IUID Blog

A2B is hosting a 90 minute Users Group meeting this month, on Feb 24, 2010 at 0700, during the UID Forum in San Antonio.  The conference hotel will have a room dedicated to the event.  It’s a breakfast meeting so bring your appetite plus questions and experiences that you can share with the rest of the UID Comply!® software user community.  We also welcome prospective users who will learn about both the commercial and military use of A2B’s UID compliance software to meet the obligations set forth by MIL STD 130.  (Read More)

It’s been a busy start to the year already.  A few of the notable activities going on at A2B as we roll into the month of February: (Read More)

With a great 2009 behind us and a bigger 2010 ahead, A2B is accepting resumes for a marketing manager role.  Please send inquiries to Pamm Taylor if you’re interested in a marketing position with a high growth enterprise software and services company and a progressive work environment. (Read More)

Here are the steps you will need to follow for Seek and Apply marking: Identify your inventory of items. Locate the items.  Place a Data Matrix bar code on each item.  Make sure the labels and plates stick. (Read More)

Most of the A2B staff took time out to enjoy our annual holiday party at the Boathouse Restaurant, overlooking the picturesque Sakonnet River in Tiverton, Rhode Island.  As I looked around the room I reflected that we were also celebrating 15 years as a company. What’s more 2009 was our best year yet.  We owe our customers a great deal of thanks. It’s a good feeling to know that we haven’t peaked as a business..   (Read More)

Milan, Italy plays host to ID World, a strong, international annual ID industry event. This huge conference brings together professionals from the following AIT technologies and disciplines: bar code, RFID, biometrics, and smart cards.  Subjects ranged from securing personnel identity and payments over the Internet to tracking critical assets using global ID standards. (Read More)

Last week in Phoenix AZ, at the DoD Maintenance Symposium, I was fortunate to hear General Ann Dunwoody, Commanding General of US Army Materiel Command.  She inspired the audience with a call to action, namely to consider the reality for the US military in light of a future with a significant budget deficit.  In short, that means less money to support the war fighter. (Read More)

We just returned from visiting a major US Air Force base where we were amazed by the diverse categories of equipment that require an IUID mark.  So many different surfaces and conditions challenge the marking effort.  For example, some conditions require that adhesives bond to a surface temperature up to 160° F. Other conditions required a material that could handle being covered in jet fuel.  Remember that the IUID has to last the life of that item, once it’s applied. (Read More)

We had some feedback, following our most recent UID Web Seminar that clearly illustrates the importance of tackling IUID with a team approach. One attendee wrote, “Please accept our thanks and appreciation to both A2B and David (Collins of Data Capture Institute) for bringing us an informative hour that was well spent. Everyone on our team sat together, property management, purchasing, operations and executive departments, up to and including our president. We heard as one the inevitability of moving ahead with IUID.”  (Read More)