verification 2006 1

Verification EMEA track #1September 2006

Verification is checking the overall print quality against a set of standards or specifications.

• The same specifications can be defined on different levels

1. International level;ISO/IEC SC31 -- International Standards Organization /

International Electrotechnical Council

2. Regional level;CEN -- Committee for European Normalization

ANSI -- American National Standards Institute

ANSI X3.182

What is verification

ISO/IEC 15416

CEN EN1635

What standards types are specified

1.Verifier conformance

International;ISO/IEC 15426

Regional;CEN ENV12637

2. Test methodology

ISO/IEC 15416

CEN EN1635ANSI x3. 182

3. Barcode Symbologies

ISO/IEC 15420 - EAN/U.P.C. ISO/IEC 15417 - Code 128ISO/IEC 15438 - PDF417ISO/IEC 16022 - Data MatrixGS-1 – EAN/UPC/RSS

CEN EN797 - EAN UPCCEN EN799 - Code 128CEN EN800 - Code 39CEN EN801 - Interl. 2 of 5

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Workgroup 1Workgroup 2Workgroup 3Workgroup 4Workgroup 5Workgroup 6

Technical Committee 222


Subcommittee 27

Workgroup 1Workgroup 2Workgroup 3Workgroup 4Workgroup 5Workgroup 6

Who specifies -2 main players

Subcommittee 28

Subcommittee 29

Subcommittee 30

Subcommittee 31

Subcommittee 32

Automatic identification and data capture

techniques

ISO/IEC Joint Technical Committee 1

(JTC 1)

International Standards

Organization (ISO)

International Electrotechnical

Commission (IEC)

InternationalEuropean Region

ISO/IEC

European Committee for Standarixation




CEN AIDC Technologies

TC 225

Samples of JCT1/EC31 standards

INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS:

SO/IEC 15420 - EAN/U.P.C. SymbologyISO/IEC 15417 - Code 128ISO/IEC 15438 - PDF417ISO/IEC 16022 - Data MatrixISO/IEC 15418 - EAN / UCC Application Identifiers & FACT Data IdentifiersISO/IEC 15960 - Transaction Message ProfilesISO/IEC 15459 - Unique Identification of Transport Units - Parts #1 & #2ISO/IEC 15416 - Bar Code Print Quality Test Specifications - Linear SymbolsISO/IEC 15423 - Bar Code Scanner & Decoder Performance Testing - #1 (Linear)

- #2 (2D)ISO/IEC 15426 - Bar Code Verifier Conformance Specification - #1 (Linear)

- #2 (2D)ISO/IEC 18001 - RFID for Item Management - App. ProfilesISO/IEC 15961 - RFID for Item Management - Data Objects

Samples of CEN TC225 standards

REGIONAL EUROPEAN STANDARDS:

EN796 Bar coding - Symbology identifiersEN797 Bar coding - Symbology specifications - EAN UPCEN799 Bar coding - Symbology specifications - Code 128EN800 Bar coding - Symbology specifications - Code 39EN801 Bar coding - Symbology specifications - Interleaved 2 of 5EN1571 Bar coding - Data identifiersEN1572 Bar coding - Unique identifier for transport unitsEN1635 Bar coding - Test specifications - bar code symbolsEN12403 Bar coding - Structured data filesENV12647 Bar coding - Test specifications for verifiersENV12648 Bar coding - Test specifications for bar code printers ENV12925 Bar coding - Symbology specifications - PDF417ENV13065 Bar coding - Test specifications for bar code masters

ENV13066 Bar coding - Test specifications for bar code production software

GS1 manages a global system that allows companies all around the world to globally and uniquely identify their physical things like trade items (products & services), assets, logistic units, shipments, and physical locations and logical things like a corporation or a service relationship between provider and recipient.

GS1 include :• EAN/UPC, • RSS, • GS1-128, • ITF-14, • Data Matrix,

and Composite Components

All retail bar code symbol applications around the world

A third player - GS1

A fourth player - AIM Global

ANSI/AIM BCI-1995 USS - Code 39 ANSI/AIM BC2-1995 USS - I 2/5 ANSI/AIM BC3-1995 USS - Codabar ANSI/AIM BC4-1999 ISS - Code 128 ANSI/AIM BC10 ISS - MaxiCodeANSI/AIM BC11 ISS - Data Matrix ANSI/AIM BC12 USS - Channel Code ANSI/AIM BC13 ISS - Aztec Code

If ISO standardization has not been applied for, AIM global is doing their own set of standards.

