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Crafting Clear Labels: How to Make Ingredient Labels That Meet Compliance

BY: NICK RECHT / DATE: 09/19/2024 / TOPICS: CANNABIS, FOOD & BEVERAGE, PHARMACEUTICAL, LABEL DESIGN, REGULATORY COMPLIANCE

In today's health-conscious world, ingredient labels are more than a list of components. They’re a tool for consumer safety, transparency, and trust. According to Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE), every 1 in 10 adults has a food allergy and has experienced a severe reaction. Whether you’re in the food & beverage, cosmetics, cannabis, or pharmaceutical industry, ensuring that your ingredient labels are accurate and compliant with regulatory standards is essential.

Podcast Highlights: Eliminating Room for Error in Cannabis Labeling

BY: SCOTT FABIAN / DATE: 04/20/2024 / TOPICS: CANNABIS

With growth comes competition and competitive pricing trends among cannabis brands and retailers. This has led to significant price declines and slim profit margins. This blog pulls out highlights from the Cannabis Equipment News (CEN) podcast on how TEKLYNX is helping cannabis manufacturers and companies of all sizes eliminate errors in cannabis labeling to help increase efficiency and profitability.

Smarter Labeling: Reduce Label Files with Variable Data

BY: TRAVIS WAYNE / DATE: 11/30/2023 / TOPICS: AEROSPACE & DEFENSE, AUTOMOTIVE, CANNABIS, FOOD & BEVERAGE, MANUFACTURING, MEDICAL DEVICE, PHARMACEUTICAL, RETAIL, LABEL DESIGN, PRINT AUTOMATION

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!

How Database Integration Improves Cannabis Supply Chain Labeling

BY: TRAVIS WAYNE / DATE: 04/20/2023 / TOPICS: CANNABIS

At any step in the cannabis supply chain, your labeling system should allow for full control and traceability, from seed to sale.

RFID Labeling Basics: What It Is, How It Works & How to Create

BY: TRAVIS WAYNE / DATE: 01/20/2023 / TOPICS: CANNABIS, HEALTHCARE, RETAIL, MANUFACTURING, BARCODE BASICS, ENTERPRISE LABEL MANAGEMENT, LABEL DESIGN, RFID

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.

Barcode Labeling Tips for Small Businesses

BY: JENNA WAGNER / DATE: 11/22/2022 / TOPICS: CANNABIS, FOOD & BEVERAGE, RETAIL, LABEL DESIGN

This blog will cover barcode labeling tips for small businesses to implement no matter where they’re at with their labeling process – handwriting labels, purchasing pre-printed labels from a vendor, or using software to design and print labels.

The Future of Cannabis Labeling in One Word: Efficiency

BY: NICK RECHT / DATE: 11/10/2022 / TOPICS: CANNABIS, ENTERPRISE LABEL MANAGEMENT, REGULATORY COMPLIANCE, LABEL DESIGN, PRINT AUTOMATION

The future of cannabis labeling centers around the efficiencies companies can create to overcome the business challenges of today: timely manual processes prone to human error, disjointed data sources, state-by-state packaging and labeling requirements until cannabis is federally regulated, and inflexible systems hindering expansion. As cannabis companies are maturing and investing in technology, we’re getting more questions about ways to streamline labeling operations and future-proof labeling environments.

How the Cannabis Industry Uses RFID to Cultivate Business Intelligence

BY: CHRIS BROWN, RFID SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT, TSC PRINTRONIX AUTO ID / DATE: 07/21/2022 / TOPICS: CANNABIS, LABEL DESIGN, REGULATORY COMPLIANCE, RFID

RFID has wide-ranging benefits for the cannabis industry ranging from tracking individual plants to real-time inventorying of thousands of plants to business intelligence capabilities that can integrate with systems for plant lifecycle management, plant, and package inventory, and more.

