1 / 9

BAR CODE

BAR CODE. HISTORY. The first idea about Barcode was developed by Bernard Silver and Norman Joseph Woodland in 1948 .

soren
Download Presentation

BAR CODE

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. BAR CODE

  2. HISTORY • The first idea about Barcode was developed by Bernard Silver and Norman Joseph Woodland in 1948 . • On 20 October 1949 Woodland and Silver launched their pattern application for "Classifying Apparatus and Method“. The patent was issued on 7 October 1952 as US Patent 2,612,994. • The first product to have a bar code included was a packet of Wrigley's Gumat a Marsh's supermarket in Troy, Ohio in June of 1974.

  3. International Article Number (EAN) • An EAN-13 barcode (originally European Article Number, but now renamed International Article Number) is a 13 digit (12 data and 1 check). • The EAN-13 barcode is defined by the standards organization GS1. • The less commonly used EAN-8 barcodes are used also for marking retail goods; it usually reserved for smaller items, for example cigarettes, chewing gum packets, lipstick…

  4. EAN-13 barcode • The country code: the first two or three digits, it identifies the GS1 Member Organization which the manufacturer has joined. • The Company code: may be consist of four, five or six next digits. This number was licensed by EAN in each country. • The code item: may be consist of five, four or three digits, depend on The company code. • The check digit: the thirteen digit.( Depend on the twelve digit before)

  5. EAN-8 • The country code: the first three digits. • The code item: may be consist four next digits. • The check digit: the last one.

  6. The benefits of Barcode • Barcodes eliminate the possibility of human error. • Using a barcode system reduces employee training time. • Barcodes are inexpensive to design and print. • Inventory control improves. • Barcode is a effective tool for audit and accounting.

More Related