Author: David Carta, Telaeris CEO

As children, most of us went through the experience of fire drills at school. They were often a special treat because it meant we got to be somewhere other than our classroom. If we were lucky, it gave us more time to cram for a test. Because real emergencies are so rare, few people take […]

A client recently brought an interesting challenge to the Telaeris team. They wanted to use our software to track check-outs and locations of RFID-tagged items for inspection purposes. These tags were built into heavy-duty rigging equipment by the Crosby Group and inspections were tracked using their patented system. There was one big catch – all of the RFID […]

Being known as radio frequency identification (RFID) specialists, we get calls all the time about people who would like to use RFID technology to solve all of the worlds problems, one tag at a time. It always delights us to hear the creative ideas customers have for the uses of RFID. At the same time, […]

Last month Telaeris attended the National Electric Contractors Association’s 2011 Conference in San Diego. Telaeris has exhibited in a number of trade shows in the past, but this was my first. As the designated lead for the show, I was responsible for planning, preparing, and exhibiting our products on the trade show floor. This experience […]

In the spirit of trying to help out new entrepreneurs, we decided to share the many business documents that we use frequently when working with both clients and customers. Some of these documents (like the Employee Handbook) were built for us by people who are professionals in the industry. Others, like the NDA and Consultant […]

One of our customers recently asked us this question: “How hot can your barcode labels get?” They had a requirement to attach labels to circuit boards which would briefly be exposed to high temperatures. After printing their own labels and having them turn almost black, they asked if we could solve their problem. Being a […]

The barcode has come a long way since the first one was scanned on a pack of Wrigley’s gum in 1974. Today you would be hard pressed to find someone who doesn’t know what a barcode is. They appear on everything we buy and we see them on almost a daily basis. Barcodes have expanded […]

There are lots of hidden costs to doing business, but one you may not think about is the cost of having your employees wait. Waiting for slow computers to boot up, waiting on slow business processes, or what I am going to focus on in this week’s blog – waiting in lines. Waiting in lines […]

Being in the inventory management business, we run across all sorts of people trying to label all sorts of assets. The biggest problem we see is when people try to print their own barcodes for industrial purposes. Labels are fine for standard office supplies, but for long-term asset identification, they just don’t cut it. We […]