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GS1 UK is the UK authority on cross sector barcode and supply chain standards.
GS1 UK is part of the worldwide GS1 network. GS1 is a not-for-profit business association with over 17,000 UK members, including CodePack Solutions. GS1 UK aims to make supply chain standards and the adoption of related technology accessible and affordable for all UK companies.
GS1 UK became the new name for e.centre in February 2005. e.centre was the trading name of the Association for Standards and Practices in Electronic Trade (EAN UK Ltd) which was launched in October 1998 after the merger of the Article Number Association (ANA) * and the Electronic Commerce Association (ECA) **. It has therefore existed through its predecessor organisations for over 25 years.
GS1 UK standards allow businesses to seize opportunities in areas such as traceability, inventory management, point of sale/use and collaborative planning. Over 1,000,000 companies globally use these standards to achieve efficiencies in their business. GS1 Standards include the following four key supply chain technologies:
- Bar coding
- Electronic business messaging
- Radio frequency identification (RFID)
- Data synchronisation
* ANA - British business established the ANA in 1977 to promote the use of the EAN.UCC System. It developed the most widely used electronic data interchange (EDI) standards for trade in the UK and worked with its members and other organisations to produce standards for profitable global trading. ANA?s work provided the foundation for improved supply chain management.
** ECA - The ECA was formed by the business community in 1987, initially as the EDI Association, but later broadening its sphere of interest to incorporate the wider aspects of electronic commerce. Much of its work was conducted through a wide range of advisory groups that form an important aspect of GS1 UK's activities today.
A Short History of Barcode Standards and EDI in the UK Supply Chain
1977
- Article Number Association (ANA) incorporated 24 April
- EAN-13 number structure agreed
- 100 ANA members
1978
- ANA number bank launched
- Melrose tea bags are the first products to be bar coded from ANA number bank
1979
- Keymarkets, Spalding becomes first scanning store in UK
1980
- W H Smith is first non-grocery store to use scanning in UK
- 10% of FMCG consumer products bar coded at source
- 500 ANA members
- Finance Act amended to allow electronic invoices
1981
- Location Number (now known as a Global Location Number) standard agreed
- 25% of FMCG consumer products bar coded at source
- 1000 ANA members
- 10 scanning stores nationwide
1982
- IT Minister Kenneth Baker pays tribute to the importance of ANA to UK economy
- 70% of FMCG consumer products bar coded
- TRADACOMS standards launched after successful trial
1983
- Nabisco and Procter & Gamble become first manufacturers to use of scanning in factories
1984
- 2000 ANA members
- 100 barcode scanning stores
1985
- TRADANET launched
- 500 barcode scanning stores (one third are non grocery)
1986
Sales Data Service launched after successful trial
ECA users EDI Registration scheme launched by the DTI Minister, Ian Taylor
1987
- Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher scans bar codes at Sainsbury?s
- Roseby?s becomes the 1000th barcode scanning store in UK
- EDI Association (EDIA) was formed to provide a UK EDI Forum for international trade and transport activities
1988
- EDIA has 15 members
- First UN/EDIFACT message ? the commercial invoice ? registered as a standard in Geneva
- Music charts begin to be based on data from bar code scanning of records sold
1989
- Application Identifier and EAN/UCC-128 standards published
1990
- 50% of traded units in FMCG bar coded at source
- Legal Advisory Group produces the first Standard Interchange Agreement for use by all parties operating EDI
1991
- 5,000 barcode scanning stores
1992
- Pallet label standard agreed
- 70% of traded units in FMCG bar coded at source
- EDIA?s Chairman becomes a founder director of the EDI World Institute
1993
- 10,000 ANA members
- 10,000 barcode scanning stores
- ANA involvement in intelligent tags begins
1994
- Partnerships with EDICON (EDI for the construction industry) and PharmEDI set up
- EDIA has 9 sponsoring members and 500 members
1995
- EAN International and UCC agree joint standards development process
- 20,000 barcode scanning stores
- Safeway launches the first self-scanning in the UK
- EDI Accreditation Scheme launched
- Contract awarded by the European Commission to study the legal implications of EDI
1996
- 25,000 barcode scanning stores
1998
- ANA merges with the ECA to form e.centre
1999
- 15,000 e.centre members in the UK
2000
2001
- Global Standards Management Process is launched
2002
- e.centre focuses on new sectors, in particular the healthcare and foodservice sectors
2003
- ebXML schemas for the foodservice sector in operation
- Launch of the Solution Provider Programme
- EPCglobal - a joint venture between EAN International and the UCC is set up
2004
- EPCglobal tag and data standards approved
- EPCglobal UHF Class 1 Generation 2 RFID standard ratified
- Verisign is appointed to run ONS route server
- e.centre agrees to work with UDEX and GXS to develop UK''s first standards-compliant data pool
2005
- EAN International, the Uniform Code Council and all the member organisations truly become a global organisation by changing their names to GS1 followed by the country name for each membership organisation
How the EAN.UCC System benefits your organisation
- More efficient business systems through the automation of key business processes and access to real time information
- Improved return on investment by reducing inventory holdings and associated costs
- Greater productivity due to improved tracking of stocks and materials, which reduces administration time and costs
- Increased sales by reducing or eliminating out of stock situations
- Traceability, where the life history of any item can be tracked, enabling product recalls to be targeted accurately and problems traced back to the source
- Better customer service by speeding up delivery times, continuous replenishment and ensuring predictable stock availability
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