?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=A+labelling+system+to+facilitate+quality+assurance+trace-back+in+the+leather+production+industries&rft.creator=Spencer%2C+Peter+David&rft.subject=barcode+technology&rft.subject=leather&rft.subject=tanning+industry&rft.subject=trace-back+system&rft.subject=leather+hides&rft.description=Murgon+Leather+Pty.+Ltd.+is+one+of+several+Australian+tanneries+that+are+not+able+to+tell+if+the+shipments+of+reject+leather+hides+are+from+their+tannery+or+another+or+even+from+another+country.+The+problem+lies+in+the+lack+of+a+trace-back+system+with+labels+able+to+withstand+the+harsh+tanning+process+(Isaac%2C+2002%2C+priv.+comm.%2C+25+September).+The+Australian+Government+also+see+the+value+of+trace-back+in+the+tanning+industry+as+a+means+to+identify+and+reward+farmers+who+consistently+produce+high+quality+leather+hides.+However%2C+no+effective+machine-read+labelling+system+has+been+developed+(Tilbury%2C+1999).+%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0ALabels+in+animal+hides+are+currently+made+by+the+Gibson+Bas+Stamper+which+punches+slits+through+the+animal+hide+to+produce+numeric+figures.+These+labels+can+withstand+the+tanning+process+but+are+only+human-readable+(Gibson%2C+2004%2C+priv.+comm.+10+February).+Murgon+Leather+have+identified+problems+with+human+error+in+regards+to+data+entry+and+require+a+machine-read+system+(Isaac%2C+2002%2C+priv.+comm.%2C+25+September).%0D%0A%0D%0AThis+study+combines+scientific+research+with+Industrial+Design+to+explore+vision-based+technology+such+as+Optical+Character+Recognition%2C+digital+image+processing+and+Barcode+technology.+From+these+technologies+working+principles+are+sought+to+reproduce+into+a+new+technology+that+can+be+applied+to+the+tanning+industry.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AThe+result+is+the+%22Leather+Vision+System%22+(LVS)+which+is+an+effective+combination+of+digital+image+processing%2C+barcode+technology+and+a+redesigned+Gibson+Bas+stamping+system.+Finally%2C+Industrial+Design+practices+are+applied+to+the+LVS+to+ensure+the+hardware+will+facilitate+the+technology%2C+be+easy+to+use%2C+and+is+suitable+to+the+tanning+industry.&rft.publisher=Queensland+University+of+Technology&rft.date=2004&rft.type=Thesis&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F15994%2F1%2FPeter_David_Spencer_Thesis.pdf&rft.rights=free_to_read&rft.relation=Spencer%2C+Peter+David+(2004)+A+labelling+system+to+facilitate+quality+assurance+trace-back+in+the+leather+production+industries.+Masters+by+Research+thesis%2C+Queensland+University+of+Technology.&rft.id_number=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F15994%2F&rft.rights=Copyright+Peter+David+Spencer&rft.identifier=Faculty+of+Science+and+Technology