CoLOS 6 helps you

• Design text, logo, line, and barcode messages for all printer types, link these to ERP master product tables and to stock-keeping units and automatically populate messages with SKU data.
• Download complete production line jobs in one step from an easy-to-use operator interface or automatically from line control automation equipment.
• Instant visibility of printer performance
• Optimized dashboards
  • Access to your marking and coding activities printer performance from one comprehensive dashboard.
• Reduced running costs
  • Anticipate changing consumables and identify low printer availability. Review and analyze your historical production data with exported data files.
• Performance dashboard from any device
  • Access your printer data and performance dashboard from any compatible user interface or mobile device connected to your factory network.

Greater uptime

• Optimized printer performance
• Check displays and logs printer pack-rate, availability, and consumable consumption no matter where you are.
• SMS/Email alerts
• Get immediate event-based alerts when an incident occurs.
• Improved operational performance
• Identify existing bottlenecks and performance losses due to usage issues to implement process improvements on a continuous basis.

Flexible promotional coding

• Simple to implement
  • The system distributes pre-prepared unique codes from central storage to individual coders. The codes are printed at real-time production rates without the need for expensive local control equipment.
• Always available
  • Promotion coding can be switched on by production order or individual product code for on-demand promotions or be permanently enabled as needed by the overall promotion.
• Easier integration
  • The system not only provides integration for the codes to be printed, it produces reports of what codes have been printed that can be exported for use in the end-consumer code redemption system of choice for the promotion.

Efficient brand enhancement

• Efficient production
  • Using the same coder for date and promotion coding with data-driven control enables greater flexibility and better adaptability to enhance promotional marketing campaigns.
• Simplified code management
  • Distributing and printing codes at production time rather than at the packaging manufacturer means simplified management of codes to be printed. Last-minute changes of production are easy to achieve.
• Enhanced consumer dialogue
  • Unique product fingerprints enable the creation of an open dialogue with consumers through mobile marketing activations. Particularly for pointsredemption loyalty schemes.