One event , three courses, and a whole lot of fun. Barcodes joined the corporate fitness challenge this year. It was a great team- building event! And we are looking forward to participating in the next challenge.

Look at how much fun we had at the Corporate Fitness Challenge!

Recapping our volunteering event at the Greater Chicago Food Depository. On Wednesday, March 20, 2019, a group of 25 Barcodes Team volunteered at the Greater Chicago Food Depository. We helped play an essential role in distributing food to a network of pantries and programs in Cook County. Our group was tasked with sorting and packaging bread. At the end of our session, we packed 657 cases of bread, which equated to 9,504 pounds. Our volunteer session helped distribute the equivalent of 14,418 meals! We want to thank everyone who volunteered! Check out the pictures of our team hard at work helping our hunger in our community.

Friday March 8th is International Women’s Day. The campaign theme for this year is #BalanceForBetter. Barcodes HQ is showing support by wearing purple today. International Women’s Day is a global day celebrating social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women- while also making a call to action for accelerating gender balance. So Barcodes is striking a pose to motivate others and amplifying via social media to support this positive influence for women everywhere! The future is exciting, let’s build a gender- balanced world!

Here is one of the paid iPhone and iPad app of the day that you can download for free on March 5, 2019. Originally, $5.99, “Scan to Spreadsheet” app allows users to scan barcodes into spreadsheets with their apple devices. This simple barcode scanning app allows users to do basic inventory, asset tracking, and attendance, on any spreadsheet using the barcode scanner on your phone. Use this for inventory, cycle count, marketing event scanning, attendance, or other times where scanning to make a list is necessary. Spreadsheet barcode scanning. 1. Scan. 2. Email. 3. Inventory, Attendance, or any Spreadsheet Done! A great option for bring your own device (BYOD) barcode scanning and/or inventory. Email CSV or MS Excel XML formats from your phone, iPad, or iPod, then share to Google Drive and open with Google sheets. Records GPS coordinates of each scan. Separates the barcode into different columns using the Parse / Delimiter feature. For example, create a barcode with information separated by a comma. When scanned, the information will go do different columns; like First Name, Last Name and Email. The date and time is recorded for each scan. Use the validation feature to catch duplicate scan, limit scans to only values in a lookup table, or fill the spreadsheet with information from the lookup table when a matching scan is found. Barcode symbology supported;

• QR Code
• Data Matrix
• EAN / UPC
• PDF417 (drivers license)

– Code 3 of 9 (*10 to 15 characters max) – Code 128 (*20 characters max) Download Scan to Spreadsheet here. Contact us if you need a more advanced barcode scanning system and want to learn how it can help you enhance your daily operations.

On the episode of Ellen’s Games of Game last night, she asked a question about what is the first product to be have a barcode? Good question!

In the summer of 1974, a supermarket located in Troy, Ohio, scanned it’s very first UPC barcoded product, Wrigley’s Chewing Gum. A barcode that can be printed on something as small as a pack of chewing gum. This develops a long interesting history that is constantly evolving; we are still discovering ways to put more information into these machine read-able barcodes.

Present day, we have QR codes to store large amounts of information that can be unlocked and scanned through smart phones. Further, RFID technology allows there to be a chip embedded within a barcode and with single motion, a reader can read and record its presence.

Big company such as Amazon relies heavily on barcodes to keep track of their products by scanning them when its at a packaging point. With the help of a barcoding system the whole supply chain can be managed efficiently and workers can be more productive. A simple scan can avoid human error, save more time, and be able to trace products going in and out of your facility.

Barcodes are truly fascinating, it created a whole new way to track your products and do business efficiently. Find out how to barcode your products today! Contact us at Barcodes and we will help you find a solution that best fits your needs.

Barcodes would like to wish everyone a Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year! 

This year we have a lot to be grateful for so we are giving back to the community to spread some holiday cheers! 

We held a bake sale competition where all our teams are raising money for a specific charity and the team who sells the most baked goods wins! All the money raised will be donated to the winning team’s charity of choice. All baked goods were a dollar. All the teams have put in their best effort and got super competitive in raising money for their cause. Some teams even got creative and started promoting their baked goods with other incentives!

