5. Why Use Barcodes?
1. Track Inventory
2. Track Work-in-Process
3. Track Movement of Materials
4. Track Conversion of Materials
5. Track Receipt of Materials
6. Track Shipment of Materials
7. Track Delivery of Materials
8. Prevent Mistakes
9. Build Materials Traceability Database
10. Capture Production Costs
6. Problems with Paper Records
1. Data Collection Mistakes
Write Anything You Want
2. Operational Mistakes
No Warnings
3. Delays in Data Entry
If Entered At All into Computer
4. No Real-Time Management Oversight
Limited Access to Data
5. Defects and Recalls
Row of Filing Cabinets Problem
6. Wasted time in writing down data and keying into computer
Plus time fixing mistakes
7. Barcode Scanning is Solution
1.Point-and-Shoot Data Recording
• Quick and Accurate
• No Mistakes Writing Down of Data
2.Immediate Validation of Data
• Warning if Wrong Data Captured
• Warning if Wrong Material or Operation
• Warning if Defective or Contaminated Material being Used
3.Builds Tracking Database
• Immediately Available
• Real-Time Data Available for Management Oversight
• Traceability History for Error Detection and Recall Minimization
8. “License-Plate” Tracking
A tracking barcode or RFID tag is placed on
every container, box, barrel, reel, roll, and individually barcoded item
Barcode or RFID Tag is an Identifier - Information is contained in Database
Database
Server
Computer
Database
Records -
One per
License Plate
Number
11. Receiving
1. Weigh Products to Verify or Compute Quantity
2. Scan GS1 Barcodes – if present – or enter on keyboard
• Part Number, Quantity, Lot Number, Expiration Date
3. Print Internal Tracking Barcode Label
• With Tracking Barcode
• With Internal Part Number and other Human Readable Information
12. Production Tracking
1. Track Start and End of Operation for Job on Machine/Line
2. Scan Employee/Team Badge in and out of Operation
3. Scan Materials into Job Step
4. Scan Materials out of Job Step
5. Scan Materials returned from Job Step
6. Track Machine/Line Setup, Start and End Run, Cleanup and Down Time
14. Automated Barcode Label Generation
Uses BarTender Automation
To automatically fill in label
fields from BellHawk
database.
Data used depends on modal
parameters such as
Customer, DBA, Item and
Ship-To Address.