Information contained in the barcode, not onlycharacterizes the goods, the similar coding helps to conduct the warehouse account, to supervise movement of the goods in the company. However, in order to put a barcode on your products, you need to go through the appropriate procedures.
Barcode for your products
Obtaining an EAN-13 type barcode impliesjoining the international organization EANCODE. To do this, you first need to fill out an application for membership, according to the established form. Attached to the document is a complete inventory of the products you are about to barcode. The next step is to transfer to EANCODE accounts an entrance fee of 10,000 rubles, plus the cost of maintenance (database support) for the first 12 months - 5,000 rubles. In the future, the fee will only consist of 5,000 rubles annually. If you want to speed up the procedure for obtaining a code, you can send both documents - an application, a list of products, payment details to
[email protected]. The information you send must be formatted as Word, Excel files (no seals or signatures are needed).
Barcode inside the enterprise
Product code can be used for needs onlyof your enterprise. In such cases, the first digit must be "2". This prefix means: "for internal use". For example, any hypermarket can independently produce labels with deuce in the beginning and glue them on products that do not have a manufacturer's bar code. In this case, the structure of the code is determined by the user. It should be added that in addition to EAN-13, 225 other types of barcodes are also used in the world. Any enterprise has the right to choose the most suitable code, having a structure developed by the organization itself. For example, it can be not only the name of the product, but also the name of the enterprise subdivision, vehicle, employee, accompanying document. It is convenient to use this code to automate workflow and internal accounting.
Fastening of labels
The process of marking is by no means the lastplace in the system of bar coding. From how correctly labeled, depends on the readability of the code. The first thing you need to pay attention to is the quality of the paper. After printing, make sure that the ink has dried and damage the code with an accidental touch. When sticking labels, try to avoid deformations, for example, if you need to stick the code on a small height jar, you can place it horizontally or at an angle of 270o. Pay attention to the conditions of storage of the marked products, - if the humidity is high, special waterproof labels should be used.
