Ke kū nei ʻo Crunch Pak i kahi pilikia.
Ma kahi o ʻelua makahiki i hala aku nei, ua piʻi aʻe ka Produce Traceability Initiative e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka traceability uila, e kuhikuhi ana i ka hāʻawi ʻana a me ka paʻi ʻana i kahi GTIN (Global Trade Item Number) no kēlā me kēia hihia i waho o nā huahana hou.
Ke koi nei nā mea kūʻai aku i ka ʻike hou aku e pili ana i nā lepili - ʻoi aku ma mua o ka ʻōnaehana Crunch Pak i hiki ke hoʻokipa.
He mea paʻakikī hoʻi ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻōnaehana inkjet a Crunch Pak a ʻaʻole hoʻi i ʻoluʻolu i ke anuanu a me nā mahana pulu e hele pū ana me ka hoʻopili ʻana i kāna ʻāpala i kālai ʻia a me nā huahana ʻoki hou.
"Me nā lako a mākou i hoʻohana ai ma mua, ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke paʻi pololei i nā code bar scannable i nā pahu - ʻo ia wale nō ka maikaʻi o ka inkjet," wahi a Todd Danko, ka luna o nā hana no Crunch Pak ma Cashmere, Wash. paʻakikī maoli ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi mea hana ... e ʻimi i nā lako paʻi i hiki ke paʻi pono ma 31˚."
Ua loaʻa iā Crunch Pak. Ke hoʻokokoke nei i nā mea kūʻai aku ʻehā, lawe mai ka hui i nā lako hoʻāʻo a holo i nā hoʻokolohua. ʻO kahi ʻōnaehana i hōʻike ʻia e Videojet, kahi mea hoʻolako lōʻihi o nā noi lepili, lanakila.
"ʻO Videojet ka mea i hana maikaʻi loa," wahi a Danko. "Ua hiki iā ia ke mālama i ke anuanu, maʻalahi loa ka maikaʻi o nā mea hana, maʻalahi loa ka pūnaewele."
Ua hana pū ka ʻenekini kūʻai Videojet ʻo Casey Kilfoil, nāna e uhi iā Oregon a me Wakinekona hikina, me Crunch Pak e hoʻokō i kahi ʻōnaehana e paʻi a hoʻopili i nā lepili i hiki ke hoʻokomo i ka ʻike kikoʻī ma ka ʻaoʻao a ma mua o kēlā me kēia pahu. No ka hana ʻana, ua hoʻololi ʻo Videojet i kāna mau mea hana e hāʻawi i kahi paʻa e pale ai i nā mea hōʻailona pākahi mai ke anu a me ka pulu.
"Ma mua, ua kāpī ka mea paʻi inkjet i ka inika ma luna o ka pahu," wahi a Kilfoil. "ʻAʻole hiki ke hilinaʻi ʻia, ua nui ka manawa haʻahaʻa, a he nui nā manawa ʻaʻole hiki ke heluhelu ʻia ke code bar."
Hoʻopau ʻia kēlā me ka ʻōnaehana hou, a loaʻa nā pōmaikaʻi ʻē aʻe.
Hoʻouna hoʻokahi kikowaena kamepiula i nā hana paʻi a hiki i 24 laina e hana ana i ka manawa like, ʻelua hoʻololi i ka lā. Loaʻa i kēlā me kēia kikowaena kona IP IP ponoʻī, no laila hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia nā lepili no nā laina like ʻole me ka maʻalahi.
"Loaʻa iā lākou i kēia manawa ka hiki ke hoʻohana i nā lepili like ʻole a hiki ke kūpono i nā mea a lākou e pono ai, e like me ka mea kūʻai aku," wahi a Kilfoil. "ʻO nā mea kūʻai aku a pau."
He maʻalahi ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā huahana hou i kēia manawa.
"Inā loaʻa iā mākou kahi huahana hou, hiki iā mākou ke komo i loko a hoʻokomo i loko o kahi waihona i hoʻokahi minuke," wahi a Danko. "Ma mua, pono mākou e hele i kēlā me kēia mīkini a hoʻoiho iā ia i kēlā me kēia mīkini."
Hoʻohou ka lolouila i nā lepili i kēlā me kēia minuke, ʻo ia hoʻi he maʻalahi ke kuhikuhi pono i ka huahana i hiki ke hoʻopili ʻia e kahi hoʻomanaʻo.
"Hiki iā mākou ke haʻi i nā pahu i puka mai i kēlā me kēia minuke," wahi a Danko. "I ka wā i hana ai mākou i kahi hoʻomanaʻo hoʻohenehene, ʻike mākou hiki iā mākou ke hana i nā manawa paʻa.
“Ke paʻi ʻia kēlā me kēia ʻeke a pahu paha i kēlā me kēia minuke, hiki iā ʻoe ke hele, 'E makaʻala kākou a hele i ʻelima mau minuke ma mua a ʻelima mau minuke ma hope,' e kūʻē i ka huki ʻana i ka huahana i holo i 30 mau minuke ma mua a ma hope. Ma 1,100 mau hihia i kēlā me kēia hola, hiki ke hoʻololi i kahi o 900 mau hihia.
ʻOiai ke hoʻolilo nei ʻo Crunch Pak i nā lepili, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka mālama ʻana a me ka manawa haʻahaʻa.
"Aneane hiki ʻole iā mākou (ma mua)," wahi a Danko. "Ua hoʻohana lākou i ka manawa nui e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i nā poʻo, nui ka manawa mālama e ho'āʻo nei e kiʻi i kahi barcode hiki ke heluhelu ʻia ma ke paʻi ʻana ma ka pahu.
"Maʻalahi loa kēia."