http://www.gs1us.org/resources/standards
| UCC stands for Uniform Code Council, Inc., an organization that until 1972 was known as the Uniform Grocery Product Code Council. According to the old UCC website, their mission was “to take a global leadership role in establishing and promoting multi-industry standards for product identification, including the Universal Product Code (U.P.C.), and related electronic communications. The goal is to enhance efficient supply chain management, contributing added value to the customer.” |
The Uniform Code Council then merged with EAN International into GS1, Global Standards One. GS1, thereby, effectively became the single worldwide origination point for UPC and EAN numbers (now known as GTIN-12 and GTIN-13, respectively).
On the 7th of June 2005 the UCC become the official GS1 member organization for the United States of America under the new name of GS1 US. Click here – for more information on GS1 US.
GS1 Standards
A common language to identify, capture, and share information globally
GS1 Standards provide unique identification of items and products that provide the link between the item and the information pertaining to it. Think of GS1 Standards as the DNA of an item or product moving through the supply chain. LOCATIONS Global Location Number (GLN): They identify physical locations as well as legal and functional entities. GLNs are typically used in eCommerce transactions and may be applied to shipping labels and physical locations, such as dock doors. They can be encoded into the GS1-128 barcode and Electronic Product Codes (EPC), which are programmed into Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags. GLNs facilitate tracking and identification at each step in the supply chain. Some location examples are Used to identify stores, manufacturing centers, warehouses, broker’s offices, sales offices, corporate headquarters, distribution centers, vending machines, postal addresses, dock doors, customers, regions, merchant marine ships, buildings on military bases, and more.
- Read: An Introduction to the Global Location Number (GLN)
- GUIDELINE: Learn more about supply chain identification
Members-only, technical document. Learn more about GS1 US Membership.
The Supply Chain Identification guideline helps answer common questions about using barcodes for trade items, logistics units, assets, coupons, and internal company applications. - For more information on Locations, refer to section 2.4 in the GS1 General Specifications
PRODUCTS
- Read: An Introduction to the Global Trade Item Number (GTIN).
- Online Module: An Overview of the GTIN, Structure of the GTIN, How to build a Product Hierarchy, GTIN Assignment, Common GTIN mistakes explained
- GUIDELINE: Learn more about supply chain identification
Members-only, technical document. Learn more about GS1 US Membership.
The Supply Chain Identification guideline helps answer common questions about using barcodes for trade items, logistics units, assets, coupons, and internal company applications. - GS1 US Trade Item Identification and Communication Guidelines
- For more information on Products, refer to section 2.1 in the GS1 General Specifications
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