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A Primer on Barcode Symbologies

A Primer on Barcode Symbologies

When you are beginning the process of engineering a data collection platform, one of the most important steps is to utilize the barcode symbologies that best fit your requirements.  Here are some items for your team

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Why Selecting an ISOIPC Supplier is Important

Why Selecting an ISO/IPC Supplier is Important

Selecting a supplier that’s right for your business is complicated. Though price matters, there’s more to it than just picking through quotes and price lists and sorting from lowest to highest. Skilled buyers know the

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Is the Eight Disciplines (8D) Model of Problem Solving Overrated

Is the 8D Model of Problem Solving Overrated

Corrective Actions are a necessary evil. Anyone with any semblance of a quality system has to process them. And there are many theories and recommendations for the best way to process them. Following the 8D

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What Scanning Technology is Best for My Application

What Scanning Technology is Best

A fundamental key to achieving optimal performance is choosing the right barcode reading technology when dealing with a data collection solution. Now, as more technologies are developed, the choices are more varied than ever. There

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Unlocking the Promise of Embedded Barcode Readers and Other Data Collection Tools

Unlocking the Promise of Embedded Barcode Readers and Other Data Collection Tools: Part 1

In this two part blog series we will discuss the promise of embedded barcode reader options, considerations for successful implementation, and the latest trends with embedded scanners. We will start off by talking about what

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Unlocking the Promise of Embedded Barcode Readers and Other Data Collection Tools: Part 2

In this two part blog series we will discuss the promise of embedded barcode reader options, considerations for In part 1 of this blog posted last month we discussed what an embedded barcode reader does

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Time to Consider Kanban

Time to Consider Kanban

Of all the different inventory management systems in which we have had the opportunity to participate, kanban may be the most consistently effective; especially from the manufacturer’s point of view.  At RESCO we have supported

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The Best Procurement Decisions Are Based on Total Cost of Ownership

Best Procurement Decisions are Based on TCO

The concept of total cost of ownership or “TCO” is to determine a product’s true cost not just based on the price but on all the costs it takes to purchase and maintain the product during the

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Tips for Designing Reliable, Cost Effective Cable Assemblies and Harnesses

Tips for Designing Cable Assemblies

With all the variables involved in designing an electric cable assembly or wiring harness, many times cost effectiveness and ease of manufacture are not at the top of the engineering checklist. In today’s ever more

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When Your Design Should Use a Scan Engine vs. A Fixed Position Reader

When Your Design Should use a Scan Engine

In June of 2015 the race horse American Pharaoh accomplished what no thoroughbreds horse had accomplished since 1978 by winning the Triple Crown. Engineers today are striving to hit a different triple crown with every design….Smaller Footprint,

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