European Article Numbering-Uniform Code Council
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EAN International-Uniform Code Council (EAN-UCC) was a supply chain standards family name, formally the EAN.UCC System, that included product barcode
s which are printed on the great majority of products available in stores worldwide and electronic commerce standards.
EAN International was the global office for the more than 100 Member Organizations around the world. In 2005 the organization changed its name to GS1
.
The Uniform Code Council (UCC) was the Numbering Organization in the USA
to administer and manage the EAN.UCC System. In 2005 the UCC changed its name to GS1 US
.
Barcode
A barcode is an optical machine-readable representation of data, which shows data about the object to which it attaches. Originally barcodes represented data by varying the widths and spacings of parallel lines, and may be referred to as linear or 1 dimensional . Later they evolved into rectangles,...
s which are printed on the great majority of products available in stores worldwide and electronic commerce standards.
EAN International was the global office for the more than 100 Member Organizations around the world. In 2005 the organization changed its name to GS1
GS1
Founded in 1977, 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 Uniform Code Council (UCC) was the Numbering Organization in the USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
to administer and manage the EAN.UCC System. In 2005 the UCC changed its name to GS1 US
GS1 US
GS1 US is the GS1 Member Organization in the United States of America. It was formerly the Uniform Code Council, Inc.GS1 US is responsible for managing the GS1 System in the USA. GS1 US assigns GS1 Company Prefixes to companies/organizations in the USA...
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See also
- GS1GS1Founded in 1977, 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...
- Electronic Data InterchangeElectronic Data InterchangeElectronic data interchange is the structured transmission of data between organizations by electronic means. It is used to transfer electronic documents or business data from one computer system to another computer system, i.e...
- Global Electronic Party Information RegisterGlobal Electronic Party Information RegisterThe Global Electronic Party Information Register is a distributed database that contains basic information on over 1,000,000 companies in over 100 countries....
(GEPIR) a searchable distributed database of GS1GS1Founded in 1977, 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...
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