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With tightening margins and fierce competition in the industry, automotive manufacturers are working heavily on optimising manufacturing processes in order to reduce costs and improve flexibility and time to market. The future of automotive manufacturing is likely to focus around key terms such as “Produce on demand”, “Process Standardization & Integration” and “Integrated Logistics”.
From the current processes used in manufacturing the industry is expected to move towards a Digital Planning/Manufacturing with the aim of increasing efficiency without having to add personnel on the floor. On the other hand, new technologies such as Magnesium Hot Forming, Liquid Hot Isostatic Pressing, or Plasma Spray Coating amongst others are expected to find increased usage. OEMs consider body in white and powertrain manufacturing to be most important for integrating innovative technologies and processes.

Automotive manufacturers are continuously moving towards a greater degree of automation in the body assembly process. Robots can achieve higher levels of volumes and precision than their human counterparts. German OEMs for instance have achieved almost 95 per cent automation in the body in white assembly. One of the leading drivers for this shift is the safety of factory workers, as it reduces the risk of exposure to physical hazards.

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How Barcode Technology is Future-proofing the Oil & Gas supply chain

The energy sector as a whole is currently “undergoing a seismic shift,” *according to DHL. “This is requiring logistics executives to rethink traditional energy supply chain models and implement a highly integrated approach to drive down logistics costs and enhance profit margins.”***

The need to effectively manage inventory, equipment, and fixed assets in the field is one of the most difficult challenges confronting the oil and gas industry today. With so many moving parts and materials dispersed across large areas (or globally), often with limited connectivity, even minor hiccups in supply chain processes can cause delays and unexpected stoppages.

Using digitization and digital automation solutions to reduce cost leaks, increase material visibility, and reduce operating expenses.

Mobile barcoding, also known as mobile data collection, is one such digital technology. Oil and gas companies can use this technology to track inventory, fixed assets, spare parts, consumables, equipment, and more in real-time, all the time, throughout their supply chain.

How does mobile barcoding technology accelerate efficiency in oil and gas?

To name a few examples, mobile barcoding:

Minimizes costs and downtime associated with unplanned maintenance or parts shortages.
Sheds excess or stockpiled inventory with real-time stock management and replenishment.
Reduces overhead bloat associated with missing, aging, and obsolescent parts and assets.
Drives performance through gains in productivity, throughput, and accurate forecasting.
Tracks assign and transfers tools, equipment, and fixed assets across multiple facilities.
Controls materials in areas of limited connectivity, such as off-shore oil rigs.
Integrates with and supports digital transformation and enterprise asset management (EAM) strategies.

How Barcode Technology Improves Manufacturing processes in Industry 4.0

Data collection from the shop floor is a significant challenge in manufacturing operations. With ERPs driving manufacturing operations, data collection has become more demanding. Data entry via the keyboard results in lost critical time and a high risk of error. PCs have inherited issues such as wires, space requirements, reliability, and so on. This is where barcode, wireless, and RFID technologies come in handy for data collection.

Warehouse Management

Today, things change rapidly in manufacturing operations. Manufacturing operations that were previously supported by in-house systems are now supported by ERP systems. In order to share costs and remain competitive, the companies have formed alliances with material suppliers, logistics providers, and customers. The bar code and wireless data collection are essential components of modern manufacturing operations. The user gains the ability to enter and access real-time, accurate data from the manufacturing or warehouse floor by integrating a barcode data collection system into manufacturing operations.

The availability of accurate and real-time data enables you to make decisions that reduce raw material warehousing, buffer stock accumulation, and finished goods inventory.

The use of real-time data allows the entire manufacturing process to be synchronised. You can avoid running wires by combining bar code, RFID, and wireless technologies. You don’t have to wait for employees to enter data by hand, which is time-consuming and inaccurate. Transactions move quickly and accurately from your plant floor or warehouse directly into your ERP system, avoiding such human interaction.

Inventory Control

Incorporating barcoding into the manufacturing industry can result in a much more efficient Inventory Control system, which can help reap benefits such as:

The shipment’s information is disseminated quickly and accurately, resulting in better inventory control.
In the case of FMCG, first-manufacture-first-out (FMFO) minimises product obsolescence, inventory holding costs, and maximise stock freshness.
Improved stock control, warehousing, and product distribution
Invoice generation that is automated
Forecasting of raw material ordering levels that is accurate and timely
Inventory control saves money overall.
Control over reorder levels is improved, resulting in shorter reorder cycles.
Effective application of the principle of just-in-time inventory control
Periodical cycle counts are performed flawlessly and quickly.

