Hi, all The next few blogs will point you to information on the recent announcement of the EFPIA 2D labelling scheme. The EFPIA is the European Federation of Pharmaceutical and Industries Association. In-Pharma's article on this announcement is: http://www.in-pharmatechnologist.com/Packaging/2D-barcodes...
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Filed under: Counterfeiting, security, Supply Chain, packaging, serialization, safety, HP, EFPIA, Siemens, 2D Barcodes, IT Solutions, Sweden
It's September. The month when most people's gas bills hit rock bottom. Kids are back in school, harvest is still just sweat and fury in the future. Closed are the pools, open are the schools, and life is good. Too good. So, those wonderful conference organizers have nothing better to do than...
A quick blog today on an HP seizure of a mountain of counterfeit materials. Apologies for the long time between postings...just back from an amazing trip to Ireland for vacation. http://www.ameinfo.com/202085.html "HP Middle East's efforts to protect its customers from counterfeits in the region...
One of my colleagues and friends, Puneet Mehta (one of HP’s top RFID/Supply Chain experts), pinged me recently, and mentioned “I found this interesting article about the theft of baby formula. [Is it salient] to Security Printing?” This is an excellent question. Does Theft Matter? When you consider the...
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Filed under: variable data printing, anti-counterfeiting, security, brand protection, Supply Chain, branding, VDP, security VDP, forensics, tamper-evidence, unique ID, packaging, copy-detection, baby formula, infant formula, labels, stealing, theft
In the previous blog, I talked about your Deterrent Score, and mentioned you must multiply it by your Ecosystem Score to get your overall effectiveness. As I mentioned in the May 12 blog, it takes PRACTICE to put such an ecosystem together. In today’s blog, let’s talk about how a deterrent might fit...