Barcoding Inc., an American-based provider of supply chain technology to manufacturing and logistics companies throughout North America, has created software to produce colour labels on demand at a low cost. In conjunction with a colour label printer from VIPColor technologies, the system provides compliance with industry specific labelling requirements, such as color code bars and full color pictures.

The first application for Barcoding’s system has been VICS (Voluntary Inter-industry Compliance Standards) labelling for footwear and apparel. Manufacturers of footwear and apparel are required to label their products with colour codes representing the products size, to improve recognition and reduce supply chain errors.

The software works with any relational database, and includes a web-based management portal. In a distribution environment where the purchaser of a product and the manufacturer could be on different continents, the management portal provides an easy way to deliver purchase order data and colour pictures of the products. Once the information has been delivered to the manufacturer’s web site, the software stores the label specifications and pictures in a database, and then generates labels. In addition to labels, the software also produces a label transmission report to identify which labels go with each order.

 

 

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