The nice folks over at Intermec have made some fun videos over the last few years. Here’s a classic from a few years ago – these guys are crazy! That EX25 scanner from Intermec is really good. I wrote about it in my CK3 Review. One interesting thing I recently discovered is that the long […]
Labeling Ideas
Browse through these labeling ideas to learn more about how you can utilize labeling machinery for you specific product requirements. Labeling machinery is versatile to accommodate diverse applications. View these articles to learn about labelers and labeling machinery along with labeling solutions.
Barcodes and RFID For Blood Supply Protection?
While researching topics on blood labeling and safety measures, I came across an interesting interview done by AIM (Association for Automatic Identification and Mobility) with Dr. Clive Hohberger, Consulting RFID Systems Architect. AIM’s interview with Dr. Hohberger included topics such as: a history of blood bag tracking and what has changed, including the use of RFID. his […]
Is Your Food Safe? Can Your Business Handle a Recall?
This week’s news reported another food recall for the northeast region released this week . On July 22, 2012, Cargill announced a voluntary recall of about 29,300 pounds of 85-percent-lean ground beef produced May 25, 2012, in Wyalusing, Pa. So why did it take so long to announce the recall? The Centers for Disease […]
Designing DoD UID Labels with BarTender
A lot of DoD contractors have to produce labels that meet the MIL-STD-130 UID rules. Here at Winco ID, we use BarTender label software for the UID labels we print for our clients. A while ago, I posted some tutorials on YouTube on how I go about this and wanted to share them here: Note […]
Secure Password Protected QR Codes
Would you like to be able to use barcodes in order to let people quickly get information, but also want to be able to restrict the number of people with access to the data? One way to do this is to encode your data into an encrypted QR code that can be password protected. I […]
Bar Code Standards
For help with keeping our supply chains under control and for tracking and traceability of all kinds of items, bar codes have an important role to play. Of course, when a barcode label is printed and applied to an item, it is expected that any scanner will be able to read and decode the encoded data […]
Webcast: Jay Crowley Discusses the UDI System
Jay Crowley, Senior Advisor for Patient Safety in FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health, hosts a webcast on the FDA’s Unique Device Identification System proposed regulation. The webcast describes how the anticipate the UDI system is going to work, how the UDI system will affect device manufacturers, and the products that are exempt from UDI […]
Are you still hand-applying labels? Is it working?
Are you applying labels by hand because they are quite small, wrap around the corner of a box, need special care when applied to fragile items or you need to manage the sequential numbering and traceability for distribution? With advancements in applicator technology, having employees hand apply labels is quickly becoming obsolete. Some labeling jobs […]
RFID Used to Track Wine
RFID Journal recently published the results of a GS1 pilot study showing how RFID can successfully track international wine shipments. GS1 Italy and GS1 Hong Kong participated in the pilot study, which consisted of tracking shipments from four Italian wine companies to two Hong Kong distributors. Each bottle, case, and pallet of the Italian wine […]
Barcode Serial Number Labels
Can Barcode Serial Number Labels help your business? A lot of organizations have the need to be able to identify assets or other items. A simple way to do this is often by using barcode serial number labels. By printing the serial number in barcode form on the label as well as human readable text, […]
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