A lot of organizations need to keep track of expensive items such as equipment, furniture, IT assets, etc. One of our favorite ways to do this is using RedBeam, a simple to use but powerful Asset Tracking solution. It is not expensive, easy to set up and can be used from a computer or a […]
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Don’t Let TSA Mandates Slow Your Shipments
In 2007, Congress passed the 9/11 Act requiring that 100% of the cargo originating in the US that is transported on passenger airplanes be screened in the same way as passenger luggage. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is charged with enforcing this mandate; the deadline for meeting this mandate was August 1, 2010. If you ship […]
New Cognex Dataman 8000 Series
For quite a while, Cognex has made one of the best high end barcode scanners, the Dataman 7000. We have sold a bunch of them, especially the version that can be used to verify UID marks. Well, everything changes and the 7000 is about to be replaced by the new Dataman 8000 series. While a lot […]
PTI Seeks Volunteers to Help With Traceability Practices
The Produce Traceability Initiative (PTI) is seeking volunteers from the fresh produce industry to guide future traceback procedures and help standardize industry-wide traceability practices. PTI wants to establish groups to address issues in four key areas: 1) guide and promote industry-wide adoption of GS1 standards, including developing best-practices for implementing tracking solutions. 2) identify product attributes […]
Intermec SR61 Scanner Review
Intermec SR61 Hands-on Review When it comes to barcode scanners, I’d be the first to admit that I usually turn to Symbol. Whether the low cost laser scanners for linear barcodes or cordless scanners, I’ve always found the Symbol products to be really nicely thought out – and basically just work. Anyway, just for a […]
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