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As businesses scale and supply chains become more complex, inventory management has emerged as a critical challenge for warehouse operators. Conventional techniques, predominantly dependent on manual labor, are being supplanted by sophisticated technologies such as drones and barcode recognition. These innovations can enhance the accuracy and efficiency of inventory tracking...

Overcharging, hidden fees, fake or duplicate tickets, incorrect seating assignments, or worse, tickets not arriving at all are just some of the problems plaguing the ticket reseller market. Things get even more challenging when the volume is too high, and manually checking and authenticating each ticket doesn’t suffice. Using barcode...

Efficient and secure ID verification is crucial for various industries, from banking to travel. This blog explores a use case involving the capture and processing of a Belgian electronic identity card for archiving purposes, followed by the extraction of the cardholder’s information into structured fields. The Process of Automated ID...

Warehousing involves a lot of organizing, maintaining, and managing processes to ensure the smooth and efficient operation of the warehouse. The warehousing industry is prone to errors and has its own challenges. According to a report by McKinsey & Company in 2019, approximately £300 billion (approximately $385 billion) is spent...

In recent years, digitization and automation have dramatically reshaped the warehousing industry. Forklifts, the workhorses of the warehouse, are being equipped with smart devices to streamline operations. The Art of Serialization with Smart Forklifts Serialization is the process of assigning a unique identifier, often in the form of a QR...

À la recherche du meilleur SDK de lecteur de codes-barres pour votre application, mais vous ne savez pas comment évaluer les différentes options et les considérations que vous devriez prendre en compte? Vous êtes au bon endroit. Il existe plus d’une douzaine de SDK de lecteur de codes-barres de qualité...

The Aztec Code is a popular choice for electronic ticketing in the transportation industry. It has been adopted by airlines, including IATA’s BCBP standard, as well as rail companies worldwide. 1 Scanning the Aztec Code Displayed on Mobile Phone Screens Many airlines and rail companies send Aztec Codes to passengers’...

Avec autant de types de codes-barres 1D et 2D, comment choisir le bon ? Dans cet article, nous vous donnons un guide complet des codes-barres 1D et 2D, couvrant 18 types majeurs de codes-barres. Collectivement, ils couvrent la majorité des besoins d’application. Pour les codes-barres 1D, ils incluent : UPC-A...

Effective stock control is crucial for businesses. It helps avoid overstocks, shortages, or other costly problems or issues within the warehouse while simplifying processes and improving forecasting. Barcode technology plays a vital role in ensuring robust stock control. Understanding Stock Control i. What are the Different Types of Inventory Stocks?...

Con tantos códigos de barras 1D y 2D, ¿cómo elegir el adecuado? En este artículo encontrarás una guía sobre los códigos de barras 1D y 2D, incluyendo los 18 tipos principales que, en conjunto, cubren las necesidades de las aplicaciones. Los códigos de barras 1D incluyen: UPC-A UPC-E EAN 8...

A 4th-year Ph.D. student, Mustafa Doga Dogan, in the MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, came up with the idea of invisible machine-readable labels that identify and track objects. Dogan, along with other MIT research scientists, calls these InfraredTags. These tags are embedded within the interior of the...

Barcodes have long been used to track and manage inventories; however, the use cases for barcode scanning don’t end there. As the world continues to face the Covid-19 pandemic, innovators and governments of various countries have been trying numerous ways to contain its spread. Barcoding technology is one of them....

The US has so far had well more than one million confirmed cases of COVID-19. It has forced practically every major city to temporarily close businesses to stop its spread. But, as people look to get back to work at physical locations, without proper precautions corporate offices might be amongst...

Finally, we are at the last step to getting EHR satisfaction. In order to get there, we need to decide who will be implementing the EHR requirements to ensure a successful adoption process. Download your eBook Off-the-Shelf or Custom-Built To start, one needs to compare the advantages of building an...

By now you should be familiar with the enabling EHR technologies and various technical considerations for adopting this application. But there are one other consideration that is often overlooked. Human Bottlenecks Often, migrating to a new technology can be a challenging and lengthy process for staff members. Healthcare providers might...

Optimize Results for Effective OCR 1. Image Quality To optimize results for effective OCR, image resolution is important. For the usual font size (10 pts or above), a resolution of 300 dots per inch (DPI) is recommended. Smaller font sizes will command even higher DPI resolutions. Also, when scanning, you...

Previously we talked about two important fundamental technologies, Scan and Barcode. In this blog post we will briefly go over another mature technology that can be utilized to greatly enrich an EHR application and how do users benefit from these technologies through various scenarios. Download your eBook The Power of...

