Transportation & Logistics

Improve shipment accuracy and visibility from origin to destination

Visibility and control across every shipment

Transportation and logistics operations depend on accurate shipment data and real-time visibility. When labeling and tracking are disconnected, shipments are misidentified, receiving slows down, and asset visibility disappears between facilities. BarTender combines Labeling and Track & Trace to help organizations improve shipment accuracy and maintain visibility across operations.

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What is integrated labeling and tracking for transportation & logistics?

Integrated labeling and tracking connects the creation of shipping labels, asset tags, and identifiers with the systems that receive, locate, and report on shipments. In transportation and logistics, the label is the link between the physical shipment and the digital systems that manage it. BarTender Labeling creates accurate, compliant labels, including GS1-128 barcodes, SSCCs, and RFID data, while Track & Trace helps ensure every shipment, pallet, and asset is scanned, reconciled, located, and accounted for.

Accurate, on-demand labeling at the point of work

BarTender enables on-demand label printing wherever work happens, with data pulled directly from ERP and WMS systems to help eliminate manual keying, including support for GS1-128, SSCC, RFID encoding, and customer-specific formats. With BarTender Cloud, operators can print from any warehouse, partner facility, or event site using mobile devices, tablets, or networked printers. Centralized template management ensures consistent labeling, with every location printing from the same approved templates.

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Scan-based receiving and shipment reconciliation

BarTender Track & Trace replaces manual receiving with automated verification against Advance Ship Notices. Operators scan barcodes or RFID tags at the dock, while item-level data flows directly into the WMS, validating the shipment, confirming quantities, and identifying shortages immediately. For 3PLs and logistics providers coordinating across multiple customers and partner facilities, this helps eliminate reconciliation delays, reduce inventory discrepancies, and support more accurate billing.

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Asset and shipment visibility across every facility

Track & Trace provides item-level and asset-level visibility across warehouses, distribution centers, partner sites, and field locations. Every movement, zone transfer, and status change is recorded automatically, while RFID-enabled cycle counts can be completed in minutes at 98% accuracy. For operators managing returnable transport items, high-value freight, or inventory across multiple locations, Track & Trace delivers the real-time visibility that spreadsheets and manual processes cannot provide at scale.

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Success Story

TTi Logistics increases inventory accuracy by 90% with BarTender Cloud

Learn how TTi modernized its labeling using BarTender Cloud, networked printers, and a custom iOS scanning and labeling application.

Simplify customer compliance and labeling

Logistics providers must meet different specifications for every customer. BarTender manages GS1-128, SSCC, and customer-specific formats centrally, and adding new requirements is as simple as adding a template. BarTender Cloud enables partner warehouses and remote sites to print compliant labels through a browser with no local software required.

Print compliant labels wherever work happens

Not all logistics work happens at a fixed facility. BarTender Cloud enables mobile labeling at partner warehouses, temporary staging areas, and events. Teams can label products using tablets and portable printers, eliminating the pen-and-paper processes that create confusion when managing unreleased or internationally sourced products at events.

Maintain visibility across customers and locations

Track & Trace provides centralized dashboards across locations and customer inventories. Live zone maps, global inventory counts, activity monitoring, and item-level drill-down help maintain control across warehouses and partner sites. Integration with WMS, ERP, and customer systems keeps accounting current across transfers, shipments, and returns.

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Keep production moving—with full visibility, built in

When labeling and tracking are disconnected, errors multiply and visibility disappears. BarTender brings them together—so every label becomes the start of a complete, traceable record.

One source of truth
Label data flows directly into tracking—no duplicate entry or mismatched records
Instant traceability
Track items from creation through production, storage, and shipment
Faster audits and recalls
Access a complete history of every item, label, and movement
Simplified operations
One platform, one system, one partner for labeling and tracking

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Labeling and tracking for Transportation & Logistics FAQs

Yes. BarTender Cloud enables teams to print approved labels from partner warehouses, event sites, temporary staging areas, any location with internet access, using networked or portable printers. Centralized templates help maintain labeling consistency.

Yes. BarTender supports GS1-128 barcodes, SSCC encoding, RFID, and 95+ additional symbologies. Labels can encode shipment identifiers, lot numbers, destination data, and customer-specific formats.

Track & Trace automates receiving with support for both ASN-based and blind receiving workflows. Quantities are validated automatically, shortages are flagged immediately, and receiving data flows directly into connected WMS systems.

Yes. Track & Trace provides item-level and asset-level visibility across every facility and partner site. Every movement, zone transfer, and status change is recorded automatically, creating a full audit trail for each tracked item or asset.

BarTender Labeling creates compliant shipping labels, asset tags, and logistic unit identifiers that support receiving, routing, and processing. Track & Trace scans, reconciles, tracks, and reports on every labeled item across your supply chain. Together, they help organizations maintain shipment and asset visibility from origin to destination.

Yes. BarTender integrates with WMS, ERP, and customer systems through pre-built connectors and APIs. Label data can be pulled directly from source systems at print time, while Track & Trace synchronizes receiving and inventory data automatically.

BarTender is available as on-premises software, cloud-based software, or a hybrid deployment. Logistics organizations often use on-premises (Starter through Enterprise) for high-volume warehouse operations, while BarTender Cloud (Essentials, Automation, Enterprise) supports remote printing and partner enablement for multi-site logistics providers. Hybrid deployments combine centralized control with flexible access across warehouses, partner facilities, and field locations.