Our standards are suitable for all industries and for use by companies of all sizes.
The GS1 2D code opens up new possibilities for consumer communication. At the same time, it helps improve product safety, process efficiency, and supply chain management. It is a step toward interoperable traceability across the supply chain.
We believe that correct and reliable information in accordance with standards is the key to a more responsible and cooperative world. To a world that creates new opportunities from information and its benefits. This is what we contribute to with our work at GS1 Finland, without choosing a side.
Our models allow the necessary information to be collected and shared efficiently and consistently among the operators who need it.
GS1 GTINs improve the discoverability of products on marketplace platforms, as well as in search engine results and ads.
GS1 develops and provides global supply chain data standards that help companies identify, capture and share information.
GS1 standards translate into practical benefits when they are used to build common solutions for sharing information between trading partners. Learn about the solutions offered by the standards, examples from different industries, and co-development that can be used to improve information flow...
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The GS1 2D code differs from a regular QR code in that its content complies with GS1’s international GS1 Digital Link standard.
GS1 is the only official issuer of GTINs, and the EAN barcodes and GS1 2D codes created from them, in Finland and abroad.
When the GS1 2D code follows the GS1 standard structure, it works reliably and interoperably throughout the entire supply chain.
The GS1 2D code functions on a product or package as a link to the product’s digital world.
From the retail and wholesale perspective, the most important thing is to ensure that GS1 2D codes can be scanned smoothly at checkout and that systems are able to utilise the data they contain.
Find out how our identification, capturing and sharing standards and the common operating models based on them can, among other things, improve business processes, smooth the information flow in the supply chain and improve the customer experience.
With the help of our capturing standards, a physical product or item is connected to its digital world.
Our identification standards are used to create identifiers for products, locations and parties, and more. Standardized codes make them uniformly identifiable, shareable and traceable in all markets.
Our information sharing standards help the parties in value chains to share and receive information efficiently and securely about products, deliveries and locations, and more.
A working barcode is created through the right choices. On this page, you will find seven steps to help you implement a GS1 barcode correctly.
Before you can deliver – or sometimes even offer – your product to retailers and wholesalers, you need a GS1 product identifier for your product and a barcode on its packaging.
When making assortment decisions, retailers and wholesalers require that pallets are suitable for smooth handling in the distribution chain. To do this, you need a SSCC, a GS1-128 barcode and a standard format pallet label.
When you get your products into the store or wholesaler's assortment, you need to inform your trading partner of all the necessary information. GS1 Synkka makes it efficient and easy to share product information, images and documents.
You must notify your trading partner of all deliveries of your products in the manner agreed upon with them. Many stores and wholesalers use electronic EDI messages to receive products and maintain product balances.