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Benefits of Barcodes for Manufacturers, Retailers, and Customers

Learn about the benefits of barcodes for manufacturers, retailers, and customers, including enhanced competitiveness, efficient inventory control, and quick checkout service. Find out how to get barcodes and the subscription procedure.

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Benefits of Barcodes for Manufacturers, Retailers, and Customers

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  1. What is…? Why do I need…? Where can I get…? How do I get…? How much do I pay for…?

  2. Barcode is a series of bars and spaces which represents any alphanumerical information. - barcodeunlimited.com A Bar Code is a pattern of parallel bars and spaces carrying information in the relative widths of these features. Bar codes represent data in a machine-readable form, and are one of the most efficient means of capturing data automatically. - centralp.co.uk

  3. Benefits To Manufacturers: • Ability to export products to overseas market where bar codes are in use among retailers, thus enhancing competitiveness and productivity • Immediate retrieval of sales information at the point-of-sale to • schedule production and control stocks accordingly • 3. Accurate and fast assessment of the sales success or failure of new products and product promotions • 4. Utilization of symbol marking to facilitate internal operation, e.g. inventory control, warehouse management, order taking and goods dispatch • 5. Minimize problems of international communication such as • misspelled product names, eliminating product identification • confusion.

  4. Benefits To Retailers • Higher checker productivity from reduction of labor for item price marking and price changes • Reduction in shrinkage • Replacement of manual accounting system by scanning system • Facilitation and simplification of inventory control, ordering and receiving of goods and product shelving • Benefits To Customers • 1.Elimination of price errors at point-of-sale • 2.Quicker, more efficient checkout service • 3.Cash register displays each item and price, plus a printed itemized receipt

  5. Where can I get…? The GS1 Philippines, Inc. (Formerly Philippine Article Numbering Council, Inc.), which is affiliated with the International Article Numbering Association (EAN-International), administers the system for the product, numbering and for machine-readable bar codes, as well as various associated systems. The system serves as an unambiguous way to accurately identify every production in any market in the world. GS1 Philippines 20 San Rafael Street, Bo. Kapitolyo, Pasig City Tel: (632)-637-0897 to 98, 637-0557  Fax: (632)-631-4631, 636-5207E-mail:pancsrvr@gs1ph.org, info@gs1ph.org www.GS1ph.org

  6. SUBSCRIPTION PROCEDURE • IMPORTANT!!! FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH ALL THE REQUIREMENTS WILL RESULT IN A DELAY OF PROCESSING • Step 1. Complete all the requirements. • For EAN-7, EAN-8, and EAN-9 • Qualifications: • Authorized Capitalization exceeds PhP 1-Million, OR • Number of products exceeds 100 variants/SKU's (stock keeping units), OR • Number of employees exceeds 20 persons. • Requirements: • SEC / CDA / DTI Registration, • a. For Single Proprietorship: DTI (including the original application / renewal form or Form #16); • b. For Corporation / Partnership / Cooperative: SEC / CDA (photocopy of all the pages of the Articles of Incorporation / Cooperation and By-laws); • 2. Fully filled-up Subscription Form and signed License Agreement, and • 3. Audited Financial Statement for the previous year (photocopy of all pages).

  7. For Small Company (EAN-10) • Qualifications: • a. Authorized Capitalization does not exceed PhP 1-Million, AND • b. Number of products does not exceed 100 variants/SKU's (stock keeping units), AND • c. Number of employees does not exceed 20 persons. *Note: A company may also apply to any of the following subscriber associations, provided that it is a member therein; (1.) PHILFOODEX; (2.) Filipino-Chinese Bakery Association, Inc.; (3.) Coconut Oil Refiner'sAssociation, Inc.. • Requirements: • 1. Formal letter stating its membership or non-membership to any Industry Association(s), • 2. SEC / CDA / DTI Registration (photocopy), • a. For Single Proprietorship: DTI (including the original application / renewal form or Form #16); • b. For Corporation / Partnership / Cooperative: SEC / CDA (photocopy of all the pages of the Articles of Incorporation / Cooperation and By-laws); • 3. Fully filled-up Product List Form(s), • 4. Photocopy of latest R3 and R5 (Payment remittances to SSS of the company's employees, duly received by SSS); if the company has no R3 and R5, submit a letter stating the reason why the company has no R3 and R5, and • 5. Fully filled-up Subscription Form and signed License Agreement

  8. Step 2. Pay the corresponding fees (as of Feb 2006).

  9. Approval and Other Subscription ConditionsGS1 Philippines allocates a maximum of two (2) working days in issuing the Subscription Certificate, provided that all required documents and fees are adequately met. Having subscribed to GS1 Philippines, the entrance and annual fees will not be refunded for any reason.Payments can be made by cash or check. Applicants can pay directly to GS1 Philippines office at #20 San Rafael St., Bo. Kapitolyo, Pasig City or have the payment delivered by postal service. Companies outside of Metro Manila can deposit payment to any Union Bank branch through CA# 00-001-007648-7, or Bank of Philippine Islands branch through CA# 3191-0438-89, both with the Account Name: GS1 Philippines, Inc. Subscription is issued for a period of twelve (12) months upon acceptance by GS1 Philippines and renewable every year thereafter. Failure to renew subscription by paying the applicable annual fees for the period of eighteen (18) months or 1-½ years will automatically cancel your subscription.

  10. Seminar for New Subscribers New Subscribers are asked to attend a seminar on Introduction to Barcoding scheduled every other month (please confirm date and time). A Regular Subscriber may send one (1) representative to attend for free. Every additional attendee will have to pay PhP 300.00. Non-subscribers who wish to attend will be charged PhP 600.00 per attendee. The EAN·UCC Company Prefix is allocated for the subscriber's exclusive use and must NOT be assigned, licensed or allow its use by any other company. Sharing of EAN·UCC Company Prefix is not allowed. Subscription Forms may be requested from GS1 Phils. Tel: (632)-637-0897 to 98, 637-0557  E-mail: pancsrvr@gs1ph.org, info@gs1ph.org Web: www.GS1ph.org

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