Your UID Challenge

As a supplier to the U.S. Department of Defense, it's very likely that you must comply with the DoD's UID marking mandate. In brief, the mandate calls for virtually all individual items supplied to the DoD that carry a serial number to bear a Data Matrix 2-D bar code containing a unique serial code. What's more, the bar coding must last the life of the product.

Want to learn more about the DoD's UID requirements? See Zebra's "Planning for UID" white paper at www.zebra.com/UIDwp.

Zebra's UID Solution
Even the DoD suggests that inexpensive bar code labeling is right for more than 80 percent of mandated items. So why bother with expensive direct part marking, laser etching, or data plates when Zebra's thermal-transfer labeling solution is your easiest-to-use, lowest-cost UID marking alternative? Be UID-compliant in 1-2-3 with Zebra's UID Solution-consisting of:

1. Zebra Xi'M series thermal-transfer printers
2. Genuine Zebra' Supplies that have been independently tested to ensure compliance with the DoD's requirements for UID labeling under MIL-STD-130, MIL-STD-129, and MIL-PRF-61002A 
3. ZebraDesigner'" Pro label design software

Is Zebra's UID Solution right for your products? Call or e-mail our UID hotline and find out today: + 1 800 423 0442 option 3 or inquiry4@zebra. com.

Benefits Beyond Compliance
Chances are, your company already uses Zebra bar code label printers-as do 90 percent of the Fortune 500 and many Global 2000 companies. But whether your company currently bar codes with Zebra or not, Zebra's UID Solution will easily integrate with your current operations and business systems-and advance your process efficiency and productivity with accurate, detailed, real-time data reporting.

Learn more about the benefits of bar coding by downloading our "Bar Coding 101 " white paper from www.zebra. com/bcwp.

Meet Multiple Supply-Chain Requirements in 1-2-3
Your Zebra UID printing solution can take you beyond the UID bar coding mandate.

• Meet MIL-STD-130 for item-level tagging or labeling. Zebra's Xi printers, paired with Genuine Zebra Supplies, produce sharp, scannable bar codes that will receive a "B" or better rating depending on the code's physical size. With options for high-resolution, 300-dots-per-inch (dpi) and 600-dpi printing, they'll ensure an A' rating even on your smallest labels.
• Meet MIL-STD-129 for labeling shipping containers and/or cartons with Zebra's Xi printers, RFID ReadyXi printers, or RXiT M RFID printer/encoders and durable Genuine Zebra Supplies.
• Meet RFID mandates by the DoD and major retailers-and simultaneously meet MIL-STD-129-with Zebra's RFID printer/encoders and Zebra-manufactured RFID smart labels and tags. Using inlays from a variety of top manufacturers, Zebra produces the broadest available range of high-quality, cost-competitive RFID smart media for a variety of pallet, case, and other tracking needs.

And, as other government agencies witness the merits of the DoD's UID mandate, they, too, are expected to soon begin requiring UID. Don't wait!

With Zebra's RFID Ready products, companies can

• Protect investments in the bar code printers they need now, while having a migration path to the RFID technology they will need in the future.
• Take advantage of proven printer platforms that provide all the rugged reliability they've come to expect from Zebra.
• Be assured their printing solutions are built on Zebra's 35-year heritage as an innovative leader in bar code and RFID solutions. To date, Zebra has sold more than 4 million printers-including a broad array of RFID, mobile, wireless, and industrial-strength solutions-to top companies in 100 countries.