Education

   Goals:     Please click the [ Mark Complete ] button at the bottom of this page when you’ve achieved the following goals: Explain how millions of former GS1 barcodes now remain available, legitimate and unregulated by GS1 despite their attempts to secure control of them. Explain why, although GS1 has attempted to control/regulate […]

   Goals:     Please click the [ Mark Complete ] button at the bottom of this page when you’ve achieved the following goals: Be able to provide a brief overview of the historical process that started with a US product identification innovation to solve inventory and check-out problems and ended with GS1 offering one

    Goals:     Please click the [ Mark Complete ] button at the bottom of this page when you’ve achieved the following goals: Explain why IBN members need to clearly understand the legitimacy of our barcodes and our operations, and why we need to be constantly alert to underhand challenges to that legitimacy.

  Goals:     Please click the [ Mark Complete ] button at the bottom of this page when you’ve achieved the following goals: Be able to incorporate a barcode image into a product’s packaging or design, and explain this procedure to a customer.   Choose an image format: Choose whichever barcode image format you

Goals  Please click the [ Mark Complete ] button at the bottom of this page when you’ve achieved the following goals: Explain why it is important to keep within the size specifications for barcode printing. Indicate where you would look up the EAN-13 size specifications (no need to memorise these). State (or indicate where to

 Goals:     Please click the [ Mark Complete ] button at the bottom of this page when you’ve achieved the following goals: Explain the difference between EAN-13 and UPC-A barcodes. Understand when you should use EAN-13 vs UPC-A barcodes. What is the difference between EAN and UPC barcodes? UPC-A Barcodes are effectively a subset

  Goals:     Please click the [ Mark Complete ] button at the bottom of this page when you’ve achieved the following goals: Understand the circumstances in which you will need to have a unique barcode for variations of a single product.   A barcode for each unique product variant You need a unique

  Goals:     Please click the [ Mark Complete ] button at the bottom of this page when you’ve achieved the following goals: Understand the concept underpinning the barcoding system, and be familiar with common retail barcode formats. Be able to clarify for a customer how the barcode bars are simply a graphic representation

Goals:     Please click the [ Mark Complete ] button at the bottom of this page when you’ve completed the lesson topics. State some of the key features of our International Barcodes Network. Provide statistics and arguments that back up the QUALITY of our barcodes based on their successful use in the international market.

  Learning goals:     Please click the [ Mark Complete ] button at the bottom of this page when you’re able to achieve the following goals: Be able to state why it is important to know the background of IBN and its current spread around the globe. View and read the graphical PDF Introduction