When you walk into an office you will probably encounter the following objects: a laptop, some post-its, a pen, a pencil, a marker and a box filled with labels and barcodes. The last items may seem strange to you but you would be surprised how many offices function based on labels. For example: envelops need to addressed, products have to be prices, orders have to be labeled. In other words, in business a whole lot of things need to be labeled. Without the right set of labels or barcodes, letters would be send to the wrong place and packages would be distributed to the wrong person.
A label is nothing more than a little piece of paper or card with some text which provides the information you need. This text is mostly standard and will mention where the package is from, where it is going to and maybe even what it contains. The fact that this type of information is printed on labels makes a lot of tasks within the office a whole lot easier.
For example: when you need to send out a bunch of letters, instead of writing the address down over and over again, you just simply add a label. Once you have tried this method you will never go back to writing down addresses. You have entered the world of labeling!
To start labeling you just have to buy a labeling machine and you are stet to go.
Labeling does not only make your job go faster but it also avoids spelling mistakes. Since you do not longer have to write something down, you will not make any typos or errors.
A barcode is different from a label. It is a code which consists out of white and black lines and cubes which can identify a certain product. This may seem a bit abstract to be used at the office but it is not. When you have to ship out several packages a day it may occur that you misinterpreted a package because the description seems more like a riddle than a description of the content. Luckily there is a solution for this problem. Thanks to the barcode you no longer have to worry about deciphering the name or the description of the packages. You simply use a scanner designed for ready barcodes and you can read all the information you need directly from the monitor. You know whose package it is, where it is going to and what it contain in a matter of seconds. Just like labels, barcodes are printed in advanced and have to be put on the package. This will save you time and will lower the chance of human errors.
So there you have it, the office would not be the same without labels or barcodes. Placing a label or barcode can make a huge difference. It will lessen the job load, it will make your day more productive and it lowers mistakes in shipping.
Do not hesitate any longer and start labeling your office.