The barcode verification process differs from barcode reading in several important ways, while barcode readers are designed to read barcode data, a barcode verifier ensures that barcodes are marked correctly and meet an industry’s standards and quality for ease of reading barcode along the supply chain rather than an individual producer’s quality threshold. Compared to barcode readers, barcode verifiers are a superior measure of symbol readability because they normalize the range of performance among various types of readers, from camera and laser to handheld and fixed-mount. While a barcode readers are designed specifically to read barcodes, a barcode verifier ensures the barcode data is formatted correctly and confirms barcodes can be read by all scanners in the supply chain and will be able to pinpoint the reason why a barcode will not scan or read easily. The barcode verifiers will allow you to prints reports listing barcode grades to certify they meet industry standards such as industry standards compliance ISO/IEC 15415, 15426-2, TR-29158 (AIM DPM) Companies should improve their barcode quality to meet industry and application standards and ease the flow of materials in the supply chain from brand owners and manufacturers to packagers and retailers, people across industries use barcodes to track their products from production to the point of sale. A failure to scan properly can be catastrophic, slowing down production lines and causing costly reprints, wasted product, and chargebacks. Barcode verifiers guide producers through the marking process to create codes which meet required quality standards and demonstrate compliance with printed quality reports.