Most organizations continue to experience paperwork inefficiencies and the healthcare industry is arguably the top suffering sector for it. Thus, whether by regulation or not, healthcare organizations are more and more desperate for relief from paperwork via electronic health record (EHR) solutions. In this blog series, we will dissect the...

What is Aadhaar card Aadhaar is a 12-digit unique identity number that can be obtained voluntarily by residents or passport holders of India, based on their biometric and demographic data. The data is collected by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), a statutory authority established in January 2009 by...

With so many 1D and 2D barcode types, how do you choose the right one? In this article, we give you a comprehensive guide to 1D and 2D barcodes, covering 18 major barcodes types. Collectively, they cover the bulk of application needs. For 1D barcodes, they include: UPC-A UPC-E EAN...

It’s estimated 94 percent of adult Americans use a mobile phone, and smartphone ownership is also growing rapidly around the world. In the modern digital age, people are busier than ever, and are on the go all the time. It goes without saying that we spend a lot of time...

It’s no industry secret that the market for electronic health records (EHR) continues to face many challenges. But, the industry is also plugging away with increased EHR adoptions and solution modifications to adapt and improve. In such cases, leveraging existing technologies people are familiar with can help remove adoption barriers....

For document management solutions, it is a common requirement that a user puts a stack of documents for automatic document feeder (ADF) scanning. The documents may be for different purposes and he wants to automatically save them into different files after the scanning finishes. This way, it will greatly save...

How to generate QR code and linear barcodes in C# and VB.NET? We are pretty much surrounded by barcodes every day. For example, almost everything we purchased from a grocery store has a barcode on the package. When a patient is checked in, a wristband will be tied to the...

Barcodes have been in commercial use since the mid-1970s. While they are most known for their application in retail or warehousing, today barcodes are extensively used in document management. Typical usage of barcodes in document management includes: Splitting Routing Renaming Indexing In this article, we explore these applications and how...

With the release of Dynamsoft Barcode Reader DBR 7.0, we are excited to introduce a number of features and enhancements that take Dynamsoft Barcode Reader to another level. In this post, we discuss these new features, how they work, and what they mean for you. More Modes, More Flexibility A...

Mobile devices have undoubtedly become indispensable parts of our lives, but more and more they are assets used to perform daily job functions. Across many industries such as healthcare and postal services, workers rely on their phones and tablets to scan barcodes, track inventory, store and lookup records in databases,...

Mobile devices have undoubtedly become indispensable parts of our lives, but more and more they are assets used to perform daily job functions. Across many industries such as healthcare and postal services, workers rely on their phones and tablets to scan barcodes, track inventory, store and lookup records in databases,...

Looking for the best barcode reader SDK for your application, but aren’t sure how to evaluate the different options, and what considerations you should be making? You’ve come to the right place. There are more than a dozen commercial-grade barcode reader SDKs on the market and it can be time-consuming and...

Hangzhou Qing Song Huan Pin Technology Co., Ltd. (hereafter referred to as QSHP) is a science and technology company specializing in R&D, investment, construction, and operation of urban environmental protection and intelligent waste sorting system. The company provides products such as smart garbage bag dispensers, credit redeem machines, recycle collection...

Reduce the steps for your document scanning with QR Code THE NEED - Automatic Document Indexing A small software development consultancy based on the US East coast has a healthcare practice client using an application to scan and manage patient records. The healthcare practice uses a records management application. Currently,...

Developer Tip: Improve Barcode Recognition Rates In the fast-paced world of software development, improving the accuracy and speed of barcode recognition is a crucial challenge for developers. This blog explores 4 essential tips and techniques that can help enhance barcode scanning capabilities. Learn about resolutions, dealing with damaged barcodes, and...

Businesses are turning to intelligent warehouse management to vastly improve efficiencies by leveraging automation. Computer vision technology empowers many businesses to track goods with proven-reliable barcode labels. But, what are some considerations to get started with barcode-based intelligent warehouse management? How a Modern Intelligent Warehouse Works To move beyond manual...

Inventory tracking is critical for a lot of businesses. While it’s certainly more critical to some industries, such as retail, other less obvious industries can also benefit. For example, it’s said US retailers are sitting on $1.43 in inventory for every $1 they sell. A small business can also use inventory tracking...

Barcode technology has been around for decades, and it continues to grow in its use across many industries such as retail, transportation, logistics, public security, automated production, healthcare and more. Barcodes have become very mission critical to countless organizations. In healthcare, it’s even been argued barcodes have actually helped save lives...

Dynamsoft contributed an article to THE BarCode News that ran July 13, 2014. Start reading it below. The use of barcodes in healthcare markets has been advocated going back to the 1970s. The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has emphasized a high priority on using barcode technology to reduce medical errors for...