GS1 Certified Consultant

GS1 US Solution Partners offer the most comprehensive consulting services for the implementation of GS1 System standards utilizing AIDC technology solutions for compliance with the GS1 General Specifications. Trained and certified to provide overall education and services for implementing standards-compliant hardware and software solutions, certified consultants offer expert knowledge in areas such as data structures, the GS1 System and its identification numbers, Application Identifiers (AI), data carriers (bar codes) and specifications, such as GS1 DataBar™ (formerly Reduced Space Symbology (RSS)).

GS1 Identification Numbers

Source: bar codes.gs1us.org

The GS1 System provides identification numbers to uniquely identify trade items (products and services), logistic units, locations, assets, and service relations worldwide. For example, a Global Trade Item Number (GTIN), the most well known GS1 identification number, is the 12-digits shown below the Universal Product Code (U.P.C.) bar code. The identification numbers make supply chains much more efficient and responsive to customers in any industry and overcome the limitations of using company or sector specific coding systems. The GS1 System also standardizes additional information such as best-before-dates, expiration dates, lot numbers, and serial numbers.

These numbers are integrated into electronic commerce and encoded in machine-readable carriers – GS1 approved bar codes and EPCglobal compliant radio frequency identification (RFID) tags. Thus, these numbers link together the information flow of business transactions to the physical flow of products. The GS1 System enables users to design applications that process GS1 data automatically because the data captured from approved machine-readable carriers produces unambiguous electronic information.

GS1 Company Prefix: It's not simply a number, it's the key to supply chain improvement.

A GS1 Company Prefix is required to create GS1 identification numbers, which is globally unique and reserved for use by just one company. Partner Connections members are licensed a GS1 Company Prefix as a benefit of membership.