Labeling Ideas

In healthcare organizations, the amount of gear that has to be used by nurses, physicians and others is always increasing. Computers, tablets, printers, barcode scanners – more all the time. Traditionally, a lot of this equipment would be installed at a central location – at the nurses station for example, meaning that staff would need to go […]

High temperature labels are needed for a lot of applications. In the electronics industry, in aerospace, in automotive, labels have to be able to withstand high temperatures and still be perfectly readable, whether human readable text or barcodes. For these applications, our Polyimide (Kapton) labels are perfect. They are available in several colours and meet  specifications […]

Are you responsible for the barcode label printers in your healthcare organization? If so, you’ll know that as barcoding becomes more important, the performance of these printers is a critical component of your operations. How can you ensure that your hospital printing operations are running at peak efficiency and also make sure there are no unexpected associated costs? A solution is […]

Well, is food safety important to you? It certainly is for me and I’m wondering why it is taking so long for us to see any results from the Food Safety Modernization Act that President Obama signed into law two years ago. There seems to have been a lack of noticeable activity since then. Finally, there does […]

Well-designed barcode and labeling systems in areas such as the warehouse and distribution centers have proven effective ways to save costs by increasing worker productivity and accuracy. Managers in these areas who have looked at their operations, analyzed the workflow for duplication and waste, studied how equipment was being used – or not used and […]

No, this lady isn’t moving a microwave oven. This is the new PowerPack system from our good friends at Newcastle Systems. We have been fans of the Mobile Workstation that Newcastle builds for ages, being able to move your workstation to right where it is needed, even if no power is available at that point is something […]

How do you control who visits your hospital? We get to visit a lot of healthcare organizations and it is interesting to see the different ways that access to the building is controlled. The main methods seem to be: Do nothing. At a lot of healthcare facilities, most of the buildings have no control at all and anyone […]

If you are involved in the seafood supply chain, you are probably aware that seafood traceability was included in the Bioterrorism Act of 2002 and confirmed by the more recent (but very slow moving) Food Safety Modernization Act of 2010. One of the goals of these acts is to be able track food items in […]