Tag Archives: Food

How to get GS1 compliant labels – in 89 simple steps

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Administrator

Over the past couple of weeks I covered the technical standards and aspects of GS1-Labels and the applicable standards for the food industry, as well as the physical challenges of printing and applying labels within the food industry. Well, it … Continue reading →

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Overview of barcodes in the Food Industry for dummies

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Administrator

A lot of companies approached me over the past few weeks about challenges they had with barcodes. While I wrote already a few items on the topic, I thought to write a general overview for people with the necessary resources … Continue reading →

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Expected vs. Actual

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Administrator

Last week’s blog post provoked quite a response. If you remember, we talked about optimization procedures and cost management of your own fleet. Some had difficulties understanding why companies install $6,000 or more in terms of equipment on their trucks … Continue reading →

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Trends in software evaluations

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Administrator

It is that time of the year again. Companies look back at their results and look forward creating their budgets at the end of accounting year, which most of the times coincides with the calendar year. That is that time … Continue reading →

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The need to learn coding!

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Administrator

I have been working as a food engineer for technology companies pretty much all of my professional life. As a student at food engineering school I actually started, really badly I admit, to write software programs to automate my homework. … Continue reading →

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