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Looking for a presentation scanner to read barcodes and verify customer IDs? We have the solution for you!

The Code Reader CR5000 is a smart, compact, and reliable barcode scanner which comes ready to use straight out of the box and can be integrated into nearly any Point of Sale system. The CR5000 is built to read virtually any barcode, whether 1D, 2D, or postal codes on a variety of surface types, including food packaging, smart phones, and drivers’ licenses, with blazing speeds and accuracy. With its dual-field optical technology, the CR5000 reader can scan both high-density and large-scale barcodes with ease. The Code CR5000 is more than a barcode reader, it’s a tool that adds workflow efficiency and serves a better experience for customers at checkout.

Featuring image capture technology, the Code CR5000 lets users store coupons and signatures without specialized software. The customizable driver’s license formatting allows users to target specific customer information and automatically populate fields in credit or loyalty applications. With its advanced data formatting capabilities, the Code CR5000 provides dependable cross-platform integration, including iOS.

With the optional age verification feature, the CR5000 barcode scanner is also perfect for applications where you need to verify a customer’s age. This feature allows the user to read drivers’ licenses and ID cards quickly and accurately to ensure the business is in compliance with state regulations.

Key Features:

• High speed, Omnidirectional reading of 1D, 2D, postal barcodes, and drivers’ licenses
• Hands-free operation or manual trigger scanning for high-volume, fast reading of large, heavy, bulk items
• Omnidirectional scan radius allows the reader head to rotate to the best angle

• Quickly reads barcodes from mobile device screens
• Customizable driver’s license data formatting for loyalty and credit applications
• Visual, audible, and haptic indicators programmable for workflow needs
• Compact, lightweight, and ergonomic design makes operation easy
• Convenient, cost-effective method for employee time keeping
• Efficient power consumption
• Powerful data editing and formatting capabilities with JavaScript
• Patented dual-field optics, both high density and wide field in the same unit
• Patented glare reduction technology for reading barcodes on shiny surfaces
• CortexRM® Remote Management ready
• Compatible with Code’s CortexTools2® software configuration utility
• CodeComplete^TM service and extended warranty plans
• Compatible with Code’s rapid disconnect USB, RS232, and Bluetooth Affinity® cables

Optional Age Verification Solution:

• Audible tone alerts user of underage patron
• Reads all barcoded identification cards
• Does not require a PC or manual management of data
• May be configured for primary and secondary minimum ages
• Integrates into POS, loyalty, and inventory workflows

The CR5000 is an easy-to-configure, easy-to-use, multi-purpose barcode reading solution that will enhance operations in any industry.

Shop the Code Reader 5000 online or Contact your Barcodes, Inc. Account Manager for more information.

You have probably heard about the standard 3 R’s of sustainability: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. However, are you familiar with the other 3 R’s? Companies must invest in a concerted effort to Redesign, Remanufacture and Recover products, packaging and other items. There has been an increase in corporate social responsibility programs as companies of all sizes try to reduce the negative impact of their operations waste on the environment. However, the focus has primarily been on Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. While still necessary, these efforts are not enough to achieve the results we’re striving for as businesses, individuals or society.

In order to move the needle, we as a society need to think outside the box. To be more precise, we need to embrace and apply a Circular Economy model – one that meets all environmental sustainability standards by:

• Conducting proper recycling of products that are no longer usable
• Refurbishing products that can be used by another user
• Extending the life cycle of products, packaging and other items that are headed for a landfill without proper intervention

To help explain the potential impact that a Circular Economy Program can have on the environment, your business and ours, we have included a roundtable discussion with two Zebra Technologies experts on the Your Edge podcast.

Before you hear what Jenna Stanley, Vice President of Global Support & Managed Services, and Rose Ranker, Vice President of Services Product Management and Application Development, have to say, it may help to have a little background on the origins of the Circular Economy model.

