In fast-paced operations like those you find throughout the supply chain, time is money. When you waste time through repetitive manual tasks or consistent errors, you are causing damage to your bottom line.
You may not think something as small as barcode verification can have a huge impact on productivity and profits, but when your workers are spending valuable time on inefficient, or worse, ineffective manual processes, that time can build up and translate into a not-insignificant amount of lost revenue. Reducing waste and automating your barcode verification process will increase productivity as well as profits.
Here’s why:
Eliminates Repetitive Manual Barcode Scanning
Are you trying to reduce bad barcodes by asking your employees to perform repetitive tasks like scanning barcodes by hand using barcode scanners?
Stop.
- That won't work. It's a waste of time and effort.
- These tasks can be more effectively and efficiently done with a barcode verification solution.
It’s important to ensure your barcodes are free of errors and are able to be scanned, but conducting manual spot-checks with a barcode scanner isn’t just slow—it’s unreliable. It only ensures that a single barcode can be scanned by a single scanner. It does not mean all your barcodes can be scanned by all scanners around the world.
Barcode verification can be automated and carried out during the printing process. This frees up your workers to carry out more cost-effective and important tasks, while also ensuring that you won’t be subjected to fines and chargebacks from unreadable barcodes, regardless of who is performing the scanning.
Identifies Equipment Issues
If you rely on spot checking to ensure your barcodes can be scanned, you may not be able to detect patterns of errors that could clue you in on possible issues with your equipment. Automatic barcode verification looks at every single barcode you print, and can help you diagnose printer issues if you find you have consistently poor barcodes.
It’s important that issues that cause poorly-printed barcodes are detected and fixed right away, otherwise you could risk causing wear and tear on your printer that can eventually lead to downtime if you let it go on for too long. Catching it early on will help you nip the problem in the bud and ensure a longer lifespan for your industrial printer.
Reduced Reprints and Re-Shipments
When you allow bad barcodes to leave your facility before you catch them, you are increasing your risk of fines and chargebacks—not to mention your own reputation. Re-prints and re-shipments waste a lot of time and can present a huge cost.
Barcode verification immediately identifies barcodes that don’t meet ISO standards, and stops them in the production line. An industrial printer with integrated barcode verification will immediately re-print barcodes on the spot as soon as it detects errors, ensuring each barcode that leaves your facility is 100% accurate every time. You won’t need to reprint barcodes or pay for reshipments, and your good reputation will stay intact.
Imprint offers the latest, most advanced industrial printer and barcode verification solutions, like the Honeywell PX940 industrial printer with barcode verifier. For more information on how your operation can save time and revenue by leveraging innovative technology, contact Imprint Enterprises today.
