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PIPS's
Exclusive, Ultra-Accurate
Encapsulated PostScript Digital Bar Code Masters
For All Linear and 2-D Symbologies
 andBar Code Print
Quality Verification Solutions, On-site
Implementation and Training(Hand Held
Products)and(Symbol
Technologies) Bar Code Scanning and Data
Collection Solutions(Monarch
Brand) andThermal
Transfer Bar Code Printers, Matched Labels &
Ribbons, and On-site Service
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GS1 DataBar Limited
Scanner and verifier
manufacturers, pharmaceutical labelers who
print, and users who scan GS1 DataBar Limited on
unit-dose packaging are affected.
APR 2012,
Pharmaceutical &
Medical Packaging News,
by George Wright IV
The
International Organization for Standardization
(ISO) published a revised specification (ISO/IEC
24724:2011) in April, 2011, that redefines the
symbol structure, decode algorithm and scanner
processing requirements for GS1 DataBar Limited.
Pharmaceutical labelers who print this symbology
on unit-dose and unit-of-use vial, ampoule or
syringe labels, blister packs, cup lids or other
packaging—and the supply chain customers who
scan these packages—are affected.
GS1 DataBar Limited is the only member of the
GS1 DataBar symbology family to have had a
change to its structure.
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Based
on Teklynx's acclaimed CODESOFT enterprise-level
(Oracle & SAP-compatible) label design software,
TEKLYNX CENTRAL CFR combines the proven
technology of Teklynx label design, distributed
printing, and tracking software into an
integrated solution that helps global pharma,
med/surg and life science manufacturers meet
cGMP and other government regulatory compliance
standards.
TEKLYNX CENTRAL CFR provides an
integrated label format management and control
system designed specifically to address 21 CFR
Part 11 as well as individual corporate
requirements. Key features include limited
access to secure electronic records, electronic
signatures, full record retention, retrieval and
audit trails and much more. PIPS offers label
design and printing solutions—including Teklynx
LABEL MATRIX, LABELVIEW and CODESOFT and Zebra
(and other brand) printers, labels and thermal
transfer ribbons—that cost-effectively address
healthcare supply chain compliance labeling
requirements from the simplest to the most
sophisticated. Contact our Sr. Sales Engineer, Christopher Gray,
for more information.
For complete specifications, user guides and
other resources or to request a demo or RFP,
please
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 Changes
introduced to meet evolving GS1 and supply chain
requirements simplify and adapt case pack labels
for serialization
and 2-D scanning technology.
APR 2012,
SupplyChain
Supplement to
Pharmaceutical & Medical Packaging News,
by George Wright
IV
More than two
years in development by the Healthcare
Distribution Management Association (HDMA) bar
code task force, the newly revised 2011 “HDMA
Guidelines for Bar Coding in the Pharmaceutical
Supply Chain” incorporate significant changes in
the way globally standardized GS1 product
identification bar codes are used on
pharmaceutical shipping containers or “case
packs.” Outdated coding and marking options have
been withdrawn; the GS1-128 linear bar code data
formats have been updated—in particular to
foster serialization; and an additional GS1
DataMatrix 2-D symbol has been added to promote
fast and efficient data capture of all data
elements in a single scan.
All current pharmaceutical case pack label
formats will likely have to be revised in order
to become compliant.
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You
probably know your bar code verifier needs to be
calibrated regularly. But did you know it also
needs to be regularly challenged for conformance
to document that it's reporting accurately in
accordance with applicable regulations and
ISO/IEC standards? "Calibration" (periodically
setting high and low reference reflectance
values) is
not the
same as "testing for conformance."
Contact our team of
verification
specialists at PIPS to learn more.
Only PIPS provides NIST-traceable verifier
Calibrated Conformance Standard Test Cards
(CCSTCs) from GS1-US combined with PIPS's
exclusive VeriCheck™ verifier conformance report
template, which is included with every GS1-US
CCSTC at no additional charge. Now that's a
"value added" sale! Each VeriCheck verifier
conformance report template is serialized to
match the unique CCSTC for which it's made and
is provided in both a secure Excel format for
electronic data entry and retention and also in
hard-copy (PDF) format for manual documentation.
And did you know,
PIPS houses, maintains and operates the GS1-US
2D Judge™ and is the contract manufacturer of
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In a Windows World DOS Comes to the Rescue
JUL 2010,
Pharmaceutical &
Medical Packaging News,
by George Wright IV
Things are not always what they seem. Many bar
code application standards require non-printing
“control” characters to be encoded in the
symbol, but these characters do not show up on
the screen when the encoded message is scanned
into most PC programs. But that doesn’t mean the
control characters aren’t encoded. This
“invisibility” can be disconcerting to someone
casually checking symbol encodation with a
scanner connected to a PC instead of a bar code
verifier.
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GS1 to Sunset
Application Identifier AI(22) Data Structure
for Secondary Attributes
APR 2010,
Pharmaceutical &
Medical Packaging News,
by George Wright IV
Introduced more than 15 years ago to provide a
convenient migration path for companies
converting from the Health Industry Bar Code
(HIBC) Supplier Labeling Standard to the global
GS1 System of product identification and bar
code marking standards, Application Identifier
AI(22), “Secondary Data for Specific Health
Industry Products,” is now slated for withdrawal
effective January 1, 2013.
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You've
read the articles;
you know the name.
Now get to know our
superior value proposition.
Print Quality Verification
Solutions & Services
Bar Code cGMP & SOP
Review and Development
George Wright
IV
Chris Gray
Randy Wright |
With more than 30 years of specialization in
automatic data capture technology, the company
is one of the oldest and most respected
automatic identification specialist firms in
North America. PIPS, Inc. designs, sells and
supports its customers in using bar code
printing, verification, scanning, and data
capture solutions. These are based on the best
in on-demand tag and label printers & supplies,
quality assurance verifiers, scanners and
terminals -- with most products available from
stock for immediate delivery. PIPS is a leading
consulting, education and in-plant
implementation resource for publication, medical/surgical,
life sciences,
pharmaceutical, consumer goods and other
automatic identification applications. |
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