Than and Now: How and Why the Circular Economy Model Has Evolved Over the Last Several Centuries

Though there is no clear origin date, we do know that the idea of circularity and cycles within systems has ancient roots within philosophy. We also know that, if designed and executed correctly, the circular economy can elicit the regenerative development of businesses with both economic and environmental benefits. Once the economic activity of an organization is built, it can then be continuously rebuilt by keeping products and materials in use through the ideals of recovery, refurbishment and, in some cases, redesign.

Perhaps that’s why “practical applications to modern economic systems and industrial processes…have gained momentum since the late 1970s,” and why the circular economy has been a subject of conversation and innovation in the decades since.

Some say that the first significant signs of the circular economy were seen in Germany in the early 1990s as issues regarding natural resource and raw material use and waste arose. Others claim that the concept really began to grow in the late 1990s in China after former Chinese politician Hu Jintao introduced the concept in line with his “harmonious society” initiative emphasizing waste recycling.

In reality, though, this idea didn’t come onto the radar of most companies until the 2000s once societal interest in sustainability started to grow. Even then, action wasn’t immediate – at least not on a mass scale. We can confirm it is now imminent, though.

According to Supply Chain Management Review, 70% of supply chain leaders are preparing to invest in the circular economy within the next year. They need to find alternative ways to meet seasonal demand for new and current product development without dramatically increasing their carbon footprint or causing undue waste. Circular economy models widely support initiatives geared toward fighting the impact of climate change, as they encourage and implement proper techniques in support of all 6Rs: reduce, reuse, recycle, redesign, remanufacture and recover.

Barcodes, Inc. and Zebra Technologies are consistently and actively encouraging awareness of the climate crisis, which remains an extremely critical environmental issue. In July 2020, Barcodes, Inc. sent out an educational newsletter from the Environmental Wellness Team that educated employees on waste hierarchy, all the R’s, allowed individuals to share pictures of plants they had in their respective homes. On Earth Day 2020, Zebra Technologies encouraged their employees to mobilize around the Earth Day Network’s global theme of Climate Action. Now, we are taking it one step further by encouraging our customers to take their own “climate action” by participating in the newly implemented Circular Economy Program.

Check out why Zebra Technologies implemented a full-scale Circular Economy Program, how it works and the impact that it will have on both the environment and our mutual business economics. Listen to the conversation between Jenna Stanley and Rose Ranker below:

If you missed our webinar on September 30th about how you can deploy a customized SAP solution on your enterprise mobile device within hours and uncover the simplicity of intelligent automation with Barcodes, Inc., click on the webinar recording below

Key Takeaways:

• Customizable forms eliminate redundant fields
• Seamless accessibility into SAP apps and crucial reports
• 10x faster order processing
• Enterprise mobility data capture devices
• Fortified Android for Enterprise
• High-speed connectivity

Presented By:

Tony Holland â€“ Synactive

Bryant Summers â€“ Graybar, Fortune 500 Company and Customer of Synactive

If you have any questions, please contact us here. 

Why MotionMeter?

What is WASTE?

WASTE is any task in a process that is not required to complete a process successfully. When waste is removed, only the tasks that are NECESSARY to deliver a satisfactory product or service to the customer remain in the process.

Wasted Motion does not happen all at one time – it may be 20 seconds here and 10 seconds there, making it extremely difficult to identify. Simple examples of wasted motion include:

• Walking to a printer to print labels
• Walking to a computer to access data
• Walking to a static desk to dimension product

Not only is this waste hard to identify, it’s also very costly over the course of a year.   

What value does MotionMeter provide?

MotionMeter by Newcastle Systems is a free user-friendly app (available for both Apple and Android devices) that enables you to quickly perform your own time studies by capturing the time of core processes within your business. It can help you identify which step of the process is NECESSARY (Value Add) or WASTE (non-Value Add).

It’s also an ideal tool to capture data of specific steps (or tasks) in lieu of performing a full-scale process time study.

