- A company prefix that complies with GS1 Standards (a “GS1 Company Prefix”) is a unique identification number that is assigned to just your company by GS1 US.
- It's the foundation of GS1 Standards and can be found in all of the GS1 Identification Numbers.
- The certificate is proof of which of these GS1 identification numbers are assigned to your company and act as evidence that you are allowed to sell all products with this GS1 identification number on Amazon.
- GS1 is a not-for-profit organization that develops and maintains global standards for business communication.
- The best known of these standards is the barcode, a symbol printed on products that can be scanned electronically.
- GS1 barcodes are scanned more than six billion times every day.
- Barcodes defined by GS1 standards are very common.
- GS1 introduced the barcode in 1974.
- They encode a product identification number that can be scanned electronically, making it easier for products to be tracked, processed, and stored.
- Barcodes allow for greater safety, reliability, speed and efficiency of supply chains.
- They have a crucial role in the retail industry, moving beyond just faster checkout to improved inventory and delivery management and the opportunity to sell online on a global scale.
- Some of the barcodes that GS1 manages are: EAN/UPC (used mainly on consumer goods), GS1 Data Matrix (used mainly on healthcare products), GS1-128, GS1 DataBar, and GS1 QR Code.