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A guest author gives us a quality expert’s overview of the significance, importance and origins of standards. We are grateful to Jon M. Quigley, PMP CTFL for this excellent article. We [...]

When a barcode doesn’t scan it is almost always an emergency—a growing and unhappy checkout line, a patient lying in a hospital bed waiting for medication, or a chargeback notification from your [...]

“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 [...]

Barcode verification tests for print quality and data structure. It predicts that the barcode can be scanned successfully by any scanner.  Barcode match—the third aspect of barcode quality, [...]

One of the mistakes often made in business is failing to ask the obvious question. Often the obvious question deserves a carefully considered answer: the answer to the obvious question is not [...]

Barcode quality means two different things. Print quality is one important aspect of barcode quality. This other is data structure. A perfectly printed barcode with incorrectly parsed data will [...]

The verifier is reporting low grades on your barcodes, consistently in the D and F range. Your scanner decodes them just fine. Which do you believe? What is the smart way to proceed? Verifier [...]

What do you really want in a barcode verifier? A simple question A simple question without a simple answer. At very least you want a grade, preferably an authoritative grade, one that will [...]

When barcodes scan incorrectly, or fail to scan altogether, it is always an unexpected event. It should not happen. There are five basic steps everyone can take to give a barcode every advantage [...]

The long term cost of small compromises in barcode quality can be huge. This can seem to be unimportant, but they grow into major factors that can lead to regret or even damage to a business. [...]