Samples of ANSI/AIM standards

Standards Advisory Group

Health Care Action Group

RFID Experts Work Group

Technical Symbology Committee (TSC)

Education and Public Policy Committee

Checking your bar codes

1. Things that can be measured visually, without using equipment

2. Things that should be measured using verification equipment

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Avoid Corner Wraps

Avoid Package Flaps

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Centered on labelAllow quit zones

Usage of tape and foil/shrink wrap

What the verifier checks

• Traditional Verification Parameters• ISO/IEC Verification Parameters (ANSI)

Parameter groups:1. Dimensional (DIM) About used physical sizes2. Reflectance (REF) How the light is reflected by the bar

code3. Format (FMT) About the data in the bar code

Result:

A quality indication: A B C D FResults on the parameters

Where do we verify

Packing / Labeling ProductsBoxing Items

Shipping goodsPrinting labels &

packaging

Goods Receiving / acceptance

Throughout the supply chain……………Pallet

Why is verification so important

Traveling through the supply chain products will pass several stations where their barcodes will be read, under different conditions with various equipment.

Factory sorting centre Distribution center store

Manufacturingstoring

Packingshipping

Goods receivedSorting

Goods out

Goods receivedStoring

Order pickingGoods out

Goods receivedShelving

Price checkCheck out

Only bar codes that meat the specifications are ensured to be read throughout the supply chain.

When parties reach mutual agreement on the required quality level verification becomes essential. (Think off ISO 9001)

A BB C

A barcode that can’t be read

Whenever a barcode can not be read the verifier can tell you weather it should read or not.

The quality a scanner can read might vary between different scanner manufacturers / models. Some scanners do read far beyond the lowest quality grade.

A B C D FHigh change on

miss readschange on miss readsSave zone

We noticed a trend scanners getting less critical on specifications, and gain more area in the light-green end yellow zone.

Verifiers and RoHS

Categories 8 and 9 in the WEEE Directive covering medical, and monitoring and control equipment are currently excluded from the scope of the RoHS Directive but it is the intention of the European Commission to bring these categories within scope if possible.

At the moment all verifiers are exempt from the RoHS Directive

Verification RoadmapQC890 CP6Planned projectsQC860 (cordless linear w/screening) CP3 CP5QC870 (QC890 w/o optics) CP3 CP5QC960 PQA (cordless matrix imager w/2D Screening) CP3 CP5QC970 (2D Portable Ver) CP3 CP5QC990 (2D Fixed Ver) CP3 CP5

EOLQC2x0 LTSQC6x0 EOL LTB LTSQCPC600 (LTS - Q1 2008) EOL LTBQC8x0 (EOL schedule to start Q1 2008)QCOLV (no schedule intended at this time)

Red=EOLYellow=CP3Blue=CP5 *=includes Phase 1 & Phase 2Green=Production

*CP5

Product pallet Q4 2006

QC2x0X

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QC890

QCPC600QC8x0 SV100/200

EOL

QC6x0

The 890 concept

User Output Devices

Runs on – PC’s

World Voltage Battery Charger

via Cable or Wireless(RS232, USB, Bluetooth)

Optical Input Device(Direct Symbol Testing)

Existing Optical Inputs(QC3800V, Mouse, Wand – Future 1D Imager

Quick Check® ImageData (GUI)Runs on - Pocket PC

QC890 physicals

Front View Back View

Symbol ViewWindow

USB, RS232, Power& AccessoryConnectors

Scan Button& LED Indictors

Scan Base

ConvenientPositioning Grip

DurableCase

Aligning the symbol

QC890 Quick Check ImageData on PC

QC890 Quick Check ImageData on Windows Mobile

Future Product Pallet (mid 2007)

More Features / Functions

800 Series – 1D 900 Series – 2D

QC860Entry Level

QC870Mid Range

QC890High End

QC960Entry Level

QC970Mid Range

QC990High End

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QC990-OID QC990-IDCP5

Roadmap – 1D Product positioning…

$1000 $2000 $3000 $4000

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QC200Family

QCPC600

QC600Family

QC800Family

= Pre QC890 Release

= Post QC890 Release

QC870

&QC890

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QC860

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