Food firmWeetabixhas deployed a
mobilebarcode-labelling system at its four
UK food manufacturing sites to help it comply with food labelling
and traceability legislation.
The system allows Weetabix staff to label pallets as they come
off the production line without the firm having to install barcode
printing equipment at the end of every production line.
"Each site has many factories with numerous production lines. We
did not want to hardwire a vast amount of hardware into the
factories. We wanted a more flexible system," said a senior product
manager at Weetabix.
The mobile units use Intermec scanners and printers with
wireless cards. Software developed by Kelgray Products enables the
printers to communicate with Weetabix's production management
systems over a wireless network.
