BTI is a leading information management solutions and bar coding
technology company.
Using patented and patent pending software technology BTI provides
consulting to a wide spectrum of industries. Our wholly owned subsidiary, SNX
Inc., is the premier bar code graphic software provider,
delivering innovative and proprietary bar code technology to
over 150,000 users throughout the world since1978.
Barcode Technology helps companies use RSS (Reduced Space Symbology) bar code.
RSS encodes more data in a smaller area with greater efficiency
over traditional UPC (A) barcode. The Uniform Code Council
has recommended the use of RSS when it runs out of UPC numbers in
2004. Read the Executive Summary of 2005 Sunrise
published by the Uniform Code Council.
Using RSS bar code allows drugs, for example, to function within
the automated systems used by today's pharmacies, thus reducing
costs, and most importantly, saving lives. BTI was
instrumental in developing RSS bar code with the Uniform Code
Council, helping to create the standard that exists today. Since then, BTI has
developed application technology for the use of RSS bar code in
applications for the market segments:
Biometric encoding
Food & Beverage
Global Tracking
Healthcare
Pharmaceutical
Printing & Publishing
Retail Systems
Security Industry
Systems Consulting
Since BTI's first RSS pilot with Abbott
Laboratories in August of 2001, BTI's RSS and Composite bar
code software has become the standard for use in the Pharmaceutical
Sector.
In 2002, BTI demonstrated the first in-line production RSS driven
ink jet and thermal printing solution at a manufacturing facility
at line speeds.
In April of 2003, BTI and Domino-Amjet, in response to industry
demand, hosted a demonstration of in-line RSS composite printing,
using Domino's new DDC3 scribing laser coder. In another breakthrough, BTI also
demonstrated the first in-line, composite verification, and ANSI
grading.
In March of 2004
Domino Amjet with Barcode Technology Inc. presented the only
high-speed laser system to print variable RSS type barcodes that
comply with the newly published FDA rule. The UCC/EAN Reduced
Space Symbology (RSS) bar code is one of the densest bar codes
allowing data to be recorded in a much smaller space than
conventional linear technologies like UPC, EAN or Code 128.
The use of RSS
permits drug manufacturers to encode lot number and expiration date
as well as other information in RSS composite bar code on their
products and to do it on small unit-dose vials and other
miniature-sized package labels at speeds that exceed 400 labels per
minute. In 2004, Domino and BTI have already performed
demonstrations for major pharmaceutical companies and plan to
continue marketing this product to manufacturers who will introduce
these systems to prevent further unnecessary deaths in the medical
field.