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For years, we have beaten the drums about compliance. Our barcode quality training module presses the point: compliance is a two-part discipline that includes ISO print quality and industry [...]

PHARMA-CODE is less familiar to many printers, than other barcode types. Concerns about liability, reputation and chargebacks give many printers pause, even reluctance when this specialized [...]

PHARMA-CODE is a trademark of Laetus GmbH. Laetus specializes in serialization and quality control hardware and software. Founded in 1974, Laetus is located in Alsbach-Hahnlein, Germany. [...]

A bad barcode is an emergency. Time is of the essence. A barcode problem is usually caused by one of four problems. These problems are easily detected visually. A low power magnifier helps. You [...]

Quality is always important. Challenging times make quality in all of its many aspects more important. This is especially true of barcode quality. Supply chains are more critical than ever. [...]

Why is this necessary? Months of strange, new and sometimes difficult ways of working? Emerging, new ways of doing old things. Pandemics and technology both have a way of doing that. Election [...]

Barcode quality is not static. Often I use the analogy that the world is made of rubber. Nothing stays the same. There are many steps in getting a barcode on a product package. Each step involves [...]

You have years, maybe decades of barcode experience. Maybe you have been printing barcodes on packaging for hundreds of customers. Or maybe you manage the barcodes for your brand, on dozens of [...]

The importance of barcode quality is not a rhetorical question. Barcode quality is very important. Barcodes are the connective tissue that holds supply chains together. Bad barcodes used to be [...]

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 [...]