "Blog" is not in spell check- yet I keep hearing it used everyday.What is a blog?What do people want to gain from a blog?Is anyone really reading this?
READ MORE » - Barcode Scanning vs. Barcode Verifying Equipment
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 | Posted in: BarcodesThe term “scanning” has come to mean anything having to do with reading barcodes, including verifying. Consequently, those of us who specialize in barcode quality and verification are always asking inquirers what they mean when they ask for a scanner. Do they just want to…
READ MORE » - Honeywell Quick Check 890 2D Barcode Verification
Thursday, October 25, 2007 | Posted in: BarcodesIs your Business Ready for 2D Barcode Verification?Scenario: PDF417 is starting to be required and Databar (fomerly known as RSS) is going to launch very soon. How do you verify these new symbols, along with the linear barcodes you will continue to use? …
READ MORE » - Barcode Validation vs Barcode Verification
Tuesday, October 02, 2007 | Posted in: BarcodesValidation: The Implied Parameter Scenario: Company "A" has a state-of-the-art barcode quality assurance program. They recognize their potential risk for poorly performing barcodes and they are proactive, even aggressive in managing that risk.Their program is well staffed, well funded and communicates their barcode requirements clearly with…
READ MORE » - Fotel named a seat on IMSDT Advisory Board at ISU
Thursday, September 27, 2007 | Posted in: BarcodesFotel has been named to a seat on the Advisory Board of the Integrated Manufacturing Systems, Department of Technology at Illinois State University. We sit around a table with Rockwell Automation, Caterpillar, Johnson Controls, Mitsubishi Motors, Nestle, Bosch and others. It’s an…
READ MORE » - UID tip of the month from our partners at A2B
Thursday, August 09, 2007 | Posted in: BarcodesA recent article in the Defense AT&L (Acquisition, Technology & Logistics) Magazine, published by the Defense Acquisition University (DAU), presents some UID success stories. We bring the article to your attention, partly because A2B is mentioned in the “Army Successes in IUID” story, on page…
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