How Barcodes Work!
I have been in the bar code labeling business for over 23 years. I came across this video on how UPC bar codes work. I knew some of this, but the finer details were new to me. I really enjoyed the detailed explanation. You too can become a bar code expert after viewing this short video. Did you like this post? Feel free to share it ...Tweet
Read MoreRadio Frequency Data Collection Up And Running
I have a customer who is on a very good growth curve for the foreseeable future. The problem they are faced with is that the inventory and order picking is all done by manually on clip boards. After these tasks are done, the hard copy paperwork is then sent to the office to be typed into the computer. Another problem they had is that there was a significant delay between the time they collected the data to when they could invoice their customers, it took days. They wanted something faster. With the company growing so fast, they were concerned that they would have to add people to keep up with...
Read MorePrice Look-Up Application on Short Notice
Recently, PaladinID was contacted by a retail client with a serious and time sensitive business problem. They are opening their first stores in MA and have discovered that our busy elected officials on Beacon Hill have thrown them an unanticipated curve ball. It is a law in this Commonwealth that all items in a store be individually price labeled. For those items where that is not practical, the store must provide one price look-up scanner (you have seen these at WalMart) for every 5000 feet of floor space. Basically, the scanner reads the bar code on the item and performs a...
Read MoreOn-Line Bar Code Verification Revisited
In an earlier post we talked about an application in which our client needed to verify the print quality of bar codes as they were being printed. We recommended an after market bolt-on scanning device that could trigger a divert from the manufacturing line if a sub-standard bar code was detected. Well, we have another client with a similar business problem – ensuring that the bar codes they print on their products are scannable by their end user customers. However, this application differs in that the labels are printed in a peel and present mode and then manually applied to the...
Read MoreETG Systems
Last week we spoke with Jamie Thomas at ETG Systems in Dallas TX. ETG is a software company that offers a number of specialty products. We are initiating a relationship to resell their WEBorder application. The product is a replacement or upgrade path for those companies using devices with acoustic couplers to remotely enter orders. For example, there are many wholesalers that have their sales force use handheld Telxon 610′s or 710′s to enter orders from the field over a telephone connection. In particular, we have talked with both hardware and food wholesalers who...
Read MoreGlacier Computer
On Friday May 2, Dana and I met with Rodney Mitchell at Glacier Computer in Amherst NH. Rodney is an old friend and in a previous life was the sales manager at Advanced Data Capture. He is now the Channel Manager at Glacier and we met with him and Mark Mistretta, the CFO, to discuss their products and to explore a reseller partnership. Glacier is a manufacturer of rugged terminals and PC’s for applications in the warehouse, manufacturing, construction and field service markets. They are tightly focused on industrial computing applications and have a reputation for building...
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