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Basic Bar-coding

Basic Bar-coding. Evaluating Your Barcode Needs. Defining barcoding How it can help your business Implementation Cost Why your business can’t afford not to implement barcoding. Agenda. Label generation Data collection. Definition. Produce a label containing bar-coded information

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Basic Bar-coding

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  1. Basic Bar-coding Evaluating Your Barcode Needs

  2. Defining barcoding How it can help your business Implementation Cost Why your business can’t afford not to implement barcoding Agenda

  3. Label generation Data collection Definition

  4. Produce a label containing bar-coded information Pre-print On demand Reasons External requirements Internal requirements Label Generation

  5. AIAG Label

  6. UCC128

  7. Hand held or tethered scanner to collect information contained on bar-coded labels Reasons Speed Accuracy Data Collection

  8. Labeling Data Collection How Can Barcoding Help Your Business?

  9. Satisfies external customer requirements Enables internal data collection How Labeling Can Help Your Business

  10. Customer requests bar-coded information on labels Product information Purchase Order information Quantities Rev/Lot/Serial information Industry Standards Automotive - AIAG EDI Labeling - External Requirements

  11. Identify Raw Material Identify FG & WIP Data Collection – Other half of bar-coding Labeling - Internal requirements

  12. Receiving Shift reporting Inventory control Shipping Physical Inventory Cycle counting How data collection can help your business

  13. Check your vendor errors Incorrect Item Incorrect Amount Location (multiple receiving locations) Provide real-time visibility of raw material and purchased parts availability Receiving

  14. Real-time production information Immediate access to inventory Reduced personnel - Shift report entry on shop floor Shift Reporting

  15. Real-time inventory aids planning issues Raw materials to satisfy customer demand Reduce finished goods Tax implications Reduce funds tied up in finished goods inventory Reduced warehouse needs Inventory control

  16. Inventory accuracy allows shipping and staging 7 x 24 basis Better use of facilities Better use of manpower Customer satisfaction Global Market – competing with other companies that are taking advantage of bar-coding The goal is 100% shipping accuracy Shipping

  17. Decrease time necessary Reduced downtime Important if lot or serial tracking Increase accuracy Physical Inventory

  18. Daily verification of inventory Find errors before they become problems May eliminate need for monthly/yearly full physical inventories Cycle Counting

  19. Process Software Hardware Time Table Implementation

  20. Standard Offering Receiving, S/R, Inv Ctl, Shipping, Physical Inventory Custom Specification Coding Testing Go Live Process – Software

  21. Determine equipment requirements Printers Data collection (fixed or radio-frequency) Servers for data collection & label printing Site Survey Installation Configuration Network Wiring Printers / Access points / Fixed stations Fiber optics Process - Hardware

  22. Varies depending on complexity of business requirements “Standard offering” – Implement in a week Custom solutions – Within 60 days How long will it take to implement bar-coding?

  23. Initial discussion – 2 to 5 Days Tailored to your business specific needs Speed of data collection Tracking methods (serial/lot/rev) Elasticity – system must be flexible enough to evolve with your business Specification Custom bar-coding solutions

  24. Testing Training Go live How disruptive will it be?

  25. Involve users in testing Valuable input Take ownership Additional work load Parallel testing Testing phase

  26. Managers Review and test Adjust & retest Users Parallel in Manager 15 Well trained before going live Training

  27. Simple implementation No disruption Replace manual process with bar-coded process Complex changes – additional tracking May require physical inventory Plan during Shutdown Go Live

  28. Equipment Software Training $ Cost $

  29. Data Collection RF Handheld equipment Fix stations Access points Bar-coding Controller Labeling Printers Label server Network Cost – Equipment

  30. Standard offering Custom Code Labeling Software Loftware Progress Licensing Database license Client networking Cost – Software

  31. Standard offering – Data collection 3 days to 1 week Custom Coding – Data collection Label Design & Implementation Cost – Training

  32. costwork with calc.xls Cost Work Sheet

  33. Customer requirements Better inventory control Shipping accuracy & efficiency Receiving – catch mistakes before they affect your business Advanced Inventory control Serial tracking Lot tracking Why you can’t afford to NOT implement barcoding

  34. Multiple stages Start with labeling Implement other areas as needed Shipping Inventory control Receiving Shift reporting …… How you can afford to implement bar-coding

  35. Support throughout the whole process Integrated solution: both hardware & software 15 Years Experience Work Cooperatively with DTR & TMM Integrated Mfg Systems, Inc.

  36. We’ve helped these businesses We can help your company! ACRO-MATIC PLASTICS A Few Satisfied Customers

  37. E-mail info@integratedmfg.com Phone 603-424-0109 Revised Power Point & Excel Cost worksheet send me email gstaab@integratedmfg.com Posted on web site Contacting IMS

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