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What is a check digit? Simply put, a check digit is an extra number added to a barcode to help detect errors. Barcode check digits are calculated using algorithms during both barcode creation and scanning. If the scanned check digit matches the created check digit, the barcode was scanned correctly.
Check digits are foundational to barcode data integrity, validation, and quality. In this blog, we’ll dive into what check digits are, how they work, and why they’re important.
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Barcodes are the backbone of supply chain operations. But what does that mean for you and your business? In this blog we explain everything there is to know about barcodes and why they matter.
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A well-functioning labeling system is an important part of operational efficiency because it impacts nearly every part of your supply chain. An outdated labeling system can lead to misprints, noncompliance, and slow production. This blog covers how to evaluate your labeling system. We’ll dive into the questions to ask and how to determine if your labeling system has room for improvement.
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Are you spending too much time designing label templates with multiple rows of data, repeating fields, or manually formatting content that changes with every print job? CODESOFT’s GridField feature is exactly what you need to help.
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Companies with multiple locations have unique labeling challenges. When its locations are spread around the world, those challenges are magnified. Better connections are essential in a global labeling environment, so companies should consider how label management software can streamline operations and improve international connectivity.
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Supply chain disruptions can strike anytime, often when least expected, creating uncertainty for businesses. Many companies are unprepared to handle large-scale, unplanned disruptions. Factors like human error or natural disasters can delay products from reaching the market, impacting essentials such as getting food on tables and medicine to those who need it. Additionally, challenges like labor shortages, geopolitical tensions, and global events further slow down manufacturing and distribution processes.
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Color labeling is not a new phenomenon. Manufacturers have long understood the value of incorporating color onto their labels. From branding and marketing to product identification, the opportunities color can provide are limitless.
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This blog will highlight how businesses can optimize labeling practices to align with the triple bottom line framework. Companies can drive ethical, sustainable, and profitable growth by focusing on the interconnected areas of people, planet, and profit.
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Barcodes have been used for over fifty years to communicate information between buyers, sellers, distributors, governments, and more. While a barcode could contain any random string of numbers, the power of barcodes is in standards.
GS1 is the organization behind the most widely used barcode standards in the world. Generating accurate GS1 barcodes is a priority for any business. In this blog, we’ll discuss how to generate GS1 barcodes using barcode label design software.
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In the fast-paced manufacturing world, efficiency is key to staying competitive and meeting customer demands. One thing often overlooked is the role of labeling in enhancing manufacturing efficiency. Accurate, fast, and compliant labeling can streamline operations, reduce errors, and help products move smoothly through the supply chain.
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In 2024, the best barcode labeling software meets the needs of modern manufacturers. Savvy IT directors want the right balance of cloud and on-premises technology. Above all, users are choosing software providers that put their customers first. TEKLYNX 2024 products bring new cloud features, expanded customization options, and are supported by an award-winning customer support team with global locations.
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Picture a world where your label data is always 100% right, cutting down on waste and making life easier for users. For many businesses—especially those in manufacturing, food and beverage, and other industries—that need precise labeling, this may seem impossible. But the answer is simple: having a single source of truth (SSOT) for label data.
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On June 26th, 1974, the first barcode was scanned on a pack of Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit Gum. This year, we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the barcode. To this day, barcodes serve the same purpose as they did in 1974, identifying products throughout the supply chain. However, they have evolved significantly since 1974, with many advancements to 1D and 2D barcodes.
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Looking to master your label management solution? We’ve got you covered with the best label management features from our labeling experts who combined have over 50 years of labeling experience. From streamlining processes to customizing your software interface, we're here to make sure you're using your software to its full potential.
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Right now, retailers are tasked with meeting complex and multifaceted challenges in the post-pandemic landscape. This blog by Brother Mobile Solutions focuses on small but powerful ways you can meet common challenges with simple adjustments to your day-to-day procedures.
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As our world moves towards a digital transformation, automation is a crucial tool for a thriving business. By automating processes, companies can make their workflows faster and more efficient, enabling them to do more with less. This blog will go over how to automate your label printing and how TEKLYNX can help in providing solutions.
