by Robert Brandon | Aug 8, 2023 | Barcoding
Key Takeaways The Walmart RFID Mandate began requiring suppliers to tag certain products with RFIDs in 2022, expanding these requirements in September 2023, with full compliance needed by February 2024. RFID Technology uses radio waves to track inventory, offering...
by Robert Brandon | Nov 22, 2022 | Barcoding, Popular Now
Key takeaways The difference between GTIN vs UPC: A GTIN (Global Trade Item Number) is a unique identifier for a product, and a UPC (Universal Product Code) is a type of barcode format used to encode a GTIN. GTINs come in several formats, but the most popular are...
by Jared Plumb | Aug 8, 2022 | Barcoding, Featured
Key takeaways Barcoding boosts accuracy, efficiency, and scalability, and small businesses can start for just a few hundred dollars. A barcode is a visual code (1D or 2D) that represents numbers or text, but it only becomes useful when linked to product data in a...
by Olivia Barnes-Brett | Mar 8, 2022 | Barcoding
Key takeaways Traditional barcodes are one-dimensional (1D) codes that store limited information, making them simple and widely used for inventory management. QR codes are a type of two-dimensional (2D) barcode that can store significantly more information, including...
by Olivia Barnes-Brett | Feb 17, 2022 | Barcoding
Key takeaways A barcode is the machine-readable pattern that represents the numbers underneath it. GS1 is a non-profit that establishes global barcode standards and assigns Global Trade Item Numbers (GTINs) that identify products worldwide. GTINs can be encoded in...