          

Our Central and Northeast team won! Their excitement and efforts have raised $129 as a team, the bake sale fund raised $583 and Barcodes will match this amount for a total of $1,166 that will be donated to the Chicago HOPES for Kids!!

Chicago HOPES for Kids is an organization that provides educational support for children living in Chicago’s homeless shelters. This donations will allow them to build a brand new library at a shelter for the kids. The library will also be named after Barcodes! 

We are so happy to be able to give back to our community, and we wish everyone have a Happy and Safe Holiday and a Happy New Year! 

From,
The Barcodes Team

P.S. Check out some of our pictures below ;)!

Manual measurements on shipping packages can be time consuming and prone to human errors which can lead to lower productivity, reduce operational efficiency, and an increase to shipping chargebacks.

The Honeywell AutoCube 8200 instantly and accurately captures the dimensions of any package, enabling you or your employees to reduce errors, chargebacks, and optimize warehouse storage space.

1. Instant and precise measurements are quickly transmitted to shipping applications to accurately bill customers
2. Eliminates measurements of packages- enabling cost savings and productivity gains, while reducing error
3. Optimize vehicle and warehouse space
4. Improve workflows to eliminate human errors
5. Faster return on investments from ensuring maximum uptime and increased operational efficiencies
6. Gain critical business insights into your business

The Autocube 8200 solution sets new standards for dimension accuracy, efficiency, versatility, and affordability. This fixed dimensioning system with its ability to quickly and effectively measure objects in any orientation makes it a great add-on for warehouses and shipping stations.

See how AutoCube 8200 can provide an accurate way to dimension your packages for shipping with the clip below.

For availability, contact us at Barcodes Inc.

 

Today, April 22, is Earth day and it’s time to return the love to the planet we all call home. Thanks to Global Technology Systems (GTS) they will be providing a Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling program.

You may be asking yourself why do I need to recycle my batteries? Well, Lithium-Ion batteries consist primarily of chemicals and metals which in turn allow the battery to hold a long charge and remain light at the same time. These chemicals and metals consist of lithium, cobalt, and other materials that can be extremely harmful to the environment we live in. The improper disposal of these batteries as trash leads to water contamination, soil contamination, and among other things negative environmental/health outcomes.

The Recycling Process:

• GTS will provide customers involved in the program with free battery recycling boxes at each enrolled facility.
• Once the battery recycling box is filled, simply call the toll-free phone number on the box and it will be picked-up and properly disposed of by a GTS-certified recycling firm.
• Once a recycling box has been provided to the recycling firm another recycling box will be provided to continue this free service.

Help make our Earth a better place to live, recycle the batteries that help power all of your mobile operations.

For more information on how to start recycling those Lithium-Ion Batteries please Contact Us!

Whether you are looking into automating your system or looking of ways to improve your daily operation, come join us at MODEX 2018.

We are excited to tell you that we will be in one of the largest supply chain expo in North and South America. Come visit our booth #C1338 to see how you can cut operation costs, maximize efficiencies, and reduce risk in your supply chain. We will also have demos of mobile computer, printers, and scanners for you to check out and our sales engineers who will be able to share their expertise on what kind of equipment is right for you.

Learn how to get a free assessment when you stop by our booth.

MODEX 2018
April 9-12, 10AM-5PM
Georgia World Congress Center
#C1338

Register below for a complimentary pass to MODEX 2018, see you there!

 

Whether you are looking into automating your system or looking of ways to improve your daily operation, come join us at MODEX 2018.

We are excited to tell you that we will be in one of the largest supply chain expo in North and South America. Come visit our booth #C1338 to see how you can cut operation costs, maximize efficiencies, and reduce risk in your supply chain. We will also have demos of mobile computer, printers, and scanners for you to check out and our sales engineers who will be able to share their expertise on what kind of equipment is right for you.

Learn how to get a free assessment when you stop by our booth.

MODEX 2018
April 9-12, 10AM-5PM
Georgia World Congress Center
#C1338

Register below for a complimentary pass to MODEX 2018, see you there!