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The GS1 System provides identification standards to uniquely identify trade items, logistic units, locations, assets, and service relations worldwide. The identification standards define the construction of globally unique and unambiguous numbers that make supply chains much more efficient and responsive to customers in any industry. The system overcomes the limitations of using company or sector specific coding systems. Besides the unique identifying numbers, the system also standardizes additional information such as best-before-dates, serial numbers, and lot numbers.
These numbers are integrated into electronic commerce and encoded in machine-readable carriers. Thus, these numbers enable the linking together of the information flow of business transactions to the physical flow of trade items. The identification standards are the foundation of The Global Language of Business®.
The machine-readable carriers are approved bar code symbologies but other technologies, such as radio frequency tags, may be added. Following the principles and design of the GS1 System means that users can design applications to process GS1 data automatically. The system logic guarantees that data captured from approved machine-readable carriers produces unambiguous electronic messages.
Please click the GS1 System identification numbers shown below to view/download a PDF file describing their business applications and benefits. |
