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(YES) Goals:     Please click the [ Mark Complete ] button at the bottom of this page when you’ve completed these goals: Explain the factors that enable us to guarantee the uniqueness of our barcodes.   Yes, we guarantee that the barcode numbers our member’s supply have never been used on a retail product before.   Barcode […]

(No)   Goals:     Please click the [ Mark Complete ] button at the bottom of this page when you’ve completed these goals: Explain the origin of the common myth that a barcode number is split into 4 parts.   No, it is a common myth that a barcode number is ALWAYS split into 4 parts For

Goals:     Please click the [ Mark Complete ] button at the bottom of this page when you’ve completed these goals: Explain the two primary purposes of barcode use in retail stores.   Barcodes are used in retail stores for two primary reasons: 1) They are scanned to establish the price and product name at the point

Goals:     Please click the [ Mark Complete ] button at the bottom of this page when you’ve completed these goals: State our (IBN) recommended way for manufacturers to obtain a unique company prefix for their barcodes, and how this varies by bulk purchase.   Why do we consider this question? Some manufacturers wish to have a

Goals:     Please click the [ Mark Complete ] button at the bottom of this page when you’ve completed these goals: Explain in broad terms to a customer how barcodes can be registered internationally.   Barcode numbers are registered in online databases: Our registration service registers the barcode number and product/manufacturer in one online database, and this

Goals:     Please click the [ Mark Complete ] button at the bottom of this page when you’ve completed these goals: Explain how the first few digits on EAN barcodes indicate the country of origin of the barcode number only and are irrelevant to the product itself. Be able to show customers evidence (web links) where GS1

 Goals:    Please click the [ Mark Complete ] button at the bottom of this page when you’ve achieved these goals: Be able to explain the basics of the IBN Network barcode guarantee and be able to locate the webpage “What we guarantee”. IBN Guarantee In simple terms, our members guarantee that the barcode numbers are unique

  Goals:     Please click the [ Mark Complete ] button at the bottom of this page when you’ve achieved the following goals: Briefly explain the appearance of a QR code and how a QR code functions. Explain why a QR Code can only link to ONE web page. Explain why QR codes cannot

   Goals:     Please click the [ Mark Complete ] button at the bottom of this page when you’ve achieved the following goals: List three measures that IBN takes to assure barcode buyers of their barcode uniqueness, validity and legitimacy. Ideally, barcode suppliers and users should be able to check numbers against a single

  Goals:     Please click the [ Mark Complete ] button at the bottom of this page when you’ve achieved the following goals: Explain why IBN has a policy of challenging anti-competitive behaviour by our primary competitor, and why such behaviour has no legal grounds.  Since the 2002 class action where UCC (GS1) settled