# Which barcode software platforms are highest-rated for manufacturers reducing label production time with UDI compliance based on user reviews?

<p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">Looking for input from G2 reviewers at medical device manufacturers, pharmaceutical companies, and healthcare product manufacturers in the <a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/categories/barcode">Barcode Software category</a>, specifically from those managing UDI (Unique Device Identification) compliance requirements under FDA 21 CFR Part 830 and EU MDR.</p><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">The platforms with the strongest UDI compliance and label production time evidence:</p><ul>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/loftware-cloud/reviews"><strong>Loftware Cloud</strong></a>: The ability to lock approved UDI label templates and control which users can modify them is described as the governance capability that prevents the unauthorised template changes that create compliance risk in regulated labeling environments. </li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/bartender-by-seagull-scientific/reviews"><strong>BarTender by Seagull Scientific</strong></a>: The database connection model that pulls UDI-DI, lot number, and expiration date directly from the production database for each print job eliminates the manual data entry that introduces compliance errors. </li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/teklynx/reviews"><strong>TEKLYNX</strong></a>: The ability to print UDI-compliant labels automatically when a lot record is created in the ERP removes the manual print request step, reducing the time between lot creation and label availability on the production floor. </li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/brady-workstation/reviews"><strong>Brady Workstation</strong></a>: The print-on-demand model for lower-volume regulated labeling is credited for producing compliant UDI labels without requiring the full enterprise label management infrastructure. </li>
</ul><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">For quality managers and regulatory affairs professionals at medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturers: what was the first FDA or EU MDR audit finding related to labeling that led to a platform change or a process redesign, and was the finding related to label content accuracy, format non-conformance, or documentation of the label production process?</p>

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- Posted at: 11 days ago
- Author title: Marketing Executive
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## Comments
### Comment 1

Barcode Software reviews on G2 for UDI compliance describe the compliance risk as living in three different points of the labeling process, not one. Loftware&#39;s locked, permission-controlled templates are preventing risk at the governance stage, unauthorized changes to an already-approved label, while BarTender&#39;s direct database pull for UDI-DI, lot number, and expiration date is preventing risk at the data entry stage, a manual transcription error that a governance control wouldn&#39;t catch at all.
TEKLYNX&#39;s automatic print trigger tied to lot creation in the ERP is solving a third, different problem: the gap in time between when a lot exists and when its label is actually available on the floor, which is a speed and workflow issue rather than an accuracy or governance one. Brady Workstation&#39;s print-on-demand model for lower volume is worth separating out for smaller manufacturers specifically, since it&#39;s making the case that full enterprise label infrastructure isn&#39;t necessary to stay UDI-compliant, just to comply at a meaningfully lower volume.


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- Posted at: 9 days ago
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