Counterfeiting has become a multi-billion-dollar problem, affecting various industries in the world, from luxury goods to electronics. It’s a crime that feeds from the act of stealing the identity of ...

A new report underscores how 2D barcodes and automated data capture powered by GS1 standards can help logistics and life ...

The farm-to-table concept, built on direct, local sourcing, has evolved into a model that seeks to reduce the gap between producers and consumers. It requires an efficient structure that uses a more ...

50 years after the barcode was first scanned, 22 leaders from some of the world’s biggest companies sign a global joint statement calling for the transition to QR Codes with GS1 standards to ...

GS1 has formed a Mission Specific Working Group to “define a standard structure for URIs” connecting products to the Web with GS1 identifiers, whether a 2D bar code, a QR code, a Near Field ...

The bar codes placed on food packaging materials are generated and licensed by the Uniform Code Commission. This is an association of manufacturers and retailers who assign and grant licenses to food ...

Hailed as 'space-age' technology upon their launch in Britain in 1979, 'bar-coding' was praised as a wonderful invention that would speed up the weekly shop. But 50 years after being first used on ...

The humble barcode has made many logistics tasks more efficient and accurate. Now, 2D barcodes are collecting and carrying even more information than traditional barcodes, and they’re finding new ...