Sustainability has emerged as a pivotal factor across numerous industries, driven by environmental protection and shifting consumer tastes. Businesses are progressively directing their attention towards sustainable strategies, encompassing endeavours like minimising carbon footprints, embracing eco-conscious materials, and integrating circular economy concepts. Sustainability arises significantly in the Automatic Identification and Data Capture (AIDC) industry, leading to a growing demand for more eco-friendly materials and solutions for labels, tags, and other AIDC offerings. Reducing carbon emissions is the key strategy for the AIDC industry to achieve carbon neutrality and support environmental sustainability.

As the world economy has decelerated since 2021, job markets in OECD countries remain strained. Despite employment rates returning to pre-pandemic levels and unemployment rates hitting their lowest since the early 1970s, a stark labour shortage persists due to a lack of qualified talent, highlighting a supply-demand imbalance.

VDC Research finds that increasing demand for industrial printers is propelled by automation in manufacturing, traceability regulations in the food and beverage sector, hybrid retail strategies, e-commerce-driven logistics growth, and a heightened safety emphasis in healthcare.

Since 2002, we have grown from a modest sales revenue of 2 million RMB to an impressive 100 million RMB, becoming the leading distributor for TSC Auto ID in mainland China. This growth is a testament to our dedication to brand advocacy, market penetration, and customer service.

In any efficient or semi-automated process, mistakes can be extremely disruptive to workflows and costly to resolve.

Since the beginning my journey in this industry as a technician in 1997, my passion for innovation and customer-centric solutions led me to establish Shanghai Lepei in 2009. Specialising in printer applications and consumables, Lepei initially catered to end users, offering comprehensive solutions tailored to their needs.

Understanding inventory location is the key to a strong supply chain and Just-in-Time (JIT) manufacturing execution.

What is a free Quality Engineer worth to you? In this installment, we test drive that question, because the US will always be a nation of cars and drivers. A new study says roughly 95% of Americans own or have access to a car or truck and they are going places given the US boasts the largest network of roads in the world at over 4.1M miles. What keeps these cars on the road are the quality standards employed by assemblers and part makers around the world.

A recent study from the CDC (Centres of Disease Control and Prevention) shows that the incidence of healthcare associated infections (HAIs) was elevated during periods of high COVID-19 hospitalisations; in 2021, standardised infection ratios were significantly higher than during the pre-pandemic period