The world witnessed some of the earliest benefits of automated data capture technology in the form of bar code back in the 60’s. Huge railroad cars would meander back and forth across the country with valuable contents that would be periodically misplaced while in transit. Imagine a yard full of hundreds of railroad cars that [...]
Here are the steps you will need to follow for Seek and Apply marking: Identify your inventory of items. Locate the items. Place a Data Matrix bar code on each item. Make sure the labels and plates stick. That sounds simple enough, right? Now let’s scale that image a little bit. Let’s say you have [...]
Most of the A2B staff took time out to enjoy our annual holiday party at the Boathouse Restaurant, overlooking the picturesque Sakonnet River in Tiverton, Rhode Island. As I looked around the room I reflected that we were also celebrating 15 years as a company. What’s more 2009 was our best year yet. We owe our customers [...]
Last week in Phoenix AZ, at the DoD Maintenance Symposium, I was fortunate to hearGeneral Ann Dunwoody, Commanding General of US Army Materiel Command. She inspired the audience with a call to action, namely to consider the reality for the US military in light of a future with a significant budget deficit. In short, that means [...]
Last week in Phoenix AZ, at the DoD Maintenance Symposium, I was fortunate to hearGeneral Ann Dunwoody, Commanding General of US Army Materiel Command. She inspired the audience with a call to action, namely to consider the reality for the US military in light of a future with a significant budget deficit. In short, that means [...]
We just returned from visiting a major US Air Force base where we were amazed by the diverse categories of equipment that require an UID mark. So many different surfaces and conditions challenge the marking effort. For example, some conditions require that adhesives bond to a surface temperature up to 160° F. Other conditions required a material [...]
We had some feedback, following our most recent UID Web Seminar that clearly illustrates the importance of tackling UID with a team approach. One attendee wrote, “Please accept our thanks and appreciation to both A2B and David (Collins of Data Capture Institute) for bringing us an informative hour that was well spent. Everyone on our team sat together, [...]
Finally the dust has settled from the UID Forum in Orlando. The conference produced the largest turn out of IUID professionals of any UID Forum to date – by a long shot. This reinforces that momentum continues to build at a faster rate than ever before. With many new faces from the conference, I want to surface [...]
Within the military, the Air Force and the Marine Corps are leading the IUID implementation charge at this point. Each has a somewhat different approach, but the fundamentals are the same – getting the job done and doing it right. So what do they have in common that has led to widespread success? We believe [...]
Welcome to the UID Blog. There’s an old saying that says: “Once you’re over the hill, you pick up speed.” UID and RFID are over the hills of doubt and resistance, and indeed they are picking up speed. Compliance has evolved enormously since the concept of tracking serialized assets was first introduced by the Office [...]