Barcodes are the bedrock of traceability. Without barcodes, traceability is impossible. Barcodes identify products, assets, and shipments in a supply chain Here’s how barcodes contribute to [...]
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 [...]
Like everything else you own, a barcode verifier has a service life. It’s obvious when to replace your computer or your smartphone, but not so obvious when a barcode verifier has reached the end [...]
It is not unheard of for a barcode to fail to scan with a scanner, but it is rare when a verifier cannot decode a barcode. When the verifier fails, no verification report is generated. How do you [...]
Uh oh—your barcode doesn’t scan—at all. Now what do you do? What to DO Here is what you don’t do—reach for your smartphone. If your smartphone also doesn’t scan your barcode you have learned [...]
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 [...]
Making sure a barcode is readable is important. Compliance with the applicable ISO standard for barcode print quality is one way to ensure readability. How the data is formatted in the barcode is [...]
Recently we were asked why the important—and sometimes confusing—parameter Decodability appears in the ISO standard for 1D barcodes but not in the standard for 2D barcodes. Decodability is based [...]
The Importance of Barcode Quality Barcodes that fail to scan, or scan incorrectly are a nuisance and an expense. But the damage they do goes much deeper. Consider two recent FDA recalls. Case #1 [...]
Prevention comes from correction, to prevent the recurrence of everything you corrected. In reality, it’s more effective to consider the process variables and control them. Charting materials and [...]
