Barcode labels have been used for many years now and have proved to be invaluable in retail and commercial environments. They are handy at storing information about products, can offer safety and security to valuable items and ideal for retailers selling their goods. It is this latter application that has really taken off over the […]
Barcodes are used every day for a variety of reasons; there are retail barcodes, barcode labels, asset labels and even sometimes barcodes on the post. However, of late there has been a shift in the kind of people that are using barcodes. Rather than only being useful to businesses and shops there has been a […]
Tesco have a launched a new grocery ordering service at Gatwick Airport so passengers can make sure their fridge is stocked up when they return from their travels. The system has a large interactive chilled cabinet-like display where an assortment of 80 products are displayed along with their corresponding barcode labels. If you want to […]
When you have a business to run you don’t want to spend your time trying to put systems in place to maximise efficiency. What you need is maximum efficiency from the outset. So if you are starting a new business venture it might be worth looking at systems such as asset tracking so all your […]
Every business has countless assets which they need to protect to preserve their business interests. The assets a company may own can add up to thousands of pounds, so it makes sense to have some way of identifying these assets so that the company knows how much money it has tied up in the assets […]
Just about every consumer product now features a barcode label on the packaging. Barcodes are extensively used for inventory tracking and product pricing in a retail environment. But they don’t just have to be printed onto a product at the time of manufacture, they can also feature as an add-on item which can be printed […]
There are many companies who are getting rid of permanent staff and hiring temps to cut back on overheads. This can be a good idea and can result in increased flexibility in terms of contracts won and lost and can also mean that laying off of unneeded staff never needs to happen. The downside of […]
A barcode tracking system which is being used at hospitals in Oxfordshire has won a top safety award. The barcode scanning system which is being used at Oxforshire’s University Hospitals (OUHs) was introduced around six months ago and after some early teething trouble is now proving its worth. The system can request appropriate tests from […]