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The placement of barcodes on packaging is important as it affects products' movement throughout the supply chain, and the end user's experience. Read the blog where GS1 walks you through barcode placement guidelines.
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In a recent webinar co-hosted by Kallik and TEKLYNX, industry experts gave insight into the evolving world of labeling and artwork content management for 2024. The webinar focused on providing practical advice and innovative solutions while centering around 5 Top Tips for Effective Labeling and Artwork Content Management in 2024.
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Barcodes are the foundation for many industries and one of the most crucial parts of business operations, yet often overlooked. For operations to remain efficient and error-free, barcodes must be correct on every product or package. To keep your business and barcodes organized to prevent production downtime, chargebacks, and product recalls — avoid these eight common barcode mistakes.
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When you need to print a label, how long does it take to find the correct file, populate the correct data, and start the print job? If you’re not leveraging the power of variable data on smart label templates, it could take several minutes just to find the right label file!
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In today's fast-paced and competitive business world, the importance of professional barcode labels cannot be overstated. These small, often overlooked pieces of your product’s packaging can have a significant impact on your company’s success. Clear and concise labels with readable barcodes are a tool for branding, inventory management, point of sale, order fulfillment, and establishing strong retail sales and distribution relationships.
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This blog will examine barcode serialization, looking at its fundamental concepts, the benefits it can offer to businesses, and its broad applications across multiple industries. Whether you are in a regulated or non-regulated industry, learn how barcode serialization can shape the future of your business.
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If you print labels with variable information, that same variable information is likely what’s also used on pick lists, pack lists, bills of material, and purchase orders. Leveraging your label design software to print corresponding documents saves time and money, improves the integrity of your data across labels and documents, and maximizes the return on investment (ROI) for software you already invested in.
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Connecting your labeling system with your current business systems, like an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system or warehouse management system (WMS), can boost your ROI without investing in a new system. By using what you already have and adding automated labeling, you can tap into your existing data to get a clearer view of operations.
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RESTful API, or simply REST API, is often used for building web services that allow different software systems to bi-directionally communicate with each other over the internet. REST API has been used by manufacturers for a variety of purposes, including streamlining their labeling processes. Read our blog to learn how it's evolving labeling processes for manufacturers.
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You wouldn’t wait years to go to the doctor for a check–up.
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TEKLYNX interviewed Mark Middendorf, Epson’s Go-To-Market Product Manager for Epson’s ColorWorks inkjet label printers, and learn how businesses are leveraging color on labels in new and creative ways.
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Sustainability is so much more than a “hot topic” in manufacturing these days. It is a movement, a critical area of focus, and a priority driven by consumer demand that is resulting in many companies rethinking their processes and materials and taking action to be more sustainable.
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The manufacturing industry is adopting cloud technology to protect business continuity, reduce IT overhead, and improve productivity, efficiency, and autonomy. Having your labeling software hosted via cloud technology allows print users to access a simple label printing interface while removing the burden of IT maintenance, such as server management, software upgrades, and local installations.
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This blog will break down the benefits of RFID, how TEKLYNX software supports RFID technology, where RFID is used, and the steps to create an RFID label.
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We expect our manufacturing customers to be focused on responding to continued supply chain disruption by embracing automation technologies to speed up labeling processes, reduce errors, and improve workflow efficiencies. Additionally, we anticipate seeing them use mergers, acquisitions, and labor issues as an opportunity to reevaluate labeling processes and modernize labeling software.
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National Manufacturing Day, also known as MFG Day, takes place on the first Friday in October. It is a day when manufacturers have the biggest opportunity to inspire and promote manufacturing to the next generation.
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Barcode labeling is the common language that allows every link in the automotive supply chain to work together efficiently. This blog will go through the importance of barcode label quality (and how to ensure it), centralizing control of barcode labeling and creating a supplier network to do so, and where to get started.
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Barcode symbologies differ by the type of data they hold and are encoded with. In this blog, we go over the categories of barcodes, the most common types of barcodes, and how to choose the best one for your labels.
