Best Barcode Labeling Software for Your Startup

Best Barcode Labeling Software for Your Startup

BY: JENNA WAGNER / DATE: 08/01/2024 / TOPICS: LABEL DESIGN

Every startup has the end goal of making their customers happy, whether it’s ensuring timely deliveries or delivering the correct products. Achieving high customer satisfaction is essential for the success of your business. That’s why it’s important to partner with barcode labeling experts to help manage the complexities of your labeling environment. When your startup uses barcode labeling software, it makes you faster and more accurate. This helps keep customers happy because they receive the right products quickly.  

All businesses have unique barcode labeling requirements specific to the company's needs. For startups, consider how barcode labeling software can help you create and print barcode labels quickly, accurately, and efficiently.  

In the blog, learn about why barcode labeling is important for your startup business and features to look for when choosing barcode labeling software.

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Why Barcode Labeling is Essential for Startups

Starting a new business is challenging enough, your labeling environment shouldn’t have to be. It’s important to have barcode labeling software that’s user-friendly and easy to integrate with your current database or business system. Below are things to keep in mind when choosing barcode labeling software.

• Accuracy: To ensure the success of your startup, labeling accuracy is critical. Accurate labels prevent your products from labeling mistakes that can lead to recalls.   
• Scalability and flexibility: As a startup, your business will continue to grow, so it’s important to choose a labeling solution that can scale with your business needs. 
• Compliance: No matter if you're in the food and beverage, medical device, cannabis, or chemical industries, meeting regulatory compliance is essential for the success of your business because non-compliant labels can lead to money and time wasted. If you don’t currently have a specialist or team dedicated to ensuring regulatory compliance, no need to worry. Let the labeling experts at TEKLYNX help ensure that your labels stay compliant with industry regulations.

Key Features in Your Barcode Labeling Software

Sometimes you don’t know you need something until you find yourself spending hours a week manually writing out labels to fill orders. Having built-in software features that allow you to use the product the day you buy it can speed up your processes, remove manual steps that waste time, and get you on your feet faster.

Here are some features to look for in barcode labeling software:

• Familiar interface: Having barcode labeling software with a familiar interface ensures an easy transition for your startup, allowing team members to quickly adapt, save time, and focus on growing the new business.  
• Database connections: A feature in TEKLYNX label design software that enables label templates to pull variable data in from an existing database. This feature allows you to enter or select one key data element and all other data is automatically populated on the label. 
• Print forms: By using print forms to select the correct label template and populate print-time data, you can create your ideal label printing process to streamline labeling.
• Label samples: To help users create compliant labels, TEKLYNX label design experts created label samples to use as starting points. Whether you are labeling medical devices, food products, or automotive parts, leveraging label samples can give you a head start on labeling compliance. 
• Helpful wizards: Built into the software, wizards help get you labeling quicker and can be used for everything from selecting a printer, to database setup, to 2D barcode configuration – all in a straightforward process. 
• Database integration: Consider whether the labeling software integrates seamlessly with your existing business systems. Integration with your business, ERP, or WMS system helps to minimize errors, increase print speeds, and maximize ROI. 

Use Case: Barcode Label Printing Software for Startups

BeanTown Chemical, a chemical startup company, needed a barcode labeling system that could accommodate 7,000 products with 5,500 unique chemicals. BeanTown Chemical's first label printing solution had to meet all these goals while complying with Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS) standards. BeanTown Chemical needed an entirely new barcode labeling printing software that would comply with GHS standards while also being affordable and easy to use. 

BeanTown Chemical decided on CODESOFT barcode label printing software from TEKLYNX because of its affordability and features. They even discovered features they didn’t know they needed, like the ability to print shipping labels that meet requirements for labeling chemicals in transit. 

With its implementation of CODESOFT, BeanTown Chemical was able to successfully implement their first barcode label printing software as a startup, all while staying within their budget and meeting labeling regulations. Read the full case study. 

Let TEKLYNX Help You Get Started

Whatever your industry or business size, TEKLYNX grows with you and provides solutions for all your labeling complexities and needs. Learn more about TEKLYNX label design features by trying a free 30-day trial of CODESOFT. See how it can help elevate your startup business to the next level! 

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If you're looking to take it one step further than label design and replace manual label approval processes, consider adding LABEL ARCHIVE to your labeling environment to set up automatic label approval emails. LABEL ARCHIVE can get your label approval process done with just a few clicks, allowing you to use time and resources elsewhere. Get in touch with a TEKLYNX labeling expert to help you eliminate your manual paper approval process or request a free demo of LABEL ARCHIVE to see how it can help.