Institute of Logistics and Warehousing has released the Polish translation of a brochure published by EAN International, originally entitled: “GLOBAL USER MANUAL”.
It was developed by a group of employees from national EAN organizations, based on their long-term experience gained through contacts with EAN-UCC system users.
This is a system application manual, published in the same version across all EAN member countries. This initiative aims to provide system users worldwide with identical guidelines and information, facilitating mutual cooperation on a global scale.
Universal EAN UCC System Application Manual. Poznań: Institute of Logistics and Warehousing 2001, 44p.
Prepared on the basis of EAN International materials. Translation: Ewa Iwicka, Barcode Center, Institute of Logistics and Warehousing
The purpose of the manual is to provide EAN International and UCC members with a basic, “user-friendly” and accessible document. This document is not exhaustive and does not replace the EAN/UCC General Specifications, which remain the standard reference document.
The manual presents examples chosen mainly from the retail sector, but the principles and standards contained in this study apply to all economic sectors that wish to use the EAN-UCC system.
Main topics discussed in the manual:
- Basic principles of the EAN-UCC system
- Identification of trade items
- Criteria for changing or retaining GTIN
- Small products
- GTIN processing
- Marking trade items with barcode symbols
- Application Identifiers (AI)
- Logistics units
- Variable measure products
- Special cases
- Location numbers
- EDI