How Barcode Technology Improves Manufacturing processes in Industry 4.0

Warehouse management

The availability of accurate and real-time data enables you to make decisions that reduce raw material warehousing, buffer stock accumulation, and finished goods inventory.

The use of real-time data allows the entire manufacturing process to be synchronized. You can avoid running wires by combining bar code, RFID, and wireless technologies. You don’t have to wait for employees to enter data by hand, which is time-consuming and inaccurate. Transactions move quickly and accurately from your plant floor or warehouse directly into your ERP system, avoiding such human interaction.

Inventory Control

Incorporating barcoding into the manufacturing industry can result in a much more efficient Inventory Control system, which can help reap benefits such as:

The shipment’s information is disseminated quickly and accurately, resulting in better inventory control.
In the case of FMCG, first-manufacture-first-out (FMFO) to minimise product obsolescence, inventory holding costs, and maximise stock freshness.
Improved stock control, warehousing, and product distribution
Invoice generation that is automated
Forecasting of raw material ordering levels that is accurate and timely
Inventory control saves money overall.
Control over reorder levels is improved, resulting in shorter reorder cycles.
Effective application of the principle of just-in-time inventory control
Periodical cycle counts are performed flawlessly and quickly.

The following segments of the manufacturing industry can benefit from bar coding:

Automobiles and automobile-related products
Engineering product manufacturing firms
White Goods Manufacturing Firms FMCG Firms Textile Manufacturing Firms
Pharmaceutical firms, as well as any other manufacturing firm with a large number of raw materials or products

How Barcode Technology Improves the Future of Customer-centric Retail

We have solutions to meet all of your needs, whether it’s automating your retail supply chain or your retail POS counter.

From the point of manufacture to the point of sale (POS), the retail industry is driven by the timely availability of accurate and reliable information. Automated Data Collection Technologies (such as barcoding, wireless, and RFID) enable retail businesses to meet these critical needs for real-time information availability.

In today’s customer-service-demanding business environment, where competition is increasing and margins are eroding, merchandisers require tools that will assist them in providing better customer service and reducing shrinkage by maintaining accurate and real-time inventories.

By integrating barcode, wireless, and RFID technologies into your business application, we bridge the gap between your business and data collection needs in retail.

Retail Supply Chain Management

Using barcode, RFID, and wireless technologies, you can update your retail supply chain in real-time. The real-time status of your supply chain enables you to:

Increased product availability
Reduced shrinkage
FMFO
Agile transactions.
Transparent Inventory projections

While RFID tracks consignments at the pallet level, barcode and wireless systems allow you to track your goods at the item level, meeting all of your data collection needs. We integrate all of these technologies into your business application using middleware and interface software to help you achieve the desired results. We assist you in selecting the appropriate product and then developing the necessary solution to meet your business requirements.ur return on investment.

How Barcode Technology Improves the Supply chain connected by IIoT in Industry 4.0

In today’s competitive business environment, the availability of up-to-date information is critical to your company’s success. The logistics supply chain is critical to the smooth operation of your business. Whether it’s tracking consignments or managing them within your warehouse operations, barcode, wireless, and RFID technologies improve your company’s information availability and accuracy.

The freight and courier industry is also benefiting from these technologies in terms of data collection and improving customer service.

Using GSM-based mobile data collection, information is collected in real-time from the point of pick-up or delivery and immediately updated in the central system. Bar-coding and wireless technologies are also very important in hub operations.

While maintaining the accuracy of the information and reducing the burden of validation and data entry on your staff, they allow you to operate at full speed in manual operations.

Integrating these technologies with your ERP/WMS/Business Application provides a significant ROI for your company. We seamlessly integrate these technology solutions with your business applications to meet your data collection needs throughout the logistics supply chain.

Tracking of Deliveries

Barcoding is essential in consignment tracking in the logistics industry, allowing it to reap numerous benefits such as:

Consignments can be easily tracked at any time.
The position of the consignment is updated in real time.
Significant reduction in time lag
Better consignment routing optimization
Circumstantial midstream deviation from the predefined route of the consignment routing
Exact performance evaluation of each participating distribution point in the distribution chain as a whole
Exact analysis of the inherent/extraneous factors that act as distribution impediments at various intermediate distribution points
Significant cost savings in the distribution process
Customers are served quickly and on time.
Provides critical inputs for redesigning alternative distribution methodologies that are superior to conventional ones.
Elimination of various speculative background preparations, saving time and money.

