Poster
07-12-2004, 04:10 PM
Staring in January, the U.S. bar code system will add one more number to conform to Europe’s standard 13 number bar code systems. Having installed the bar code system years after the U.S., most countries added a number due to an expected increase in products. However, the 12 number system will not go away in the U.S., but machines will need to be able to read both the 12 and 13 numbered systems.
"But the 13-digit standard is what it's all moving to," said Ray Tromba, an expert in retail and consumer products distribution for IBM Global Services. "The 13-digit is the global standard."
"It is important," said John Metzger, chief information officer of A&P, "but it is not a shut-the-company-down kind of issue."
For more information see: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/12/business/12barcode.html?pagewanted=2
"But the 13-digit standard is what it's all moving to," said Ray Tromba, an expert in retail and consumer products distribution for IBM Global Services. "The 13-digit is the global standard."
"It is important," said John Metzger, chief information officer of A&P, "but it is not a shut-the-company-down kind of issue."
For more information see: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/12/business/12barcode.html?pagewanted=2