DIAGRAMA DE COLABORACION GENERAL

The Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) transaction that provides the receiving company with notice of shipping details

Barcode

A precise arrangement of parallel lines (bars) and spaces that vary in width to represent data

BarCodes and eCom

The organization dedicated to supporting the adoption and implementation of the GS1 System (formerly the EAN.UCC System) in the United States for use in barcodes and e-commerce messaging standards such as Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and Business Message Standards using

Extensible Markup Language (XML); a part of GS1 US

Bill of Lading

A legal contract between a carrier and a shipper that provides shipment details for the movement of freight

Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG)

Consumable goods such as food and beverages, footwear and apparel, tobacco, and cleaning products

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)

The conversion of business transaction data to and from an electronic format.

Electronic Product Code (EPC)

Represents the data encoded in an RFID tag and comprises a GTIN and Serial Number

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

Packaged software systems using database technology and a single interface to control all the infor- mation related to a company’s business, including customer, product, employee, and financial data

Global Location Number (GLN)

A 13-digit data structure to identify physical, functional, or legal entities; supply-side trading partner locations generally include corporate headquarters, regional offices, warehouses, plants, and distribu- tion centers; demand-side (retail) trading partner locations generally include corporate headquarters, divisional offices, stores, and distribution center

Global Trade Item Number (GTIN)

A new term, not a standards change; umbrella term used to describe the family of GS1 data struc- tures for trade items (products and services) identification, includes GTIN-8, GTIN-12, GTIN-13, and GTIN-14; products at every level of product configuration (consumer selling unit, case level, inner pack level, pallet shipper, etc.) require a unique GTIN; the EPC also encodes a GTIN

GS1

Brussels, Belgium-based organization of GS1 Member Organizations that manages the GS1 System and Global Standards Management Process (GSMP)

GS1 Global Registry™

and parties that validates registered data and ensures the uniqueness of items and parties based on their GTINs and GLNs and facilitates the subscription process between retailers and suppliers

GS1 System

Formerly the EAN-UCC System, a global system that standardizes identification numbers, creating a common language to rapidly and accurately communicate information across the supply chain to any company or industry in any part of the world

GS1 US

A not-for-profit member organization of GS1; the U.S. implementation organization for the GS1 System

Identification Number

A numerical designation that uniquely identifies an object in the supply chain; used to retrieve information previously exchanged between trading partners and stored in their database files

Just-In-Time (JIT)

The concept of reducing inventories by working closely with one’s suppliers to coordinate delivery of materials just before their use in the manufacturing process

Line-of-sight technology

Technology that requires an item to be “seen” to be identified by a machine; barcodes and optical character recognition are two line-of-sight technologies

Object Name Service (ONS)

An Auto-ID Center designed system for looking up unique EPCs and pointing computers to information about the item associated with the code; similar to the Domain Name System, which points to sites on the Internet

Physical Markup Language (PML) Server

A dedicated computer that will respond to requests for Physical Markup Language (PML) files/related to individual EPCs; the manufacturer of the item may maintain the PML files and server

Point of Sales

Refers to a retail checkout where barcode symbols are normally scanned.

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)

A method of identifying unique items using radio waves; does not require line of sight and can pass through materials such as cardboard and plastic

Savant

Distributed network software that manages and moves data related to EPCs

Supply Chain Management

The delivery of customer and economic value through integrated management of the flow of physical goods and associated information, from raw materials sourcing to delivery of finished products to consumers

Trading Partner

A party to transactions in the supply chain, such as a supplier (seller) or a customer (buyer)

Universal Product Code (UPC)

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