Abstract: An inventory and tracking system based on a labeling system is disclosed. Labels are provided for affixation to the product or product container. Each label includes, in addition to the standard information associated the product, a hologram associated with the product and a machine readable code. The machine readable code on each unit of product includes at least one set of unique machine readable identifiers that uniquely identifies each product unit. In addition, the hologram can include the trademark of the manufacturer or supplier, to permit the consumer to ascertain at a glance that the product originates from a source of known quality. The label on each unit is scanned before shipment and the destination of each unit of product is entered and stored.

Abstract: A dimensionally stable pressure sensitive label, and method of making the same, primarily for application upon in-process components in manufacturing operations to provide a reliable bar code identification means and real time data tracking capability of those components when subjected to high temperature processing environments of up to 800-degrees Fahrenheit, which label, following imprint thereon of either or both machine and human readable matter, is thereafter dimensionally reinforced with a high polymer film mechanically bonded to the face stock top-side surface thereof to produce a laminate structure that protects and maintains the printed imagery in a distortion free configuration during utilization in the high temperature processing environment and consistently provides a 100% read rate legibility of the machine readable matter imprinted thereon when sensed with compatable scanning equipment.