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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 [...]

Here are the two most common reasons we hear for not buying a barcode verifier: Barcode verifiers are too expensive. It isn’t necessary to buy a barcode verifier because we’ve never had a [...]

Some of our barcode testing clients eventually buy a verifier. It is a natural progression and has certain advantages. Shipping barcode samples to us is inconvenient, and although our response [...]

There is a small set of issues underlying most barcode problems, but print gain is by far the most common. Print gain is the spreading of the barcode image in the printing process. There are many [...]

Using a barcode testing service offers significant benefits to two groups: those who do not (yet) own a barcode verifier and those who do. The benefits for the former are obvious. Even those who [...]

Use a barcode testing service or buy a verifier? Life has Tradeoffs Like many things in life, there are tradeoffs to using a barcode testing service rather than having your own verifier. Only you [...]

It seems like a whole new world out there, so much has changed, and quickly.  Pandemic, overwhelmed supply chains, international conflict, inflation–a perfect storm of uncertainty that has [...]

“I’m Jeff. Not so much on writing but I got this invite to tell about being a quality guy, so here goes. I got a degree in QA management a few years back. So far, it’s been a good move for [...]

A chargeback is a fee or penalty imposed by a retailer for poorly performing barcodes on shipments received from vendors. Walmart is most often blamed (or credited) with inventing the chargeback, [...]