From there, a comprehensive overview will outline how much the wasted motion is costing your business and how much you could save annually if that motion is eliminated.

Contact Barcodes, Inc. to understand what your savings might look like.

Place robust retail point-of-service functionality in the hands of your store associates with select hardware from Infinite Peripherals that are authorized within Oracle Xstore. The Infinite Peripherals, Oracle Certification is designed to bring seamless transactions, inventory visibility and consumer insights.

With a continually changing retail landscape from an ever-more demanding and informed consumer, making the right decisions concerning front line systems is critical to gaining and maintaining a competitive advantage. More than a traditional point of sale solution Oracle Retail Xstore Point-of-Service empowers retail staff to provide memorable service levels and build strong customer loyalty.

Customers want more, they want service and speed; with Infinite Peripherals and Oracle the store of the future will bring digital innovation into the physical world.

October 22nd at 11:30am (Central Time U.S. and Canada)

Join us this October 22^nd, uncover the simplicity and effectiveness of contactless signature technology with Barcodes, Inc. Learn how to sign forms without having to exchange paper or touch a worker’s tablet or smartphone.

Contactless signature technology allows documents to safely transfer from person-to-person, collecting data without close human interaction. This provides a safe environment and productive workflow from any location and any device, supporting remote workers and customers using our contactless signature solution. In this webinar, you will learn how to do the following:

• Paper forms require centralized collection, processing, and storage.  By converting to digital forms, you can distribute, access and store from anywhere
• Eliminate employee visibility difficulties by improving work distribution
• Increase revenue by processing paperwork faster
• Help customers feel safe when providing services by allowing them to sign a form using their own device
• Create approval processes with multiple people signing forms while all working remotely

Presented By:

Raul Cepeda – VP Product Management & Strategic Alliances – Barcodes Group

Anthony Trani – doForms

If you have any questions, please contact us here. If you can’t make the live webinar be sure to register anyways and we’ll send you the recording afterward. We hope to see you there!

The leading provider of enterprise mobility solutions, Infinite Peripherals, announced a partnership with OtterBox to provide a full ecosystem of scanning and payment solutions for the OtterBox uniVERSE Case System.

As Ronan LePoupon, Vice President of Commercial Sales for Otter Products LLC said “Infinite Peripherals is the ideal partner for the OtterBox uniVERSE Case System in the enterprise mobility space. This partnership benefits the commercial customer by making mobile form factor no longer a limitation when deploying large enterprise mobile solutions.”

The first product to benefit from this partnership is the Infinea Tab Lite, a lightweight modular point-of-sale device that can accept MSR and NFC payments. Designed to attach and detach seamlessly with OtterBox uniVERSE case for various iOS devices, including iPad, iPad Mini, and iPhone Plus. Retail businesses can be untethered to service their customers at any point around their store.

September 30th at 11:30am (Central Time U.S. and Canada)

Register AND attend for a chance to win a $200 gift card when you join us!

Money is just one of the many things your operations lose when they rely on manual data entry. To protect employee satisfaction, operational efficiency, and brand identity, Barcodes Inc. teams up with Zebra Technologies on September 30^th to empower you with customized SAP Fiori Apps and intelligent automation in our next webinar.

Deploy a customized SAP solution on your enterprise mobile device within hours and uncover the simplicity of intelligent automation with Barcodes, Inc.

You’ll be able to learn how to deploy a mobilized SAP solution within hours and upgrade your data processing system with:

• Customizable forms eliminate redundant fields
• Seamless accessibility into SAP apps and crucial reports
• 10x faster order processing
• Enterprise mobility data capture devices
• Fortified Android for Enterprise
• High-speed connectivity

Presented By:

Tony Holland – Synactive

Bryant Summers – Graybar, Fortune 500 Company and Customer of Synactive

If you have any questions, please contact us here. If you can’t make the live webinar be sure to register anyways and we’ll send you the recording afterward. We hope to see you there!

