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Therefore, before implementing RFID tags and readers, all retailers and their suppliers
should adopt the vision of the Global Data Synchronization (GDS) promoted by the
Global Commerce Initiative (GCI) and EAN.UCC. EAN.UCC, standardization
organization for retailers, has developed not only a single standard for identifying
products, Global Trade Identification Number (GTIN), but also infrastructure, Global
Data Synchronization Network (GDSN) to allow retail industry share data easier. Fully
implemented, will allow GDS to access detailed data on any provider’s products
anywhere in the world by any retailer anywhere in the world, through a network database
maintained locally called GTIN on pools.
Electronic product code (EPC)
01 . 0000A89 . 000 I 6 F . 00I69DC0
Header Domain manager Class Serial
8 bits 28 bits 36 bits 24 bits
Determines the next
series of numbers
Identifies the company
or entity responsible
for maintaining the
next number
Used to identify a class
of objects, which is a
product group
Unique identification
of the object
Indicator
character
EAN.UCC prefix Product number Control character
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