Medicine Barcodes in Bahrain and Qatar: What Your Scanning App Has to Handle.
Bahrain already scans medicine barcodes at the pharmacy counter, and Qatar has given the industry one year to follow, so here’s what your scanning app needs to handle.
The EU Battery Passport: Every Battery Gets a QR Code in February 2027.
The battery industry is becoming more transparent thanks to the EU Battery Passport. A digital battery passport that can be accessed via a QR code will be required for some batteries sold in the EU starting in February 2027. It will offer crucial details regarding the battery's sustainability, carbon footprint, origin, and composition. This presents new possibilities and difficulties for barcode scanning technology, making dependable QR code scanning crucial for swiftly and precisely obtaining battery information.
Barcode Scanner SDK for Inventory Management Apps
Barcode scanning helps inventory apps streamline stock counting, receiving, picking, packing, and asset tracking. Discover how a barcode scanner SDK can simplify these workflows, support GS1 data, and help developers build reliable inventory management solutions.
Pharma Barcodes Acting Up? Here’s Why They Don’t Always Scan.
Pharmaceutical barcodes don’t always scan as expected, and the problem isn’t necessarily the barcode itself. Small GS1 DataMatrix codes, poor printing, reflections, curved packaging, lighting, and camera quality can all affect scanning performance. This blog looks at the most common reasons pharma barcodes can be difficult to scan and how reliable barcode-scanning technology like barKoder can help deliver faster, more consistent results.
Barcode Scanning in the EU, NATO & BRICS | barKoder
Discover how barcode and QR code scanning are supporting digital transformation across the EU, NATO member countries, and BRICS nations. Learn how barKoder enables fast, accurate, and secure mobile scanning for government services, logistics, healthcare, manufacturing, transportation, retail, and enterprise applications worldwide.
A Barcode Scanner's Crazy Day: What Happens in 24 Hours?
Every second, thousands of barcodes are being scanned somewhere in the world. From supermarket checkouts and warehouses to hospitals and global supply chains, barcode scanners quietly keep modern commerce moving. Take a 24-hour journey through the surprisingly busy life of the barcode scanner.
Direct Part Marking: What DPM Codes Are and How to Scan Them
When standard paper labels peel, shred, or burn away, component-level traceability breaks. Enter Direct Part Marking (DPM) - the permanent, indestructible link between physical assets and their digital history. Learn how DPM works across modern industries and how smart software decodes even the hardest-to-read DPM Data Matrix codes.
Search & Find: A Smarter Way to Locate the Right Barcode with barKoder.
With barKoder’s new Search & Find feature, simply enter the barcode value you’re looking for and point your camera at the scene. The SDK searches interactively until it detects and scans the matching barcode.
Best Barcode Scanner SDK for Enterprise Apps
Choosing the right barcode scanner SDK can make a major difference in enterprise workflows - here’s what to consider for reliable, scalable scanning across industries and platforms.
Major Release: Multithreaded Web Scanning, VIN OCR, Advanced AR, and Enterprise Milestones
barKoder has shipped major updates: multithreaded web scanning, VIN OCR, advanced AR, new document parsers, Zebra validation, ISO 27001 certification, and easier cross-platform SDK testing. They also joined Zebra ISV partners and expanded GS1 provider status.
GS1 Digital Link Explained: The QR Code That Replaces Your Barcode
With GS1 Sunrise 2027 around the corner, retail point-of-sale is experiencing its biggest shift since the introduction of the traditional UPC/EAN barcode. GS1 Digital Link turns a simple QR code into a multi-purpose tool that serves checkout scanners, inventory systems, and shoppers' smartphones all at once. Here is everything you need to know about how GS1 Digital Link works and how to get your systems and packaging ready before 2027 arrives.
AAMVA PDF417 Barcode Format: Fields, Examples and Parsing Guide
Every day, millions of state-issued driver's licenses and ID cards are scanned at retail checkouts, airport security checkpoints, bank onboarding desks, and hotel reception counters. Behind nearly all of these physical identity verifications is a two-dimensional barcode printed on the back of the card: the AAMVA-compliant PDF417 barcode.