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Like most innovations, barcode technology started with a problem looking for a solution. Unlike a lot of solutions, barcode technology wasn’t possible without the existence of a solution that had [...]

Dr. Jerome Swartz, former CEO of Symbol Technologies is credited with having defined barcodes as “…portable, disposable memory.” Someday I hope to confirm or refute that in a conversation with [...]

 In our recent article Why Are There Different Kinds of Barcodes?  we posed the rhetorical question  “…is there one barcode type that could do it all?” There is a symbology that does a lot. [...]

Since their initial use in grocery checkout, barcodes are used in an amazingly broad range of uses,  including: The full spectrum of consumer retail goods Manufacturing process tracking (WIP) of [...]

Whether it is the barcode on your product, or the barcode you printed for a customer, you are confident it should work right. Well maybe your confidence is misplaced; if  something goes wrong, [...]

As barcode technology matured and expanded into more critical roles, barcodes are used on a wider variety of materials and  packaging  configurations: metallic tubes and other cylindrical shapes [...]

Next to the predicted (and bogus) death of QR Codes, probably the next most prevalent doomsayer forecast is that online shopping will kill barcodes. And one of the most-oft stated causes is [...]

Barcodes are so commonplace, it is easy to become complacent. A “no news is good news” attitude is a form of neglect that can lead to serious and expensive trouble. Unfortunate when it is so [...]

The recent article about the longevity of barcodes triggered a range of responses. One comment referred to barcodes as the “weakest link” in the supply chain. There are many links in the supply [...]

  Barcode match is also called validation. It is an important variation of barcode quality and has many forms. Barcode match in packaging lines ensures that correct items are going in the [...]