(A 2 minute read…) Barcodes have been in use commercially for decades. As businesses recognized the value of storing more information in these linear codes, they realized that the good, old-fashioned 1D barcode—which stores the equivalent of approximately 20 to 25 alphanumeric characters—wasn’t enough. The 2D barcode has been around for over 10 years, but…
Welcome back to my two-part blog series addressing 28 measurable metrics that manufacturers must consider in order to achieve essential goals. If you missed Part I, you can read it here. In today’s blog post, we will explore the metrics related to Ensuring Compliance, Reducing Maintenance, Increasing Flexibility and Innovation, Reducing Costs and Increasing Profitability….
Manufacturers invest in data collection technology because the information that’s available contributes to better decision-making. Gathering the data, however, represents partial progress toward improvement and when you analyze the information you’ve collected, you get even more value out of it. The Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association conducted research and developed a list of 28 metrics that manufacturers…
Businesses are steadily navigating to the cloud for enterprise computing. The access, scalability, and flexibility are commonly observed benefits. Learn more about enterprise cloud computing here. The 2015 State of the Cloud Survey reported that 93% of enterprises are adopting the cloud, with 88% saying they’re using a public cloud. The use of the public…
What is EMV? EMV stands for Europay, Mastercard and Visa. It is a global plan to reduce credit card fraud in multiple ways by taking advantage of chip-card transactions: EMV cards make the technology required to forge a fraudulent credit card much more expensive and out of the reach of potential criminals. EMV transactions use…
It would seem that the fast food industry is slowly starting to crumble — people are much more conscious of their eating habits and the market is finally starting to reflect that change: fast food restaurants have begun offering ‘healthy’ options, and other pseudo-fast food restaurants like Moe’s and Chipotle have rocketed in popularity with…
Bridging the Gap Barcodes are not only for grocery stores and libraries anymore. From tracking textbooks in schools to trees in the rainforests, it seems like people are getting more and more creative with how they track information every day. But turning this creativity into a tangible solution requires knowledge and planning. Therefore, this blog…
Thanks for stopping back to read Part 2 of my blog about tracking the massive amounts of paperwork involved with Advanced Placement (AP) high school courses and the College Board. In case you missed it, you can read Part 1 here. Keeping Track of Over 4,000,000 Exams The College Board is the company that develops…
Paper or Digital? Remember that phone book you used to look numbers up in? And then eventually you stuck in a drawer somewhere and pulled it out about once a year? It’s all online now. Or how about when you wanted to show someone a picture? It probably took a little more thought than the…
Keep Organization Simple If you’re new on the barcode block, you might be intimidated by all of the different barcode types and their seemingly rigid appearance & confusing lines. There is, however, no reason to be scared. Barcodes are not here to hurt us; rather, they are here to help us by: Tracking critical information…
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