Barcoding and Bar code Implementation Rupesh Mishra

1. Barcoding and Bar code Implementation Rupesh Mishra

2. A barcode is an optical machine-readable representation of data, which shows certain data on certain products/items. What is a Barcode?

3. 1-Dimensional bar codes (Linear)‏ Originally, barcodes represented data in the widths (lines) and the spacings of parallel lines, and may be referred to as linear or 1D (1 dimensional) barcodes or symbologies

4. 2-Dimensional bar codes • They also come in patterns of squares, dots, hexagons and other geometric patterns within images termed 2D (2 dimensional) matrix codes or symbologies

5. Use of Bar code • Supermarkets and retail outlets for easy and prompt billing and efficient inventory management • For storing and decoding passenger and cargo information in various domestic and international Airlines. • At Hospitals for storing patient information and history • Tracking of item movement including rental cars. • Payments at Toll booths.

6. Bar code Symbology Symbology refers to the system which is followed for bar coding and there are many in the market. Few of them are: • GS1 Bar codes • Universal Product Code (UPC)‏ • Codabar • CPC Binary Code

7. GS1 GS1 is an international not-for-profit association dedicated to the development and implementation of global standards and solutions to improve the efficiency and visibility of supply and demand chains globally and across multiple sectors. The GS1 System of standards is the most widely-used supply-chain standards system in the world.

8. GS1 System GS1's main activity is the development of the GS1 System, a series of standards designed to improve supply-chain management

9. Components of GS1 System • Bar codes: used to automatically identify things), • eCom: electronic business messaging standards allowing automatic electronic transmission of data. • GDSN: Global Data Synchronisation standards which allow business partners to have consistent item data in their systems at the same time. • EPCglobal: which uses RFID technology to immediately track an item.

10. GS1 Bar codes • EAN 2 • EAN 5 • EAN 13 • ITF 14

11. An EAN-13 barcode (originally "European Article Number", but now renamed ”International Article Number” even if the abbreviation has been retained) is a barcoding standard which is a superset of the original 12-digit Universal Product Code (UPC) system developed in the United States.[1] The EAN-13 barcode is defined by the standards organisation GS1. European Article Number (EAN) 13

12. Registration with GS1 and getting unique company code. After registration UCC is issued to the applicant which is the prefix of all barcode for that company. EAN 13 barcode implementation

13. Components of EAN 13 barcode • The GS1 Prefix, the first two or three digits, usually identifying the national GS1 Member Organization (Country) to which the manufacturer is registered (not necessarily where the product is actually made). • The Company number, consisting of four, five or six digits depending on number of GTIN-13s required by the manufacturer to identify different product lines.

14. Contd. • The Item reference, consisting of two to six digits that identifies the product • Check digit, a single checksum digit. The check digit is computed automatically.

15. Calculating Check Digit 8 9 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 X Step 1: Starting with the first No on the RHS, add all alternate numbers 1+0+1+0+4+9 = 15 Step 2: Multiply the result with 3 15 x 3 = 45

16. Step 3: Add all other numbers in the code 8+0+0+0+0+0 = 8 Step 4 : Add the results of step 2 and step 3 45+8=53 Step 5 : ADD the number needed to bring the total to the next multiple of 10 53 +? = 60 = 7 The check digit is 7

17. Before Putting barcode on product • Before Putting bar code on product • Size: • Magnification • Tolerance • Place • Curve

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