Designed to handle any environment a field worker might encounter, the Handheld Nautiz X9 comes loaded with all the enterprise-level features to deliver a best-in-class field performance. Don’t worry about your environment interrupting your work, built as a rugged mobile computer, the Nautiz X9 has an IP67 rating making it fully waterproof and completely sealed against dust. Powered by a quad-core processor and run on the Android 7.0 (Nougat), this Handheld mobile computer was designed with plenty of RAM and storage to handle a wide range of field tasks.

Nautiz X9 Features:

• Quad-Core ARM Cortex-A53 1.3 GHz processor
• 2 GB RAM/16GB Flash Memory/Disk
• 5” Capacitive Touchscreen
• Rear facing 13-megapixel camera with auto-focus and flash
• Front facing 2-megapixel camera
• Applications: Forestry, public safety, field service and GIS/Surveying
• Included in the box: standard battery, USB cable, AC-adapter and power plugs.

Contact us today for a free assessment and see if the Handheld Nautiz X9 is the right solution for you. Ask us about TrueSupport and our other Design, Deploy and Support services.

Barcodes, Inc.’s Mobile COVID-19 tracking solution captures and registers person’s ID card in order to track each patient and their testing results. Information is stored centrally generating local, statewide and even global heat maps in real-time.

What are the Benefits of the Mobile COVID-19 Tracking Solution?

In a time when healthcare and local government facilities are limited, a mobile COVID-19 tracking solution allows an organization to setup a remote COVID-19 testing site with limited resources and equipment. Check out the benefits of a mobile COVID-19 tracking solution:

• Safe: Allows technicians to stay at a safe distance as the ID card is scanned directly from the patient’s hand
• Cloud Solution: Information is centrally stored on the cloud for easy deployment
• Fast: The system reads an ID card in 4 seconds and creates the account
• Real-time Tracking: Using our Heat Map function, executives have access to heat maps to better understand problematic locations and issues in real-time, which allows adjusting treatment and personnel priorities faster
• Face Image: The face image from the ID card is cropped o­ff for later account visual verification. There is a future option to add Face Recognition that will compare the account image to a live picture of the patient

How Does the Mobile COVID-19 Tracking Solution Work?

The remote COVID-19 test site solution is ideal for healthcare and government organizations who have limited facilities to operate and test patients. Below is the framework on how the solution works:

• Technician scans the ID card using a Honeywell CT60 mobile computer. The COVID-19 tracking software will then extract the patient information directly from the image using our advanced engine
• The technician then verifies the information is correct and can edit each field if necessary
• System will check for duplicate accounts
• Technician records patient temperature and adds email, phone and notes (if required)
• Information is sent to our central database hosted on the Microsoft Azure Platform
• Technician enters pertinent virus tracking information for each patient, such as status (pending, negative, positive, inconclusive), temperature and notes (if required)
• If there is a visit history the system will pull the information from the database if needed
• The Honeywell CT60 mobile computer will then print crucial patient information directly to a nearby Bluetooth or Wi-Fi Honeywell RP4e mobile printer
• The printer will create a label that is be taped onto the test vial
• In parallel the patient information is sent to our cloud data base and an account is created

It’s important to note that once sent, the information is not stored on the mobile device for patient safety and security. The backend database is easily searchable and is centrally administered. Each location, area, state or country can have its personalized view. Only manager level and up can access the database with our secure access tiers.

What Do You Need for a Mobile COVID-19 Tracking Solution Work?

While all testing sites and equipment are different, here is a list of items required to successfully operate a mobile COVID-19 tracking solution:

• COVID-19 Tracking Software
• Honeywell CT60 mobile computer
• Honeywell RP4e mobile printer
• Barcode labels or, specifically, test tube labels
• Optional:
  • Mobile Carts
  • PPE Equipment

Contact us today for a free demo and see if the Barcodes, Inc. Mobile COVID-19 Tracking solution is right for your environment.