GS1 North America in Great Collaboration With VICS to Reduce ‘Empty Miles’

This is interesting for a couple of reasons. It is the first time

GS1 Barcode General Specifications Guide (v9.0) Available to US Partner Connections Members

GS1 US corporate let us know that the handbook to the GS1 System has been updated and is now available to GS1 US Partner Connections members. Not a Connections member and want to know more? Click here.

GS1 Labeling UK Pilot, Funded by EU, Validates Pharma Track and Trace

Dave Bailey, writing for computing.co.uk, provides a brief report on the outcome of a pilot program to test GS1 standards for their ability track and trace pharma

QR Codes to Push More Corporate Messaging?

I’m a big fan of QR codes, even if they are only GS1 compliant in Japan. But I’m wondering if corporate-sponsored QR codes on brand name consumer goods — like Pepsi in the UK at the grocery store as noted in this story – is going to compel anyone to do reach out to drink the corporate [...]

Emerging Markets Offer Magical Brand and Buyer Implications

I have two brief items to share with you. The first comes from

Does the World Really Need Another New Retail Barcode? Isn’t GS1 Labeling Enough?

Name practically anything in technology and I swear Microsoft thinks it can re-invent it, only make it proprietary and expensive ’better’.

What’s It Mean When ADWEEK Spotlights QR Code Adoption in the US?

I’ve been in the promotion business a long time. In my experience, advertisers don’t spend good money on bad outcomes very often

Buying GS1 Labels From Other Countries (Implied COO) Doesn’t Hide The Crimes: Zhang Yujun and Geng Jinping Get Death Sentences

Tainted milk products were discovered and reported in China last September. Less than five months later

GS1 Malta CEO, in Expansive Interview, Cites Healthcare Urgency

Malta is not a big place so from a market potential perspective you may not be that interested. Even the head of GS1 Malta, in fact, says there are only about 50 major business organizations there. But all of them are adotping GS1,

QR Codes Take Hit In U.S.A. as Google Shutters Print Ads Program

I saw this news first this morning from Zachary Rodgers at  ClickZ:

Webinar on GS1 Standards in Healthcare Slated for Jan. 29th

At this link you’ll find the Event Registration page for an upcoming free web seminar being offered by GS1 US and entitled, “Improving Patient Safety and Supply Chain Efficiency with Data Standards: The Basics of GS1 Standards in Healthcare.” 

No GS1 at Bedside Barcoding Summit Set for May 6-8, Tampa, FL

To be exact, the specific name of this upcoming Barcode Point-of-Care (BPOC) event is:

The UK’s TimesOnline Says the ‘Humble Barcode’ Has New Lease on Life

On New Year’s Eve 2009 or 2010 when they compile those lists of the year’s top news stories, somewhere, maybe not at the tippity top, but somewhere, barcodes will be included. I think  GS1 and the FDA will

FDA Guidance Draft for Drug ID Favors sNDCs; GS1 Label Compliance, Too

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Food and Drug Administration has released a document called

Synchronizing Data to GS1 Reveals Data Inaccuracy, Access Flaws says Expert

Writing in the latest issue of IndustryWeek, Phil Friedman,  who is Vice President of Consumer and Life Sciences at

Another Example Why Types Of Barcode Vs. Barcode Scanner Matter And How, All Costs Considered, It’s Cheaper to Do It Right Than It Is To Do It Over

Scott first wrote about this issue back on October 16th in a post entitled, “New York’s ‘No Scan Do’ Problem. In brief, it is about new drivers’ licenses in New York that carry a new non-GS1 compliant barcode

Label This ‘Very Good News’: Emerging Markets Heating Up & GS1 Labels Are Key

To paraphrase an old expression, you can lay 100 financial analysts end to end and still not reach a conclusion. But a quick scan of the recent news about emerging market economies

CIO of Premier, major GS1 Advocate, to Present Update on January 20th in Vegas

This news release informs everyone that Premier Healthcare Alliance VIPs will be making the rounds this month to update everyone about, and continue their push for, GS1

Good Advice from (Major Emerging Market) GS1 India on GS1 Label ‘Scannability’

We’re doing this post for three reasons. First, the source materials to which I refer comes from GS1 India. GS1 India is part of that ‘BRIC’

GS1 Healthcare Newsletter #13 Now Available

Thanks to a message forwarded from an attentive reader I got pointed to the December, 2008, issue (No. 13) of the GS1