Hello charlayne,
The use of UPC bar codes provide the unambiguous transfer of
information about the identity products, regardless of language or of
the software that is being used to manage the information at the
various points of the supply chain around the world.
“In order to move products through the supply chain we must be able to
identify the products and then match the physical product and shipment
to the related transaction information. This means that we must have
a standard method to identify products and shipments including the bar
codes and labels. We must also have a standard to deal with methods
of communicating information about shipments and the individual items
contained in the shipment.”
MANUFACTURERS Guide to Bar Code, Common Forms and EC/EDI
Hobby Industry Technology Site
http://www.insightu.org/hobby/guide_mfr/ch10.htm
“Computers, and the software that drives them, are not by nature
multilingual. Even within the same factory or warehouse, a PC in, say,
receiving might not be able to talk with the computers in shipping….
as companies struggle to stay afloat they are realizing that
departmental silos of hard-to-transfer data stymie supply chain
management and thus block the way to rapid, real-time sharing of
information…. Once you start swapping data with your suppliers and
customers and collaborating, things can get garbled real fast…. A
significant step… is the recent merger between the Uniform Code
Council (UCC) and RosettaNet. Best known for its Universal Product
Code (U.P.C.), the 30-year-old, global, not-for-profit UCC draws
members from 23 industries, with an emphasis on grocers and other
retailers (U.P.C. technology is also found in agricultural products,
building materials, chemicals, publishing, defense, health care, and
many more industries). In addition to assigning the ubiquitous U.P.C.
bar code to its 260,000 member firms, the UCC also provides related
standards and global commerce expertise for its constituents,
including advice in the area of supply chain management…. Vendors who
belong to the two groups can look forward to greater, concentrated
support as a result of the merger, along with increased market
opportunities…. The UCC has extensive experience in maintaining global
keys, which are unique, unambiguous numbers that act as globally
recognizable identifiers for products around the world. Translatable
into machine-readable bar codes (RFID tags will work, too), global
keys can also incorporate additional data, such as "best before" dates
and lot numbers.”
Quickscan
Paul Quinn, Senior Writer
“Toward an e-Commerce Lingua Franca”, October 2002
http://www.idsystems.com/reader/2002/2002_10/qs1002/qs1002.htm |
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