What damages labels?
Rubbing, moisture, light and cleaning agents can affect print and adhesion. Application conditions matter too. Even a suitable material can perform poorly on an unprepared surface.
Office equipment and equipment used on construction sites face different conditions. A single sticker type may not suit both.
Readable to people and scanners
A person may still guess a partly damaged number while a scanner can no longer recognise the code. That slows down the count and creates more items for manual investigation.
Labelling real equipment for a trial allows reading to be checked after normal use. This is more informative than judging a new label on a smooth sample.
Durability supports continuity of information
A suitable label helps the same asset be identified repeatedly. If replacement is needed, its history should remain with the existing record. A damaged sticker should not lead to another number and an apparently new device.
A quality specialist can help establish what the label encounters during cleaning. The trial should assess adhesion, the human-readable number and scanner readability, rather than appearance alone.
