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While the rest of the world awaits the GS1 Digital Link Sunrise 2027, a collaboration with GS1 and Google will do much of the same in healthcare. Although it lacks a name, this functionality [...]

              Here are some impressive numbers from Black Friday 2025. About 53.04 million people visited US retail stores. This was a 1.17% increase from 2024 [...]

Got a bar barcode? Here’s what to do. First, take a deep breath. You are not in this alone. At ANY step in this process—including right now, you can call us. We can talk you through some simple [...]

The Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) requires electronic, interoperable systems to trace prescription drugs at the package level across the U.S. supply chain, aiming to prevent counterfeit, [...]

As a recovering perfectionist, it’s helpful to add some perspective to barcode quality and compliance. Sometimes customers are overzealous about the quality of the barcodes they demand from [...]

Barcodes are foundational to supply chain efficiency, product traceability and ultimately to customer satisfaction. Box box stores are particularly vulnerable to inconsistent barcode quality from [...]

I’ve repeated the ISO mantra about barcode verifiers repeatedly—and it is important. When you verify a barcode and it reports an A grade, there is nothing more you need to know, but when the [...]

Barcodes are everywhere. Here is a list where barcodes are critical: Retail and commerce Supply chain and logistics Healthcare and pharmaceuticals Manufacturing Libraries and education [...]

It is a natural assumption to think that all barcode verifiers are the same. They all perform the same basic function. The same thing can be said for a car, a dentist, or a restaurant–they [...]

Barcode problems are frustrating. As if it isn’t bad enough that they fail, they always fail at the worst possible time. Consumer Frustration The technology seems so simple, and in many ways and [...]