Frequently Asked Questions
What is SIMBA?
How does SIMBA work?
What else can SIMBA do?
Why computer printed labels?
Why bar code?
Why SIMBA?
What is SIMBA?
SIMBA is the answer to a special need in manufacturing finished goods
inventory management. When a line can turn out a number of different
products and can change frequently from one to another, labeling and
inventory tracking both become difficult. SIMBA solves the labeling problem
with a high speed bar code printer and touch screen menus that let a
line worker change labels with a fingertip. SIMBA solves the inventory
tracking problem through the speed and accuracy of bar code data collection.
How does SIMBA work?
SIMBA prints product labels with the current set of characteristics.
When any characteristic of the product changes (such as size, color,
or grade), a line worker taps the new selection on a touch screen menu.
Each time SIMBA prints a label, it adds an item to inventory. Since all
the characteristics of the product are known for label printing, they
all are also captured as inventory data. If each different combination
of characteristics corresponds to a specific SKU or product code, SIMBA
can do that translation through a lookup table. SIMBA assigns a unique
serial number to each box. Shipping data is recorded with a portable
bar code reader, simply by scanning the label as each box goes into the
van.
What else can SIMBA do?
SIMBA
can save you time and money. SIMBA can produce shipper’s
documentation as soon as the van is loaded. SIMBA can take data from
an electronic scale, to print and record exact weight. SIMBA can send
data via email, so that sales or headquarters can have the same immediate
production data as the plant.
Why computer printed labels?
Legible
Consistent
Flexible
Neat
Accurate
Fast
Good impressions
Why bar codes?
Accurate shipping data
Solved tracing problems
Reduced shipping errors
Reduced receiving errors
No more keyboard data entry
Easy data collection at any point in the process
Happy customers
Why SIMBA?
All the benefits of computer printed labels
All the benefits of bar codes
Immediate production reports
Accurate inventory data
Years of experience in industrial bar coding
