Patient Tracking & Traceability Systems

Patient Tracking & Traceability Systems Increased Efficiency in Healthcare through Automatic Identification.

In the continuous pursuit of bringing the benefits of Automatic Identification and Data Capture (AIDC) to all sectors SATO printers have been successfully installed in hospitals laboratories and pharmacies worldwide helping users to increase their efficiency and decrease expenditures.
Efficient data processing is a key issue in today's healthcare market as the complex processes can no longer be managed without automatic data collection systems.

The near future will bring controlled processes to hospitals enabling patients to undergo treatment in a time- and cost-optimized manner. The risk of misidentification and possible litigation will be greatly reduced and planned systems processes will become the rule.

SATO offers unique solutions along the hospital supply chain:

• Rationalize patient identification and tracking with patented patient wristbands
• Blood bag tracking & blood sample labelling
• Improve pharmacy inventory
• Dosage labelling & drug dispensing
• Ensure better tracking of medical supplies and equipments
• Security monitoring for patients, staff, visitors, facilities and equipment
• Provide printer with antimicrobial coatings
• Better identify laboratories samples

Advantages
Barcodes are an ideal solution, the information is available quickly and easily and reduces both the risk of human error and data inputting:

• Increase efficiency
• Decrease expenditure
• Minimize identification errors
• Risk control

Retail

Price Markdown Solutions
Adapting quickly to changing customer demands requires labelling solutions that are tailored precisely to your business processes. To maximize performance you need to sell slow-moving stock quickly and offer sales promotions that meet sudden changes in shoppers’ expectations. Our services will help you to make your price markdowns more efficient and ease the clearance of end-of-line and perishable products. The ability to implement sale markdowns at short notice is a vital activity for any retail operation. As competitive pressure increases, the need to be seen as a ‘good value’ store is essential. Running ‘instant sales’ creates consumer interest, helping to clear seasonal stock and slow moving lines. SATO’s range of sale markdown systems offers a variety of solutions, including two-colour thermal printing: the ultimate in efficient, eye catching labels.

Promotional Labelling
Our promotional labelling solutions are ideal for added value pricing needs such as multi-buys. Labels are designed and produced to your store requirements to reflect product specifications and your individual branding. We offer two options, firstly pre-printed labels which are especially beneficial for large quantities as any promotional text can then be applied direct to the product. Secondly we can provide blank labels to your store requirements. This option allows you to select the appropriate SATO product to overprint promotional pricing details. Promotional labelling can be produced locally so that your staff can react quickly when price changes are an immediate need.

Price Labelling
To avoid customer confusion, pricing labels on retail items need to be clear and legible. SATO offers a range of options from simple hand labellers to ultra-portable wireless units capable of high resolution printing in a range of fonts. Combined with SATO’s label design and production capability these printers are capable of producing outstanding results time after time.

Queue Busting
Surveys have shown that consumers’ single biggest complaint is queuing when ready to pay. SATO has a range of queue busting solutions for speeding up this waiting time. Utilizing portable hand - held barcode terminals and lightweight thermal printers, SATO has developed systems to operate in various store environments. Whether you have RF technology in use or not SATO has a solution to your queuing problems.

Shelf Edge Labelling
Our shelf edge labelling products are both convenient and cost effective; being portable they can be used at the shelf edge. They also boast a ribbon free printing system using thermal card giving a print clarity that is second to none. In addition, a wide choice of fonts, colours and backgrounds can be specified providing you with a distinctive result.

Stocktaking
In addition to our labelling solutions we can also provide database software and hardware for hand - held scanning systems, in order to make your stock take easier and more efficient. Our systems can either be based on a batch collection method, where data is uploaded via a data cradle or based on wireless technology for real time updating of database records.

Swing Tickets
SATO can produce swing tickets in all shapes, sizes and thicknesses, appropriate to the needs of the brand. An over-printer can then be used to print any variable information such as bar codes, pricing and size.

Hand Labelling Guns
SATO is a world leader in the manufacture and distribution of hand labelling guns. Our Kendo and Judo range have proven very popular with retailers around the globe, and this range is now available in New Zealand. With a 10 year guarantee, you can’t go wrong choosing a SATO hand labelling gun!

SATO Logistics Solutions

SATO Logistics Solutions aim to streamline operations cutting manual and repetitive processes that are error–prone. With vital and reliable information on hand such as accurate stock levels location and serial numbers Warehouse Managers can now better assess stock levels, conduct proper inventory planning and most importantly reduce costs.

From shipping labels to mobile pickup and delivery printing, RFID smart labels for tracking valuable assets to printing labels for incoming materials, SATO’s Logistics Solutions help save time, improve productivity, and increase visibility.

The complete SATO product line includes direct thermal and thermal transfer printers, OEM print engines, printer accessories, label design software, labels and thermal transfer ribbons. SATO also operates a high volume variable data printing service, providing labels and tickets for parcel tracking in courier and sensitive freight industries.

Manufacturing

SATO a leader in barcode printing since introducing the first thermal transfer barcode printer in 1974, offers a comprehensive variety of industrial strength barcode printers for demanding and mission-critical requirements throughout the manufacturing process. Known for reliability and durability, SATO printers, along with SATO industrial and smart labels, provide reliable, high quality printing in the harshest manufacturing environments.

From tracking raw materials to improving materials, distribution and logistics planning, from tracking inventory to tracking work in process, SATO’s barcode printing solutions help save time, reduce costs, increase efficiency, and improve productivity.

The complete SATO product line includes direct thermal and thermal transfer printers, OEM print engines, printer accessories, label design software, labels and thermal transfer ribbons.