When you look at the suggested Produce Traceability Initiative (PTI) case label it looks very simple. Heck, it only consists of a GS1 128 barcode and some text – anyone should be able to print it. The problem, as Linda pointed out in her article the other day is that pesky VoiceCode that is printed […]
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.
True: FDA Does Have A Sense of Humor
Most of you are familiar with what a nutrition label looks like. How many know just what all that information means for you? The FDA.gov is a great place to go to learn more. Why? You’ll find easy-to-understand articles, videos and posts that will help you better understand what is on that nutrition label and […]
Final PTI Milestone Hits Snag
The Produce Traceability Initiative (PTI) has just about reached its goal of whole-chain traceability for produce in 2012, but implementing the final milestone has stalled. The final milestone specifies that each subsequent handler of a case of produce will have the systems and capability to read and store the GTIN and lot number from each […]
Keeping it Real: Barcodes and Holograms
Does your organization have to deal with the threat of having your products being counterfeited? What plans do you have in place to prevent this, or at least make it more difficult? A while ago I wrote about how giving products a digital voice can give the item the ability to share information with us. […]
Datamax M-Class – Loading the Media
The M-Class printer from Datamax is one of my favorite label printers – a great combination of quality, features, physical size and price. The area I’ve complained about is the printhead pivoting method. Being cantilevered it can make it difficult to thread the ribbon (some of the Zebra models have this same problem as well) […]
Barcodes and Baseball – A Home Run!
Winco ID, along with our partners at Datamax-O’Neil, recently hosted a Bar Codes and Productivity event at the Northeast Delta Dental Stadium, home of the New Hampshire Fisher Cats. The event took place in the Bank of New Hampshire VIP suite and featured a seminar on the role of barcodes in a manufacturing environment. Our […]
No Drug Serialization Plan For Now
A serialization plan for the nation’s drug supply chain doesn’t seem likely to happen anytime soon; the House of Representatives and the Senate have failed to agree on an appropriate plan. Track and trace of drugs will likely not be a part of the FDA funding bill expected to be submitted to President Obama in […]
Hard Working UID Label
If you work for a DoD contractor, you might well have had to print the special labels that are needed to comply with the MIL-STD-130 IUID program. Often this is achieved just by printing the label with just the IUID information and applying it to the product, along with the existing labels. Today, we got to […]
Schools Add RFID Tagging to Student IDs
The days of the morning attendance roll call are in decline as schools are now adopting RFID technology to track everything from student attendance to valuable assets. Students will carry ID cards or tags with a unique identifier that is transmitted to readers in the school. No more swiping cards; the reader instantly relays the […]
2D Barcodes – More Info Less Space
2D Barcodes becoming widely adopted for access to more information in smaller labeling spaces.
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