Barcodes by GS1

Versatility Across Industries:
Whether you're in retail, healthcare, transport & logistics, or technical industries, our barcodes adapt to your unique needs. Versatility is not just a feature; it's a promise that your barcode solution seamlessly integrates into diverse industry landscapes.

Efficient and Affordable:
Optimize your processes without breaking the bank. Our barcodes blend efficiency with affordability, ensuring your operations are streamlined and cost-effective. Experience the perfect synergy between cutting-edge efficiency and budget-friendly solutions.

True Supply Chain Visibility:
With GS1 standards, achieve unparalleled supply chain visibility. Identify, capture, and share information about your products, components, and assets effortlessly. Gain insights that go beyond mere tracking; it's the power to foresee, plan, and elevate your entire supply chain.

Life Cycle Management:
Streamline life cycle management with precision. Our barcodes go beyond identification; they orchestrate the entire life cycle of your products, ensuring nothing is left to chance. From inception to retirement, our solution guides your products through every phase with meticulous detail.

Global Acceptance: Your passport to global retail. Our barcodes are recognized and accepted by major retailers and distributors worldwide. Say goodbye to limitations and embrace boundless opportunities.

Sell to leading retailers and online Shopping Sites: To be able to sell through major retailers and online shopping site, suppliers/manufacturers have to affix GS1 barcodes for their products

Free Barcode Management with DataKart Service: Get free access to GS1's DataKart service to easily assign and manage GTINs for your products. This helps avoid duplication of barcode. DataKart also enables:

• View of all products information, their attributes, images, etc. from a single screen


• Generate artwork for designing barcodes


• View complete product lifecycle

Comply with the product data requirements of FSSAI, AGMARK: DataKart also feeds the Smart Consumer mobile app and enables compliance FSSAI and AGMARK's requirements on providing license numbers and validity to consumers.

Enhance online search results: Search engine giant Google has revealed a 40% improvement in search results when the GTIN (barcode number) is used within the product webpage, leading to higher visibility and more business.

Complying with Regulations: National and international regulations currently requiring/endorsing the need for GS1 barcodes on products. Some of these are:

• DGFT Public Notice No. 52 2015/2020 mandates use of GS1 barcodes on exported medicines to facilitate track & trace and authentication


• U.S. FDA Regulation for Unique Device Identifier (UDI) for medical devices

There are several ways to apply a barcode to an item. You first need to convert the barcode numbers into a barcode image using software. Depending on your particular needs, you can then:

• Integrate the barcode image into your packaging design and artwork


• Use pre-printed labels


• Print the barcodes on site directly onto the packaging

All barcodes represent data in a machine readable format using patterns of different widths of dark bars and pale spaces, but the similarities end there. Some show the data only using the different widths of the bars, some have only two different widths of bars and spaces, some can only represent numbers, while others can show alphanumeric data. The barcodes used by the GS1 System have, in some cases, been specially designed for it, while others have been adapted to suit the requirements of the System’s users. All the barcodes used by the GS1 System have a standardized data content which means that they can be used by any company that has adopted the GS1 System. GS1 barcodes also have special features to ensure they are not confused with any other barcodes. The barcodes used by GS1 include EAN-13, UPC-A, EAN-8, UPC-E, GS1 DataBar family of symbols, GS1-128, ITF-14, GS1 DataMatrix, GS1 QR Code, and Composite Component.

Generally no. The barcode represents the number that simply identifies the item uniquely. All the information about a product is held in a computer database. By scanning the barcode, this information (including the description and price) may be retrieved from the database.
The only exception is the specialist numbering system devised for Retail Variable Measure Trade Items and money-off coupon numbers that include the price of the item or value of the coupon.

A Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) is a unique number that identifies any pre-defined trade item (a product or service) that may be priced, ordered or invoiced at any point in any supply chain. Trade items include all services and products, from raw materials through to end user products.
The Brand Owner, the organisation that owns the specifications of the trade item, regardless of where and by whom it is manufactured, is normally responsible for the allocation of the Global Trade Item Number (GTIN).
Different GTINs must be allocated to every different product that the Brand Owner is responsible for, and detailed rules have been developed to help companies allocate them correctly.