Medication prescription is a formal communication method that physicians use to authorize a pharmacist to dispense prescription drugs or controlled substances to patients. For years, physicians have used hand-written prescriptions for communicating medication instructions to patients and documenting the drug requirements for pharmacists. Factors such as the rapidly expanding population and the growing need for health care services pose a significant challenge to the national healthcare systems worldwide. Also, the increasing use of medications to treat different ailments has resulted in a corresponding rise in the number of medication prescriptions and diversity in medication types.

Continuous learning requirements for students and professionals driven by sweeping trends over the past two decades due to globalization, talent migration, and consistent improvements in corporate competencies and individual talent grooming have increased the scope of e-learning. With rapid globalization, there has been increased mobility of human capital in industries, including tourism, trade, media, international relations, and science and technology. Therefore, there is a need to effectively acquire functional and vocational skills over a short period and in a cost-effective manner. While conventional learning and training methods cater to most needs, they are ineffective in meeting the dynamic learners’ requirements, especially in the rapidly expanding learner segment.

Coding & marking have remained an integral part of the product/commodity supply chain for years now. The overall technology itself has a crucial role to play in our daily lives, be it from the perspective of businesses, industries, or even consumers. The coding & marking process in simple terms involves the imprinting of information and data on products and packaging to enable an efficient track & trace process throughout the supply/distribution chain. This packaging could either be a primary or secondary form of packaging, depending on the product material to be coded. Similarly, the information or the data to be printed can vary as per product category. For instance, the coding & marking of food items such as fruit cakes can have information such as best before dates and bar codes for tracking it, while in the case of chemical fertilizers, the information related to the chemical may be highlighted more expansively.