Cellphone Barcode Software Banking? GS1 Labeling Software? GS1 Barcodes? More 2D Barcode Adoption Ahead!

This quote taken from a story titled, “Mobile banking to become commonplace” published on a site called Zero Strategy:

GS1 US Issues News Release To Thwart Erroneous Viral Emails

A viral e-mail spreading quickly across the United States is creating consumer confusion and potentially harming American businesses,

Fighting OxyContin Counterfeiting and Diversion with RFID and GS1 Labeling Software

In an email forwarded to me recently, I became aware of a new two-page case study about Purdue Pharma expanding

Europeans Propose New Labeling System for Toxic Emergencies

On at least one point in this article, published today, entitled ‘To successfully treat intoxications caused by consumer products, the formulations must be known,’  I must

Sisters of Mercy Health System to Require GS1 Labeling

This is important news. It is taken from this November 2008 edition of Healthcare Purchasing News.

When GS1 Labeling Is Everywhere: Will GS1 Barcodes Actually Drive Retail Sales?

With the new Google phone, the G1 Android, a retail shopper can learn if the product he or she is about to purchase at the store can be bought for less at

Why Put Melamine in China’s Supply Chain?

This post is rated PG for parental guidance. It features this link where, in great detail, you can get an up close and personal look, literally, at how and why

Musings On GS1 Compliance, Country Of Origin In Barcodes, And Untrustworthy Suppliers

We’ve been fascinated lately by the traffic on this blog to my recent post on country of origin (COO) not being identified by the country franchise code in the GS1 barcode. The post recieves an ever larger number of fresh reads a day

Our GS1 Supply Chain White Paper Now At Technology Evaluation Site

Our white paper has been picked up as a resource on the Technology Evaluation website here. This reflects the broadening appeal of this

GS1 Barcode Country Designation Not a Certain Identifier of COO…? Oh Oh!

Knowing where a given product was actually made never seemed very important way back when. Who made it, yes. When? Yes. But where exactly? Not so much.
But that all changed when recent events in China revealed some manufacturers’ preference for putting plastic in milk to fake out inspection tests

Will GS1 Compliance Help Product Marketing and Total Delivered Cost?

My Loftware associate Scott who, by the way, designed this blog, brought to my attention this week a February 2008 article in Sourcing Innovation in

GS1 Barcodes And Brand Packaging Get With It

If you live together, you’re either cohabitating or married. One pretending that another doesn’t exist in the same house is just delusional or silly. So what’s up with the relationship between bar codes and brand packages?

It Wasn’t GS1 Compliant but QR Barcodes Star in Broadcast News Segment

The Boston-based Fox News station featured a report this past Sunday, November 10, about something they nicknamed ‘Super Bar Codes.’

‘Inspirational’ PMA Summit, 550 Pics to Prove It, And Global GS1 Standards

The six most dreaded words at any family gathering

GS1 Mirror, GS1 Mirror, On or Off the Wall – What is Fair?

On the wall or off the wall? You be the judge: A new technology now available in Australia allows retailers to electronically provide information about garments when the customer is trying them on.

The ABCs: the “G” in GS1 Stands for “Global” and the “A” in ANSI stands for “American”

Don’t get me wrong. I’m not anti-American. On the contrary. But when it comes to global standards in healthcare product marking and identification, the stakes transcend

GS1 Barcode Compliance: Country Origin Code Confusion Continues to Abound

I was passed the URL for this blog with a post entitled, “How To Identify Imported Goods Before Purchasing!!!!” It seems fairly certain of itself:
The first three digits of the barcode that start with either 690, 691, or 692 indicate that the product is made in China. The first three digits of the barcode that [...]

GS1 Annual Report 2008 Now Available!

I just happened to check in to the GS1 Global website this morning and look what I found: GS1 Annual Report 2008 now available.

This Counterfeit Product News May Make Your Hair Curl

It seemed at first an innocent enough piece of news: HIGH Street store Superdrug yesterday recalled a batch of hair styling irons over fears they don’t meet electrical safety standards. A manufacturing problem? Well, yes. But I dug a little deeper to discover this is a much bigger problem than that.