A customer has asked us to start applying bar code labels to shipments. What should I do?
First, find out which of your facilities and production or packaging lines will be impacted in order to determine the required label volume and the number of printers that will be needed. Determine how the printers will receive the variable information they need from your enterprise system to produce the labels. This step will show the connectivity and networking support required in the printer. Review the compliance specification to understand the required label sizes, fonts, bar code symbologies, and graphics so you can choose an appropriate printer. Software is also required to design the label formats. Many bar code and RFID label design packages include templates for compliance label formats commonly used in the retail, automotive, aerospace, defense, distribution, and other industries. Make sure the software supports the types of labels you need and the specific model of printer you have chosen. Test the entire system and send label samples to your trading partner for analysis pr