The Direct Impact of an Integrated Cannabis Labeling Solution

BY: TRAVIS WAYNE / DATE: 04/14/2022 / TOPICS: CANNABIS, ENTERPRISE LABEL MANAGEMENT, PRINT AUTOMATION, REGULATORY COMPLIANCE

Companies that integrate labeling software with other business systems are decreasing errors, increasing efficiency, and experiencing revenue growth. This blog will go through what an integrated cannabis labeling solution is (and what it’s not), the benefits of integration, and ways to integrate your labeling software.

How to Make Your Product Labels Stand Out with Images

BY: TRAVIS WAYNE / DATE: 12/02/2021 / TOPICS: CANNABIS, FOOD & BEVERAGE, RETAIL, LABEL DESIGN, COLOR LABELING

You’ve created a great product and made it to store shelves! Your hard work is starting to pay off, and now it’s time to make sure you’re setting your product up for the commercial success it deserves. Designing an attractive and professional product label is the best way to make sure your product stands out, and images are a great way to do just that.

How to Support Your Omnichannel Supply Chain Strategy with Centralized Label Management

BY: NICK RECHT / DATE: 11/11/2021 / TOPICS: CANNABIS, FOOD & BEVERAGE, SHIPPING & RECEIVING, WAREHOUSING & DISTRIBUTION, RETAIL, MANUFACTURING, ENTERPRISE LABEL MANAGEMENT, CLOUD LABELING

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.

Take the Next Step and Automate Cannabis Labeling with TEKLYNX and Zebra

BY: COLIN GOODWIN, NA ISV BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT (RETAIL & HOSPITALITY) AT ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES / DATE: 10/15/2021 / TOPICS: CANNABIS, PRINT AUTOMATION

As growers, distributors, and dispensaries know extremely well, cannabis is quickly becoming a big-money industry with huge opportunities to scale up and grow your business.

Enterprise Labeling Software: How to Manage Compliance Labeling

BY: TRAVIS WAYNE / DATE: 04/08/2021 / TOPICS: AUTOMOTIVE, CANNABIS, CHEMICAL, FOOD & BEVERAGE, HEALTHCARE, MEDICAL DEVICE, PHARMACEUTICAL, ENTERPRISE LABEL MANAGEMENT, LABEL TRACEABILITY, REGULATORY COMPLIANCE

Compliance labeling is critical for manufacturers and distributors in many industries. Managing compliance labeling doesn’t need to cause headaches when you use a robust and reliable enterprise labeling system. Following these key principles will set you up for compliance labeling success.

FDA’s Packaging and Labeling Guidelines for CBD Manufacturers: The Basics and Best Practices

BY: DAVID FREUDENBERG, ANANDA HEMP / DATE: 03/30/2021 / TOPICS: CANNABIS, LABEL DESIGN, REGULATORY COMPLIANCE

Reports show that the global cannabidiol market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 21.2% from 2021 to 2028. Regulation is definitely the next step to take as hemp products are taking the world by storm.

How to Create Cannabis Labels On-Demand

BY: NICK RECHT / DATE: 08/27/2019 / TOPICS: CANNABIS, LABEL DESIGN, PRINT AUTOMATION, LABEL TRACEABILITY, COLOR LABELING, REGULATORY COMPLIANCE

Keeping up with this fast-growing market can be overwhelming with the frequently changing labeling regulations and tracking from seed to sale, but TEKLYNX software can help with that. How? On-demand cannabis labeling!

On-Demand Color Labeling Explained

BY: NICK RECHT / DATE: 08/07/2019 / TOPICS: MANUFACTURING, SHIPPING & RECEIVING, AUTOMOTIVE, CHEMICAL, HEALTHCARE, MEDICAL DEVICE, WAREHOUSING & DISTRIBUTION, PHARMACEUTICAL, CANNABIS, FOOD & BEVERAGE, LABEL DESIGN, REGULATORY COMPLIANCE, COLOR LABELING

Imagine a world without color - pretty boring, right?