The Rail Industry Information Standards group has been earnestly reviewing the best methodology to identify our procured material amongst all trading partners. If there are any members that have some success stories on Industry Item Number Standardization that encompasses buyers and suppliers, I would appreciate a note back to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with some detail on what method was utilized and its roll-out strategy/participation. Here are some links for the requester: http://www.uccnet.org/index.htm UCC's UPC Info Exchange Tool http://grover.mta.ca/upc/upcinfo.html Bar Code Info http://www.ean-int.org/index800.html EAN International This is a great site to see the global issues that are out there on the standardization issue: http://www.globalcommerceinitiative.org/ Frequently Asked Questions: How do I obtain a UPC code for a product that I manufacture? - http://grover.mta.ca/upc/upcwhere.html What is a UPC code and how does it work? - http://grover.mta.ca/upc/geninfo.html Where can I get a complete database of UPC codes? There are no free sources of UPC information available. check here for multi-platform, high performance bar code printing software http://www.adams1.com/ What is a check digit and how do I calculate it? http://grover.mta.ca/upc/check.html What is the difference between a UPC type A and UPC type E code? with conversion table http://grover.mta.ca/upc/e2a.html Need a UPC code? Uniform Code Council - http://www.uc-council.org/ Complete Axcess - http://www.upclabel.com/ provides labeling solutions for: carelabels, upc labeling, barcode labels, hangtags, and UCC128 labels. Maureen Haney Union Pacific Railroad ------ XML/edi Group Discussion List ------ Homepage = http://www.XMLedi-Group.org Unsubscribe = send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Leave the subject and body of the message blank Questions/requests: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To receive only one message per day (digest format) send the following message to [EMAIL PROTECTED], (leave the subject line blank) digest xmledi-group your-email-address To join the XML/edi Group complete the form located at: http://www.xmledi-group.org/xmledigroup/mail1.htm
