After more than 50 years of ubiquity, the organisation that oversees the world's barcodes is preparing to consign them to the bargain bin of history. GS1, an international non-profit that ...

Today, there are dozens of different barcode symbologies out there. Commonly used linear symbologies include Code 39, Code 128, GS1 DataBar, Interleaved 2 OF 5, MSI Plessy. When one line isn’t ...

But there's a push to get rid of them within just two years, replaced by QR-style 2D barcodes. GS1, the global non-profit organization that develops and maintains standards for supply chain ...

and there are more barcodes scanned daily than there are searches on Google. But perhaps not for much longer. GS1, the global non-profit that oversees barcodes, has announced that standard ...

The RAIN Alliance and GS1 have been working on the new Gen2V3 protocol for several years and technology companies are now ...

The next generation of Smart QR codes promise to provide consumers instant access to extensive online information about ...

Barcodes are set to be replaced by modern QR codes after more than 50 years of widespread use. GS1, the international non-profit that maintains the global standard for barcodes, is preparing to ...

A report has claimed that barcodes could vanish from UK shops over the coming years. The report from GS1 UK said that other ways of tracking items could allow consumers to have more insight into ...

This is according to GS1, the world’s only authorised provider of Global Trade Item Numbers (GTINs) – the unique number that powers each and every barcode. They claim the new codes are capable ...

THE ADOPTION of barcode technology could help streamline Philippine health professionals’ workflows and address inefficiencies in the medical supply chain, according to GS1 Philippines, Inc.