This system also helped enhance inventory management to keep shelves stocked and allow for lower pricing due to gained efficiencies.
GS1 BARCODE CODE
The Uniform Product Code Council, later named GS1, was the designated administrator of barcode standards in 1974, and helped brand owners use barcodes and a numbering system - today known as GS1 Global Trade Item Numbers (GTINs) - to uniquely identify their products at point-of-sale, giving access to price information. While inventor Norman Joseph Woodland and classmate Bernard Silver developed the first barcode concept - a circular, bullseye-shaped design that incorporated lines and spaces - in 1973, the grocery industry selected the linear UPC barcode as the preferred standard, created by IBM engineer George Lauer. Brands and retailers needed a method to automatically capture product information, reduce human error, and manage the influx of post-World War II baby-boom shoppers.
Very few other technologies have remained as relevant over four decades, nor have they grown in versatility.”Īs explained by GS1: The first barcode scan was the culmination of years of collaboration by inventors and the grocery industry to minimize long supermarket checkout lines. “From same-day delivery to patient bedside scanning that ensures administration of the proper medication, millions of transactions and processes would not be possible without barcodes and the underlying standards that uniquely identify products, services, locations and more in real time. “Since being introduced in the grocery sector, the barcode has enabled countless modern conveniences for consumers and paved the way for emerging technologies,” said GS1 US President and CEO Bob Carpenter. According to GS1, today, the barcode is scanned more than six billion times daily and continues to be one of the most trusted symbols in the world, powering global commerce.
On June 26, 1974, a pack of Wrigley’s chewing gum carrying a Universal Product Code (UPC) was scanned at a Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio – marking the beginning of the modern shopping experience. As technology continues to expand and improve, it is fitting to take a moment to consider one of the cornerstones of today's technology: the UPC barcode, for which administrator GS1 US, celebrated the 45th anniversary of its debut and first scan in June.
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