Streamlining Your Workflow
Heat seals are an essential feature within your CleanCloud account, providing a permanent barcoded workflow for efficient order processing. While predominantly favoured by our Dry Cleaning customers, heat seals are versatile and beneficial for various business types.
A heat seal typically includes a barcode alongside a barcode ID.
Example of a pre-printed heat seal.
Pre-printed Heat Seal Barcodes
You have the option to use pre-printed heat seal barcodes in CleanCloud.
Barcode Lengths
Pre-printed barcodes must adhere to lengths of 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, or 12 digits. However, CleanCloud strongly advises using barcodes of a consistent length, preferably 10, 11, or 12 digits.
Maintaining a consistent length is essential to prevent issues with barcode variation. For instance, if your current barcodes are 8 digits long, and you reorder with a different length, such as 10 digits, this transition might not be seamless.
If a supplier requests a symbology code, their standard one is suitable.
Starting Digits
Ensure that the first digit is not '0'.
For multi-store setups, it is recommended to assign unique starting digits for each store. For instance, Store A can have all starting digits as 1, and Store B can have all starting digits as 2.
Alternatively, CleanCloud offers the option of a shared heat seal database, where a consistent starting digit can be applied across all stores. However, this requires a shared product database and activation request to CleanCloud.
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🗒️ Pro Tip: For more information on pre-printed heat seals, please refer to the guide Using Pre-Printed Heat Seal Barcodes.
Printer Compatibility
For automated printing of heat seals, CleanCloud suggests the following printer models:
Zebra TLP2824 Plus
Zebra TLP2824-Z
Zebra GX430T
🗒️ Pro Tip: For further guidance on printer acquisition, please refer to the CleanCloud's Recommended Hardware article.
Workflow Efficiency
Heat seals play a crucial role in tracking item history and customer associations, as well as facilitating the assembly process. The workflow for heat seals differs slightly from the standard process.
Ideal Workflow with Assisted Assembly
Create an order through the New Order page. Assign a barcode to an item by enabling products with the 'Require Heat Seal' option. This prompts a popup box, ensuring that a staff member adds a heat seal barcode before proceeding. Alternatively, use the edit item notes page. Refer to the Assign a Pre-Printed Heat Seal Barcode to a New Item article for further information.
To enable this preference, navigate to the Products page and edit the required product as demonstrated in the image above.
Process the order accordingly.
On the Assembly page, scanning an item will automatically assign it to a rack location. For detailed setup instructions on this, refer to the Assisted Assembly article.
Once all items within an order are scanned, the order will transition to the Ready page.
If a heat seal is already assigned to an item, scanning the barcode preselects the customer and garment on the New Order page.
Additional Information
Heat seals are permanently affixed to garments using a heat press and typically endure around 150 cleaning cycles.
They are specifically assigned to a customer and garment, facilitating seamless tracking of garment history and simplifying order additions.
Heat seals can be scanned in Plant mode, updating the order accordingly.
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