Automatic Identification and Data Capture (AIDC) is the industry term which describes the identification and/or direct collection of data into a microprocessor controlled device such as a computer system or a programmable logic controller (PLC), without the use of a keyboard.

At their core, all AIDC technologies support two common goals:

• To eliminate errors associated with identification and/or data collection
• To accelerate the through-put process

As an industry family, AIDC covers six distinct groups of technologies and services. They are:

• Bar Code Technologies
• Radio Frequency Identification Technologies
• Card Technologies
• Data Communication Technologies
• Emerging Technologies
• Support & Services which serve the industry

Rachna Overseas is active in technologies at sr. nos 1, 2 and 6

Since their invention in the early 1950s bar codes have accelerated the flow of products and information throughout the global business community. Coupled with the improvements in data accuracy that accompanies the adoption of bar code technology over keyboard data entry, bar code systems are critical elements in conducting business in today’s global economy.

Bar code technology encompasses the symbolizes that encode data to be optically read, the printing technologies that produce machine-readable symbols, the scanners and decoders that capture visual images of the symbolizes and convert them to computer-compatible digital data, and the verifiers that validate symbol quality.

There are many different bar code symbolizes, or languages. Each symbology has its own rules for character (e.g. letter, number, punctuation) encodation, printing and decoding requirements, error checking, and other features.

The various bar code symbolizes differ both in the way they represent data and in the type of data they can encode: some only encode numbers; others encode numbers, letters, and a few punctuation characters; still others offer encodation of the 128-character, and even 256-character, ASCII sets. The newest symbolizes include options to encode multiple character set.

A symbology is a language in Bar Code Technology. When a symbology is used to print a message, we call that message a Bar Code label. Information in a Bar Code label is read through the eyes of a scanner, but the scanner and the label have to communicate through the same symbology rules or the message will not be understood. There are a number of Bar Code symbolizes, some primitive and some quite sophisticated.

More than 300 different Bar Code symbolizes exist today, but less than 20 have popular applications. Different uses demand different symbolizes, sometimes determined by the industry using the code, sometimes by the application and sometimes by the product size. The Bar Code symbol is a pattern of bars and spaces following specific standards, that when read by a scanner, interpret the bars and spaces as characters and numbers. Sometimes the characters and numbers have specific meanings, but more and more often, they are similar to our car license plates, that when called up in a computer, provide a range of information, depending on the application, the industry and the code. Today there are linear or one-dimensional codes, two-dimensional (2D) codes, and two new symbology families from the Uniform Code Council: the Reduced Space Symbology (RSS) and the Composite Code. One dimensional codes contain the same information throughout the height of the code, making them vertically redundant. This allows some acceptance of voids and specks in the printing process.

Two-dimensional codes can be used as license plates or to carry large amounts of data. They come in several flavors, including stacked and matrix. The former is a series of one-dimensional codes horizontally stacked on each other. Matrix codes, meanwhile, have black spots (often square or rectangular shaped) in different positions within a matrix. The position of that spot or element is what encodes the data. The scalable matrix code usually offers higher data densities than the stacked code. The new UCC symbology families stack or combine different codes, including linear and 2D codes, into one symbol.

Assisted by a competent team of professionals, we are able to cater the diverse requirements of our clients. These professionals are highly experienced and are geniuses of their respective domains. They are well aware of every pros and cons of this industry and are well updated with the latest techniques and advanced technologies. Moreover, our professionals also keep in regular touch with the patrons to understand their needs and provide them solutions effectively. Further, to keep them updated with the innovative methods, we arrange regular training sessions and workshops at regular intervals. Our workforce consists of the following professionals:

• Engineers

• Quality auditors

• R&D experts

• Warehousing & Packaging Experts

• Administrative staff

Owing to the support of our business associates, we have been able to establish ourselves as a renowned distributor and reseller of Printers and Scanners. Empowered with advanced machines, our associates enable us in ensuring the time-line delivery of both large and small orders. To successfully cater to the ever increasing demands of the clients, we have forged alliances with the world's leading companies in the area of identification & tracking technologies.

Listed below are the names of the organizations of whom we are the authorized distributor and reseller:

• Godex Bar-code Printers: Authorized Distributor

• Toshiba TEC Corporation, Japan: Authorized Distributor for Bar Code Printers

• Opticon Sensors Europe B.V., Netherlands: Authorized Distributor

• Seagull Scientific for their Bar Tender Label Printing Software: Authorized Reseller

• Monarch Identification & Pricing Solutions and Bar Code Systems products: Authorized Distributor

• Monarch a part of Avery Dennison: Distributing Avery Dennison Bar Code Systems, Label Applicators and Print & Apply Systems also.

• It has a Technical Collaboration Agreement with Monarch for manufacture of labels. The Company is licensed the user of Monarch Trademarks.

With the sound experience of ours in this domain, we are backed by a team of highly experienced professionals. These experts assist us in providing these services in a timely manner. Our services are mentioned below:

Pre Sales:

We understand that two customer's requirements are not the same. Therefore, we follow a customized approach. We have hired an experienced team of professionals, which ensure that all the products are manufactured as per the requirements of the clients, fully and at minimal cost.

Our services include a site study, systems design & implementation, system study covering need analysis and cost-benefit analysis. Our firm also assist valued clients in getting EAN /GS1 registration and guidance on adopting international standards. Our organization is one of the India's largest converter of labels, tags and thermal transfer ribbons.

Sales:

In our on sale services, we ensure that our customers get the products at the time of their need, without any compromise with the quality. It is possible because of our regular inventory analysis and keeping of stocks at all our locations.

Moreover, we are also assisted with competent trained software and hardware engineers and professionals at all our locations, which ensure that the equipment are not only dumped at the customers' end but are up and running at the soonest.

Our range includes integration with the customer's existing or preferred host platform, host integration, initial programming of Portable Data Terminals, comprehensive user training and Warranty Services.

After Sales:

The relationship of ours with the patrons continues long after the sale is over. We undertake annual maintenance contracts, buy backs for equipment on completion of product life, up-grades for software products and help in re-programming portable data terminals.