Julia's comment on the variability of the company prefix is correct. In addition, UCC has started issuing company prefixes that are seven digits that will make the resulting item identification number thirteen digits.
However, Earl's previous comment: " The old UPC numbers were 12 digits (in North America), and are being replaced with a GTIN number (Global Trade Identification Number?) which is 14 digits...", is extremely misleading. The current EAN*UCC System (a.k.a. GS1) item identifiers are not physically being replaced by the GTIN. The GTIN is simply a common name, storage, and communication entity for the entire collection of GS1 item identifiers. These identifiers include U.P.C., EAN-8, UCC-8, EAN-13, UCC-13, EAN-14, and the UCC Case Code (UCC-14). For EDI, a new qualifier was created for GTIN. So if I was sending a TS832 and sending a twelve digit U.P.C. in the Product ID I would use the qualifier for U.P.C. If I wanted to provide the same information as a GTIN I would use the qualifier for GTIN and the value in the Product ID field would be the U.P.C. with two leading zeros to make it fourteen digits. Please note the actual number and associated bar code on the item would not contain the leading zeros, i.e. it did not change. Hope this helps. James D. Sykes II ARGOLIS, Inc. 1740 Pine St. Martinez, CA 94553 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell: 01.510.502.3333 . Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Access the list online at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
