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Using Machine Vision to Meet New Pharma Compliance Rules
In November of 2023, all pharmaceutical companies will be
required to be compliant with the final legal requirements of the
U.S. Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA).
The new compliance rules are the final chapter of a
decade-long shift toward improved pharmaceutical tracking and traceability,
which the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has championed as a way to protect
pharma companies and their customers from counterfeit, stolen, contaminated or
otherwise harmful drug
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Sep 7th 2023
How Deep Learning OCR Revolutionizes Traceability and Serialization in Manufacturing
Traceability and serialization play a pivotal role in ensuring product integrity, regulatory compliance, and consumer safety. In industries such as pharmaceuticals and food and beverage, maintaining a robust traceability system is crucial. However, traditional methods of achieving traceability and serialization can be labor-intensive, error-prone, and time-consuming. That's where Deep Learning OCR (Optical Character Recognition) steps in as a game-changer for manufacturers seeking efficiency, ac
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Jun 22nd 2023
Make and Move Goods at the Speed of Demand
With ever-changing production goals and tighter timelines, you need easy-to-use solutions that elevate quality and drive production performance, now and into the future. Inspired by the demands of floor operations and built with field-proven innovation, Zebra's fixed industrial scanning and machine vision solutions are designed to eliminate errors, increase performance, enhance yields, and meet compliance requirements. Easy to set up, deploy and run all devices on a single platform and keep
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May 11th 2023
70th Anniversary of the Barcode
In 1952, a pair of Drexel Institute of Technology graduate students patented a method for instant electronic recall of product information based on patterns of lines of varied widths. The barcode is still an enduring icon of technology that has endured the test of time seventy years later.In 1948, the president of a grocery store chain visited Drexel in the aim of utilizing the university's technical expertise to develop a method for reading product data during the checkout process. Card reading
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Apr 21st 2022