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Everybody knows that barcode quality standards are the basis for predicting whether or not a barcode will scan correctly, or at all, as it travels through the supply chain to the end customer or [...]

Business hates uncertainty. They invest in systems to comply with standards that identify and control variables. This includes standards for upstream materials and components, manufacturing [...]

What do our barcode testing customers actually get from us? Let’s go through the process. Customer Labels or PDF’s? We strongly prefer to test actual labels or package samples, but some [...]

Comments from our testing clients show that the most important work we do is remarkably unremarkable. Unexciting but essential. Looking back on decades of work in barcode quality and compliance, [...]

We got a call from a sporting goods manufacturer. The big box sports store they supplied notified them that their logistics labels were non-compliant. The message was clear–fix it or lose [...]

Business hates uncertainty Investment in capital equipment, hiring, compensation, mergers and acquisitions, strategic planning—essential business processes have been thrown into uncertainty and [...]

Barcodes and AI are becoming quite the dynamic duo. Here’s a few ways they intersect: Automated Scanning AI-powered systems can use advanced image recognition to read barcodes even if [...]

Barcodes fail due to two main reasons: Poor Image Quality: Scanners decode images. Inaccurate printing, lamination, shrink wrap and substrate characteristics can impact scanning Incorrect Data [...]

While it is self-evident why barcode verification is necessary, it is less obvious why periodic recalibration of a verifier is important. What could be changing and making it necessary? Isn’t a [...]

There are few things less exciting than barcodes on corrugated, although barcode failures can certainly cause excitement. Retail-level barcoding is not recommended on the undulating corrugated [...]