Monday 9 March 2015

Why we use Barcode Verifier?

Manufacturers have to ensure barcodes are accurate on products to be sure they are coded, priced, inventoried and accounted for correctly. This process is completed using a barcode verifier to scan the barcode and read what information is actually included in the barcode. The verifier reads the barcode and then the person using the barcode verifier can then review the information to make sure it is accurate as to what the product is that has been produced .These barcode verifiers can be found in various locations throughout a manufacturing facility.

The first area one might be found is in the printing press room where the barcodes are first printed.  At this point the verification process is designed to ensure the barcodes have been accurately printed and any defects found can be corrected and reprinted prior to the barcodes being applied to the products themselves.  The second place a barcode verifier might be found is at the end of the manufacturing run to ensure the barcode applied to products matches the product they are attached to. This ensures the right items have the right codes on them to ensure correct inventory and production levels are kept.

Because barcode verifiers are used in manufacturing in a few different forms, Provident Group offers barcode verifiers that are both stationary and mobile for companies to use.  The mobile verifiers can be hooked up to  a laptop computer and gives the user the ability to move from station to station verifying the barcodes.  This is much more efficient than having several barcode verifiers, one at each end of a production run.  By ordering barcode verification equipment from Provident Group a manufacturer can be certain the barcodes used on their produces are accurate when the products leave the factory.

Thursday 5 March 2015

Provident Group offers the most advanced barcode scanners.

Whenever you go to the store every item you purchase has a barcode attached to it.  Why is that, what does these barcodes mean?  What each barcode indicates is what the item actually is.  Specific barcodes are used for items in order to categorize them as perishable or non-perishable along with allowing manufacturers to indicate what each item is that has the barcode attached.  The various barcodes used are universal and indicate to each location an item move to what the item is, how many are in a package and what each item will sell for if the location is the selling location.  

Barcodes have to be accurate in order to ensure the right items make it to the correct locations.  Incorrect barcodes could cause items that should be at a specific store end up at other stores just because the barcode on the items is the wrong one.  For this reason barcodes that are printed by the manufacturer must be verified by barcode scanners at the time of printing and after the barcodes have been affixed to the products that are heading out of the manufacturing plant for sale.

Provident Group offers the most advanced barcode scanners in the business for any company to take advantage of and make use of.  Rather than needing a barcode scanner at the end of every product line the scanners can be mobile and connected to a laptop computer to be read.  This allows the barcode verification process to be an easy one to actually complete in a timely manner. Because a barcode scanner does not need to be attached to every product line the process can be much faster and more cost effective.  With barcode scanners from Provident Group a manufacturing company can be sure their items have the correct barcodes attached every time products leave the plant.