When you have a business to run you don’t want to spend your time trying to put systems in place to maximise efficiency. What you need is maximum efficiency from the outset. So if you are starting a new business venture it might be worth looking at systems such as asset tracking so all your […]
Every business has countless assets which they need to protect to preserve their business interests. The assets a company may own can add up to thousands of pounds, so it makes sense to have some way of identifying these assets so that the company knows how much money it has tied up in the assets […]
Just about every consumer product now features a barcode label on the packaging. Barcodes are extensively used for inventory tracking and product pricing in a retail environment. But they don’t just have to be printed onto a product at the time of manufacture, they can also feature as an add-on item which can be printed […]
There are many companies who are getting rid of permanent staff and hiring temps to cut back on overheads. This can be a good idea and can result in increased flexibility in terms of contracts won and lost and can also mean that laying off of unneeded staff never needs to happen. The downside of […]
A barcode tracking system which is being used at hospitals in Oxfordshire has won a top safety award. The barcode scanning system which is being used at Oxforshire’s University Hospitals (OUHs) was introduced around six months ago and after some early teething trouble is now proving its worth. The system can request appropriate tests from […]
If you want to make a success of your business you don’t just have to make sure the systems you have in place work, you also need to make sure that they are robust enough to stand the test of time. Many businesses in the UK are failing because they failed to put systems in […]
It has been revealed that the Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) has been handed an award in patient safety for its innovative electronic barcode scanner which is able to identify patients and request tests to be carried out. The handheld system, which utilises the Positive Patient Identification (PPID) and the Electronic Patient Record (EPR) technologies, has […]
With many different types of barcode label now available it’s easy to become slightly confused regarding how important they are in certain environments. Take the factory floor for example, in years gone by a complicated system of number of tracking would have to be implemented to keep track of the movement of stock – thanks […]
