Barcode, Labels and Equipment Blog

RFID or RFIT?
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 | Posted in: RFID
In today’s edition of RFID Solutions Online, AIM Global Editor Bert Moore has (as usual) said it best. RFID has evolved far beyond being just “identification” and has entered the world of “information technology” and hence RFID should now be RFIT. Those of us who…
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Viewing Control Characters within a Barcode Symbol
Monday, April 20, 2009 | Posted in: Scanning
For reasons known only to you, you want to view the control codes in a barcode. Actually there could be all sorts of reasons to want to do this—you want to see the Function Codes or the Subset Shifts within a Code 128, you want…
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Paperless Coupons
Thursday, April 16, 2009 | Posted in: Standards
Coupons Go Paperless… For NowA fellow named Greg Grunberg has written an iPhone app that allows the user to post coupons on their phone, so they can be scanned at the register. See http://www.digtriad.com/news/watercooler/article.aspx?storyid=122585&catid=176 It remains to be seen whether retailers…
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When is the Best Time to Test Your Barcode for Accuracy & Quality?
Wednesday, April 15, 2009 | Posted in: Verification
When to Verify your barcode?The question of when to verify seems to imply that there are times not to verify, and that is not what I’m suggesting. It is always better to verify than never to, but there are better times…
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The Business Case for Barcode Verification
Thursday, March 26, 2009 | Posted in: Verification
Barcodes are more than ubiquitous—they are an integral component in the supply chain. As such, barcode quality is integral to supply chain performance. Barcode quality is an attribute of supply chain optimization.Barcode quality is the province of barcode verification, and yet seldom…
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The Future of Barcoding: Part 2
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 | Posted in: Barcodes
The Future of Barcoding Continued... Last time I talked about this it was mainly to address what was then the growing mantra that the future of barcoding wasn’t barcoding at all—it was RFID. I think almost everybody now recognizes that RFID is not going to replace…
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Digital TV and Now Databar
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 | Posted in: Symbologies
Newsflash! Your old analog TV will work another few months but that’s the least of it. If you are a food retailer you won’t have to worry that your barcode scanning systems are compliant to GS1 Databar for another (almost) 5 years! …
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The Two Worlds of CAD
Wednesday, March 11, 2009 | Posted in: CAD
Well maybe there are more than two worlds of CAD, but we function in two and they are very similar and very different. For us the two worlds are what I would call “engineering” and “graphics”.Our CAD…
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Barcodes and Common Sense
Wednesday, March 11, 2009 | Posted in: Applications
I can’t recount the number of times we get invited to quote on a barcode integration that isn’t well thought out. Most often the inquirer believes that the technology itself is a solution. Truthfully, it’s just a tool to be used in…
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The Downside of Barcode Verification
Wednesday, March 11, 2009 | Posted in: Verification
I admit it—this title is a blatant attempt to draw attention and stimulate readership, but not just out of commercial greed. There actually is a downside, or perhaps better said, a neglected or dark side of the barcode verification “science”.Test it…
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