Barcode quality consultancy

Axicon's consultancy services can be used in a diverse range of ways including, but not limited to, any of the following:

Axicon design and manufacture the best barcode verification equipment in the world, but that is only half of the system. Having the best verification equipment will identify any barcode quality problems but understanding the detailed diagnostics information available can be a bit more difficult.

• Axicon provides a verification bureau service for checking the quality of your barcodes against global standards. Axicon's verification bureau is a unique service, which has the aim of producing verification support for the smaller company. Our experienced technical team use Axicon's state of the art ISO/ANSI PC Verifier range to analyse your code and provide a printed quality report.
• We can supply a simple "Verification Conformance Report" or we can supply advice and support on recommended corrective action.
• We can act as mediators in the event of disputes between trading partners – to objectively and scientifically measure the barcode quality and provide an independent report.
• We can undertake a "Benchmark Exercise" to analyse the barcodes on a range of a company's products and advise accordingly.
• We can undertake a full company barcode quality audit – in which we would measure the barcode quality, record other information such as substrate, location, bar height, ink spread etc and then provide a full Barcode Audit report indicating overall barcode quality and highlighting any particular areas for concern. We identify any common factors that may be causing problems together with recommendations for corrective action.
• We can also provide further advice on any related matters; e.g. printing processes, barcode symbologies. etc.
• The right advice at the right time to make the right decisions.

And that is where good quality training can save both time and money. As part of its commitment to improve barcode quality across the distribution chain, Axicon provides specific training courses on such subjects as:

• Retailer barcode quality requirements
• ISO/ANSI/GS1 verification standards,
• Use of the Axicon verifier
• Advanced features of the Axicon Verifiers.
• Understanding the diagnostics features what do they tell you?

Oxford Based Courses

Full day and half day courses are available at our offices just north of Oxford.

On-Site Courses

In practice, the majority of customers prefer to arrange for an Axicon barcode quality expert to visit them and to conduct a bespoke on-site training course. This can be sub-divided to include training for different shifts, separate user and supervisor level training etc. This would include a practical training session based on having available samples of your own barcodes for analysis. We would show the diagnostics features in action, explain the results in the light of global standards and give advice on quality improvement where necessary.

Please contact us for more information on our training courses. Half day and full day training course available.

Remember that your staff cannot be expected to fulfil their role efficiently unless they have been trained properly.