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You already own a very respectable barcode verifier—your eyes. Here is how to figure out what could be wrong with your non-scanning or poorly scanning barcode. A low-power magnifier is a handy [...]

We often get inquiries about poorly grading barcodes, or barcodes that fail to scan with a verifier, but scan just fine with a smartphone or scanner. What does a scanner or a smartphone tell you [...]

Calling this a Case History is misleading—an actual occurrence happening now best demonstrates the importance of the impending replacement of the UPC. On June 2, Costco announced a voluntary [...]

Here is a snapshot of some important quality issues that are happening just this week: A second multi-state Salmonella outbreak involving fresh vegetables and products containing them such as [...]

Whether you use a barcode testing service or have a barcode verifier onsite, you get more than just problem-solving.  An analogy that works for me is the radar detector. Back in my motorcycling [...]

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 [...]