| GS1 is a non-profit international organization responsible for developing and maintaining its own barcode standards and corresponding issuing company prefixes. The most famous of these standards is the barcode, which is a set of bar -symbols printed on a product that can be electronically Scanning. GS1 has 116 local member organizations and more than 2 million user companies. Its main office is in Brussels (Avenue Louise). History of GS1: In 1969, the U.S. retail industry was looking for a way to speed up the store checkout process. The Ad Hoc Committee on Uniform Grocery Product Identification Codes was formed to find a solution. In 1973, the organization selected the Universal Product Code (UPC) as the first single standard for unique product identification. In 1974, the Uniform Codes Committee (UCC) was formed to administer the standard. June 26, 1974 , a pack of Wrigley gum becomes the first product with a barcode that can be scanned in stores. In 1976, the original 12-digit code was expanded to 13 digits, allowing the identification system to be used outside the United States. In 1977, the European Article Numbering Association (EAN) was established in Brussels, with founding members from 12 countries. In 1990, EAN and UCC signed a global cooperation agreement and expanded its overall business to 45 countries. In 1999, EAN and UCC established the Auto-ID Center to develop Electronic Product Code (EPC), Enabling GS1 standards for RFID. In 2004, EAN and UCC launched the Global Data Synchronization Network (GDSN), a global Internet-based initiative that enables trading partners to efficiently exchange product master data. By 2005, the organization had operations in more than 90 countries and began using the GS1 name globally. Although [GS1] is not an acronym, it refers to an organization that provides a global system of standards . In August 2018, the GS1 Web URI structure standard was approved, allowing URIs (webpage-like addresses) to be stored as QR-Code, whose contents contain unique product IDs. |