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Seamlessly print your labels to multiple locations with cloud label printing options. This blog will go over four unique ways to leverage the cloud for label printing, answers to commonly asked questions about each option, and how using the cloud can benefit your labeling environment.
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There are many examples of how manufacturers are becoming more sustainable through reducing waste. In this blog, we will focus on the role of label printing and how linerless labeling is growing in popularity as a step towards more sustainable manufacturing.
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There is a common misconception that creating and leveraging barcodes is an expensive or time-consuming investment when in reality there are barcode label software solutions with low up-front costs that are easy to install and use, plus pave the way for scalability as your company grows.
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Business agility and technology adoption is even more critical for organizations to operate through the turbulence from an unusually quick economic rebound and to compete in the next growth period. This blog will explain four trends in the manufacturing industry and how labeling will support those trends through 2022 and beyond so you can set your company up for success.
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To keep shoppers safe during the pandemic and provide a seamless customer experience no matter how they’re shopping – online from a mobile device or in a brick-and-mortar store – many retailers started to implement an omnichannel approach to distribution.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has forced companies to rethink their package labeling processes. Manufacturing organizations that have traditionally relied on the use of desktop-based labeler printers with a manual label application process (application by hand) are facing increasing challenges regarding labor shortages driven by the pandemic.
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How many business systems – an ERP or WMS – have you heard are migrating to the cloud? In its report, the International Data Corporation (IDC) said “demand for cloud-based ERP applications continues to grow because of their ability to access and analyze massive amounts of data in near real time.” As more and more companies utilize cloud-based ERP systems, integrative software solutions need to be able to play nice with them.
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When labor shortages happen, but consumers continue to want their products quickly, companies are forced to focus their resources on the most critical areas of their business. While labeling is absolutely a critical business function, it doesn’t need to use up valuable person-hours. When your company faces labor shortages, here are seven key ways to make labeling less manual so your staff can focus on other value-added activities.
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Embracing innovation through cloud-hosted technologies, being agile enough for disaster recovery and business continuity, and speed of transformation through establishing simple integrations are among the top trends we’re seeing in enterprise labeling for 2021, as well as the continuing need to meet ever-evolving labeling regulations this year and beyond.
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In 2021, companies are seeking better connectivity more than ever before. The world-changing year of 2020 is over, and businesses around the globe are using the lessons they learned to implement better systems and forge stronger connections throughout the supply chain.
The best barcode labeling software for 2021 equips manufacturers to build better connections between people, systems, and organizations.
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Printing one label might sound simple, but many companies need to print thousands of labels per day. This can be a challenge when those labels must have unique data. As difficult as it might sound, printing thousands of unique labels per day can be easy with the correct enterprise labeling software.
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Integrating label printing systems with SAP is a guaranteed way to decrease labeling errors and maximize ROI while also speeding up your label printing process.
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In an unpredictable world, stability is needed wherever it can be found. Your barcode label printing system is critical to business operations, so building a strong and stable label printing system is necessary for a strong and stable business.
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As 2020 comes to a close, it’s time to look forward to 2021. Let’s take a look at five major manufacturing trends that, while undeniably accelerated by the events of 2020, will hold true into 2021 and beyond. For each trend, we’ll dive into ways labeling will evolve in 2021 to support manufacturing.
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Manufacturers today are part of a global supply chain, sometimes specializing in one product or process. In a vast supply chain made up of contract manufacturers, suppliers, warehousing providers, and distribution specialists, labeling is the common language that allows every link in the supply chain to work together.
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Manufacturers worldwide face numerous challenges in labeling, from meeting customer demands and regulatory compliance to addressing growing sustainability concerns and inefficient labeling processes. This blog will showcase how three TEKLYNX customers overcame labeling challenges in manufacturing with print automation software.
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We all know the saying, “You can’t have your cake and eat it too.” I am here to tell you that with TEKLYNX 2019 and newer products, it will feel like you can! Prior to TEKLYNX 2019 products, customization within the label print form was not possible.
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Take a moment and think about all of the individual activities required to get a product from the manufacturer to the consumer. Now, think about which of these activities rely on a barcode, label or both. The list is long and important, and it’s the foundation of product development at TEKLYNX.
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