Barcode Scanning can Replace Paper Forms in Manufacturing

barcode scanning

Switching to barcode scanning can save the work of 3 full time employees.  Are you still using paper forms, pencils, and clipboards? An estimated 80% of small to mid-size manufacturing plants are still using paper forms and manual keyboard data entry to track inventory and manufacturing operations. The drawbacks to this manual system are twofold:…

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RFID Tags that Can Be Sterilized: A Game Changer

RFID tags that can be sterilized

Product safety and sterilization standards are in the forefront of every manufacturing company’s mind. Pharmaceutical companies must adhere to stringent sterilization and safety standards. What if… What if you could attach or embed a tag or label to every single asset you had that would track everything about the item from creation until you were…

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Talking With Terry Pruett, Alien Technology About Hydra RFID Readers

Talking With Terry Pruett, Alien Technology About Hydra RFID Readers

Ask the Expert: Solving: How To Reduce Cost And Complexity In RFID Ecosystems Terry Pruett has been building channels, directing product management, and creating marketing campaign messaging in the Auto ID business for 30 years. He played a critical role in the genesis of the Monarch Marking channel, and ran global printer marketing for both…

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Radio Frequency Data Collection Up And Running

Radio Frequency Identification

Our radio frequency data collection is 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…

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New Barcode Resource Section Launched

We are excited to put together a news & resource sectionon our website.  This section will include press releases, white papers from us and our vendors as well as articles we have written.  Our goal is to make PaladinID the go to website for any and all Auto ID questions and problems.  Our mission is to…

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ETG 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…

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Glacier 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…

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Thoughts on the drive from SC to Boston

My youngest son transferred from UMASS Amherst to the University of South Carolina last week – a smart move on his part at this time of year.  While helping him move in, I took the opportunity to visit with our friends at Scansource.  Their headquarters is in Greenville SC which about 100 miles from the campus…

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