DEDICATED, EFFICIENT AND SAFE BARCODING SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS
ProgressiveID have been implementing and leading the barcoding software initiative since establishing in 1999.
Over the years, retailer requirements, legislations and technology have progressed, with Progressive working in-house and with leading software companies to ensure our customers and our produce sector have the most up-to-date, efficient, intuitive and user-friendly barcode printing systems available.
Our deep-seated position in the produce industry with 20+ years of experience, as well as in-house software programmers and intimate produce-experienced staff give us an ideal position to work with customers when producing software labelling system packages for their needs.
We have yet to come across a scenario that we have not been able to produce a working solution for, and not limited to just fresh-produce! We have in-house experience with most current and historical label-printing software packages from software or hardware providers and can assist our customers with migrating processes to increase efficiency and redundancy into newer packages.
Contact Us to discuss to request a demo, or to see how ProgressiveID and our partners below can help with your labelling printing software requirements.
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Many of you will already be aware that a big change is happening with our label software offering as we move into 2025. The decision was made a while ago to place the Vector Dataguard software into an End of Life status.
Originally scheduled to become unsupported in March of 2024 we took the decision to extend this as long as we could but as of 1st January 2025 we will no longer be in a position to keep supporting your Vector software installations.
Technically the software will continue to work after this date on the hardware it is currently installed. The impact of this change will only be manifested should you need to replace your PC or server which would necessitate the need to re-issue your software license.
This will no longer be possible after 31st December 2024.
The Vector software has served us extremely well over the last 20 plus years. It dramatically changed the way most users approached labelling fresh produce and introduced unparalleled levels of data security and date code calculation. It is however time to move forward and embrace new technologies and ensure we have the best possible offering for you going forward.
Our new product line up offers both on-premise and cloud environments to suit all requirements. It is in constant development and therefore compliant with new requirements such as the GS1QR code due to be widely adopted throughout the labelling world we inhabit.
If you would like more information about upgrade paths to the new products or just have general questions about labelling software please contact us and we will be happy to discuss things in detail and arrange a demonstration.
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Designed and developed on the back of state-of-the-art Loftware Cloud platform, DG+ is our next generation labelling software from Progressive-ID.
Developed from the ground up to be replacement for our time-proven and industry leading Vector-Dataguard, DG+ has all the features, functions and abilities required to manage, design and print accurate labels for your products.
Although DG+ focuses on the produce industry environment, combined with its Loftware Cloud platform, it can be tailored for any labelling process.
No need to use separate software, DataGuard+ has been developed in line with Loftware Windows drivers so it prints natively to both on-line and off-line printers including ICE Zodiac and Markem-Imaje SmartDate coders.
Simplicity from start to finish
With our single-screen step-by-step print process you have complete control over what can be printed; production staff simply select what needs to be printed from a pre-defined database, with no access to label templates; all dates are calculated in a single-click no matter whether it is a display until, best before, a date in the barcode or what the format is, new staff can be trained in minutes.
In recent years formatting dates on labels has become increasingly complex:
- Supermarkets such as Tesco, Sainsburys and Asda use custom fonts with Sainsburys in particular using an irregular format where the month changes between three and four characters.
- Aldi, Lidl and Netto use compound week number and day codes as well as basing their year on the ISO week date calendar and not the normal Gregorian calendar.
- Iceland and several wholesalers use Julian dates, or CRDC.
- Many retailers also like to print not only display until and best before dates, but also pack dates and harvest dates. Even barcodes contain dates!
With such complexity it is little wonder that printing the correct date and the correct date format often leads to mistakes. With the built-in date offset functions, DataGuard+ can produce any possible date format no matter how complex, all while maintaining full automation.
Print preview with live data and label design image.
DataGuard+ shows production staff an accurate preview of the print job including the what information is going to be printed and an image of the label stock to use. This is especially useful when supermarkets use colour coded labels to indicate the depot delivery day (Sainsburys); whether a product is chilled or frozen (Co-operative); washed or unwashed (Asda); or to indicate different lines (Tesco).
Utilising Loftwares Designer ‘layer’ criteria system, label designers can create a single label that multi-functions to different categories or label image designs. This is just one efficency that DG+ and Loftware enables.
SQL Database backend
DataGuard+ is backed by an intuitive SKU management database management system built in to the labelling solution itself, using the Loftware Cloud Azure SQL backend allows reliable and quick data population to the labels.
Main Feature Summary
- Customised User access roles
- Separate Data management area
- Packhouse / Customer isolated print and management data
- Simplified label design process (drag and drop)
- Tier-based variety and size management
- Many more
Loftware Label Solutions, from our partner is our next generation labelling solution that Dataguard+ is built upon; using its modern interface and built-in cloud interface it can handle anything our customers require.
Loftware was established in 1993 as a driver-writing house for thermal printer drivers on Windows OS, rapidly expanding into label-design and printing software through the 90’s and 00’s to become one of the largest labelling and driver software providers in the world. They offer Progressive-ID a vast portfolio of tools, knowledge and cloud-based software solutions to incorporate into our projects.| FOR SINGLE SITE, SMALLER BUSINESSESStart designing and printing barcode labels with ease | FOR GROWING AND MULTI-SITE BUSINESSESManage your entire labelling process in an easy-to-use system, designed for rapid deployments at one site or across multiple locations. |
An easy-to-use cloud-based label design tool that gives you the easiest out-of-the-box label printing experience. Quickly produce professional labels without making investments in training and coding!Why label with Loftware?
| Everything you need to manage your labelling process, from design to print, in one, intuitive system. Integrate with your business systems, centrally manage your labels and automate your labelling QA process.The simplest way to meet all your labelling needs
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Loftware Cloud is the ideal labelling solution for companies of all sizes. You can be up and running in minutes while having everything you need to manage your entire labelling process, from label design and template management to printing. You can integrate labelling with your key business systems to create a more efficient labelling process. You can start small or local, and easily expand the system to multiple locations. You also benefit from one of the most secure Cloud platforms available on the market in Microsoft Azure.Cloud Technology has transformed the way we work. Everything from file sharing and collaboration tools to critical business systems have moved to the cloud, creating more flexible and responsive work environments.
Isn’t it time the cloud did the same for your labelling?Request A Demo
- Easy to use Label Designer
- Predefined label templates
- Secure cloud-based storage
- Easy connection to your data sources
- Print your labels anytime, from anywhere, simply via a web browser