Service
Labelling and marking
Codes, labels and batch numbers on the goods
What the service covers
Goods with the wrong label stop in the consignee's warehouse just as effectively as damaged goods. We apply shipping labels, barcodes, batch numbers and whatever marking the consignee or the destination country requires.
The artwork, the placement and the order of marks are agreed before we start. The first item is submitted for approval — a label in the wrong place across a whole batch means labelling it twice.
Code readability is checked after application. Labels that will not scan are replaced before the batch closes.
Labelling and marking
What is included
- Shipping and transport labels
- Barcodes and product identification marks
- Batch numbers and dates required by the consignee
- Marking required in the destination country
- Removal and replacement of unreadable or incorrect labels
- Readability checks after application
How it works
How a job runs
Artwork
We take in the label artwork, the placement and the order of marks.
Approval
We mark the first item and submit it for approval.
Labelling
We apply the marks across the batch and check the codes scan.
Closing
We hand over the count of marked units.
In practice
What labelling and marking looks like day to day
Who it is for
Who it is for
- Suppliers to retail networks with their own labelling rules
- Importers adapting marking to a destination market
- E-commerce businesses preparing despatches for several channels
- Manufacturers introducing new marking mid-season
Common questions
The questions we get asked most
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Do you print labels or work with ours?
We can work with labels you supply, or print them from your artwork and data. Which it is gets settled at quotation stage.
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Do you check that codes scan?
Yes. Readability is checked after application and unreadable labels are replaced before the batch closes.
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Do you remove old labels?
Yes, where the job calls for it. The extent of removal and the risk to the packaging are agreed before we start.
Related services
Related services
Industrial packaging and palletization
Packing, repacking, palletizing and securing goods to the consignee’s requirements and to what the movement demands.
Value added services
Additional warehouse and production work performed on the goods before they are released for delivery.
Fulfilment and cross-docking
Picking and despatching orders, and receiving, sorting and immediately preparing goods for onward transport.
Quick quote
Ask us to price a movement
Give us the route, leave your details and describe the load. You get a concrete proposal back, not a calculator result.
- Pricing for domestic and European lanes.
- An answer from a forwarder, not from an algorithm.
- Direct contact with the person who will run the job.