How Barcode Technology Improves the Healthcare & Diagnostics Industry

Health Care

The need for accuracy is of utmost priority when it comes to the healthcare industry. Whether it’s pharmaceutical manufacturing or bedside activities in the hospital or medical supplies inventory; the real-time availability of information plays a very important role in all functions of the healthcare industry.

Our range of barcode, mobile, wireless & RFID solutions allows you to capture the real-time data for each activity as well as provide last-minute information.

Medication & Diagnostics

Auto Identification and Data Collection using barcoding technology, mobile computing and wireless technology enabling access to fast, accurate and online information led the healthcare industry to:

Streamline its existing procedures and practices
Improve efficiency in operations
Reduce operational cost
Enhance promptness in service delivery
The cross-sections of the industry that can be benefited are as follows:
In Pathological Labs
In Blood banks
In hospitals (To review patient history/ Study X-ray/Ultrasound/CT Scan/MRI images :/ Check test results)
In bedside operations

HOW BARCODE TECHNOLOGY SAFEGUARDS HUMAN LIVES & INCREASES SUPPLY CHAIN EFFICIENCY IN THE F&B INDUSTRY

Delivering a safe and quality product to consumers is a challenge food and beverage manufacturers and retailers tackle every day.

Every day that challenge increases due to a number of factors. The production rates grow, so does the level of automation in the industry. Hence, the demand for packaging inspection and assembly verification arises. Where smart technology has replaced human error, it is up to the human to ensure the technology is error-free. The combination of both, human inspection and state-of-the-art smart technology, ensures the best results and minimizes the risks.

The problem of food traceability is even greater with the growing expansion of the industry. As food and beverage manufacturers cater to an increasing number of regional and niche markets, the number of different labels they need to affix often escalates to hundreds.

The Regulations Tighten the Grip, Mandating Efficient Prevention and Timely Mitigation

The Incentives of Smart Technology Deployment

Momentum is growing for the food and beverage manufacturers to harness the power of the smart technology to ensure the whole food supply chain traceability. The incentives of implementing smart devices with integrated barcode scanners in food and beverage industry are generous.

The automation of produce tracking facilitates the documenting of the entire production chain. This gives better insight and faster data processing for the management in real-time. Manual inspection alone cannot ensure the results of the manual inspection coupled with the greater accuracy of barcode scanning and automated data processing.

The problem of a mislabeled allergen alone is enough of a concern to urge manufacturers to deploy the latest technology to avoid expensive recalls. Matching the package to product and verifying its accuracy with the help of 2D barcode scanners minimises the risk of error.

The full supply chain visibility lets companies:

Comply with the regulations, domestic and international
Meet consumer expectations
Instill consumer trust and brand confidence
Minimise the time and cost of product recalls
Provide the regulators, retailers and food service customers with a timely access to quality, location and safety data of their products
Improve the cost and speed of operations
Minimise the risk of errors and mitigate the damage faster, potentially save lives in case of a contamination
Receive direct quality feedback from each actor of the food supply chain
Prevent or minimise counterfeiting, unauthorised sale, and diversion of goods

How Barcode Technology Improves Big Pharma

Global pharmaceutical firms are looking to India. According to the Pharmaceuticals Export Promotion Council of India (PHARMEXCIL), India’s pharmaceutical exports totaled $16.4 billion in 2016-17 and are expected to increase by 30% over the next three years to reach $20 billion by 2020. India is the world’s largest supplier of generic drugs, accounting for 20% of total global exports in terms of volume.

The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) issued a public notice announcing the implementation of a track and trace system incorporating GS1 barcode technology for pharmaceutical products exported from India.

TAG enterprises ensure that DGFT regulations are followed without impeding productivity.

Its now possible to uniquely identify, capture and share important information about exported consignments with regulators across the world.

Our solutions include serialisation and aggregation in the packaging process, allowing you to manage recalls, prevent counterfeits, and achieve timely dispatch by maintaining visibility and control over supply chain operations.

How Barcode Technology Improves Education

With student and inventory management becoming more important than ever in schools, barcodes can simplify the process. Barcode technology can help your school manage ever-changing budgets and staffing by improving your efficiency. When you learn about the critical role of barcode technology in education, you’ll realize how you can save both time and money. Learn how schools can use barcode technology to improve students’ and staff members’ lives.

The Benefits of Barcode Technology in Institutes

Recording Student Attendance
Managing Visitors and Volunteers
Tracking Equipment and Assets
Speeding Up the Lunch Line
Keeping School Libraries Organised
Protecting Student Technology
Learn More About the Effects of Barcode Scanners in Education

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