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For most of its history, barcode quality has been a matter of print quality: can the scanner read the barcode? Originally barcode verification was based on measuring bar and space widths. This [...]

When a barcode verifier cannot scan a barcode, it is a puzzling, frustrating situation. What could be worse? What about when the verifier reads the barcode but the scanner does not? Now you are [...]

Axicon, the UK-based barcode verifier company, has an exciting display solution for their range of 1D verifiers. There aren’t a lot of companies manufacturing barcode verifiers. Axicon is one of [...]

Recently I ran across an excellent article* about Measurement Systems Analysis. The opening paragraph caught my attention: “Despite a persistent and incremental march toward automation, people [...]

The engineers have taken over. In order fulfillment, the current focus is on systems. They speak in acronyms. Here are just a few: WMS (Warehouse Management System) SCM (Supply Chain Management [...]

Decodability is one of the graded ISO parameters that determine barcode quality. Why test and grade a barcode for quality? This is done to predict with reasonable accuracy that the barcode scans [...]

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 [...]