The GS1 Service Support team assists and guides in questions and technical matters related to the use of our services.
Here you can find instructions for making identifiers and markings according to GS1 standards.
Our experts help you streamline your company's operations by leveraging the power of GS1 standards.
GS1 offers its customers services to enhance product information management and processes. Barcodes and other digital identifiers of GS1 enable the quick transport and identification of goods. Ensuring smooth transfer of information from one actor to another also enables highly automated logistics...
In healthcare, GS1 standards increase patient safety, improve transparency in supply chains and facilitate the traceability of pharmaceuticals and medical devices. The standards can be used to label and identify pharmaceuticals, equipment, patients and service providers of healthcare and hospital...
If your company's data volumes are large, integration may be the right solution to manage the data flow. Integrating Synkka into existing systems (eg ERP, PIM, CMS, graphic production) ensures that the materials are always correct and up-to-date.
Retail products and transport packaging are named in the Synkka service in accordance with common practices. Based on the name information, the recipients can form product names for different purposes. Name information is used e.g. in online stores.
The packaging hierarchy consists of a base unit, a case, a pallet or an assortment. Recipients also need product information for logistics units to be able to plan product transportation and storage.
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The material requirements for media materials are based on the GDSN standard maintained by the GS1 community. The standard directs manufacturers to produce high-quality images that the end user can use for various purposes.
In the online store, the product image plays an important role as it enables the consumer to identify the product and learn about its features. By uploading a product image, you ensure that the online store displays an up-to-date and correct image of your product.
Together with food industry and retail trade companies, GS1 prepared a proposal how the GS1 2D code could be used when communicating products to consumers and thus facilitate consumers' access to product information.
GS1 Finland has launched a development project together with the Finnish food industry and grocery trade operators, which aims at a practical level to solve the new information requirements set for the food chain by the EU's deforestation regulation.
The creation of a packaging hierarchy always starts with the base unit, ie the smallest unit sold. The product information provided in the Synkka service depends on the type of product in question
Discontinuation of a product can be done for a product or packaging that has been on the market, but also for a product whose launch is canceled. Here you can also learn how to proceed when product representation changes or seasonal availability ends.
This instruction opens up common abbreviations and terms used in GS1 Synkka.
Here you can find instructions related to the Synkka product information service. You can search for instructions using the search function or choose the most suitable ones from the links below.
Log in to the GS1 Synkka service with a username and password through the OmaGS1 portal. To ensure security, each user must have a unique user ID.
The GS1 Rekisteri is a service for easy creation and management of GTINs, GLNs and barcodes. It is available free of charge to all our customers.
What does the future of barcodes look like? Can a single code be used to serve both the retail value chain and consumers in the future? Discover the possibilities of the new, smarter GS1 2D code.
Do you need a barcode for your product? You have come to the right place.
GS1 Synkka is a centralised service for delivering and receiving product information. With the help of the service, product information and images are always in the right format and up-to-date, in the marketplace, for anyone needing the information, and also usable by the company's internal...