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We are often asked to suggest which barcode is best for a particular application. Sometimes there is no choice. For compliance labeling, for example, the type of barcode to be used is normally specified by the organization concerned. This might be an international standard such as the SSCC codes specified by GS1 or a government […]

A guest post by Peter Green of BellHawk Systems. I am a big proponent of “license-plate” tracking (which is the global standard) whereby an item or container has a unique tracking barcode attached, just like the license plate on a car or truck, and then all the other information is stored or transmitted electronically. One […]

My friend Tim over at Zebra (@ZebraTechnology) posted a link on Twitter to this clever little service offered by Google. The QR Code Generator lets you make your own QR Codes in a number of formats. The code you see here is my Winco ID contact information that I encoded on the site. It is […]

If you want to keep up with news about our food supply chain, the Food Safety News site is a great place to start. Whatever your interest, maybe in legislation, recalls, the politics of the food business, you’ll find some good content. To make it easier to keep up, the FSN folks have just launched […]

As the government continues their effort to improve inventory and tracking of essential military inventory, more DoD contracts are calling for compliance with labeling specifications under MIL-STD-130 and MIL-STD-129. DCMA inspections are taking a more serious approach to enforcing these labeling mandates. Shipments are being delayed and units are rejected when the proper labeling requirements […]