You might have seen barcode on different products seen in the market for the billing purposes. The barcode generally contains black and white lines with a batch number, serial number and product number in a machine readable format. Barcode registration is a process important for the people who trade their items (product/service) in the market.
Meet a barcode registration consultant
When you approach a consultant for this registration, the entire process would be taken care by them easily. They will explain the below steps involved for the registration in a detailed way for your convenience.
- Product information including the barcode will be discussed with the retailers.
- To manage the stock information the retailers will enter data into a database.
- When the product is available in the market, billing process will ensure the barcodes on the products are been scanned and entered in the system
Further to the above steps involved during the registration, the use of new barcode for your product will be complete with the below steps.
- Assigning the numbers inside the barcode, it is called as GS1 identification keys. It will be based on getting the GS1 Company prefix number (unique number) approved from GS1 company organization.
*GS1 Company organization usually approve the prefix number to use on the barcode based on the type of business to categorize in the supply chain.
- When the GS1 prefix number is received, then it the stage where the GS1 identification key numbers are assigned for the trade items (product/services)
- Here we will be ready to by deciding static/dynamic information to be printed on the barcode. There are traditional, digital, direct methods to print the barcode on your product/services.
- There are specifications for your product barcode like type, size and placements will be highly dependent on the place it is been scanned. Below are few barcode scanning environment for your understanding:
- Retail point of sale
- General distribution and logistics
- Health care
- Selecting the barcode for its implementation. A symbol will be identified for your trade item based on the place it will be scanned and other factors. The GS1 member organization will advise for the best before moving to the next step.
- Pick the barcode size for your trade item based on the symbol defined from previous stage.
- Barcode will be formatted last a text back up. The text you will see below the barcode lines are called as Human Readable Interpretation (HRI) which helps to take any back up when the code is damaged or in a bad quality.
- Pick your barcode color
- Placement of the barcode in your trade item(product/service)
- Finally a barcode quality plan need to be build.
