There is a rule of thumb in software development that for every $1 spent to develop original software code an additional $3 is spent to maintain the software. In other words, software that costs $2 million to develop will eventually cost $6 million. There are many reasons for this, including routine maintenance, but modifications that [...]
Although the DoD and the UID policy office have achieved significant momentum in implementing UID, there are still plenty of hurdles to overcome. One of them is bad UIDs. I’m not talking about choosing the wrong barcode symbology. I’m not talking about the quality of the UID 2D Data Matrix image. I’m talking about encoding [...]
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 [...]