Template v4 September 27, Copyright © Infor. All Rights Reserved. 1 Infor Factory Track TM 6.01 Composite Barcode Usage

Template v4 September 27, Copyright © Infor. All Rights Reserved. Composite Barcode Usage This covers two phases:- The use of predefined Application Identifiers in a single barcode (e.g. a GS1-formatted barcode) The capability to define composite barcodes (e.g. a locally printed inventory label containing a label with the item number and serial number combined into one barcode) In 6.01, only the first of these phases is included, and only for the M3 ERP Product The second phase and support for LN and SyteLine ERPs will be delivered in later Factory Track releases

Template v4 September 27, Copyright © Infor. All Rights Reserved. GS1 Barcodes What is a GS1 Barcode? It is a single barcode containing multiple elements, each of them prefixed by an Application Identifier (AI). The AIs are internationally-agreed standards used in GS1 AIs are two, three or four digit numbers identifying the purpose of the subsequent data Examples of GS1 barcodes are The AIs are represented as being enclosed in parentheses. In these examples, 01 relates to the item number or GTIN Code, 10 the lot number, 15 the best before date and 17 the expiration date

Template v4 September 27, Copyright © Infor. All Rights Reserved. GS1 Barcodes - continued Factory Track needs to Be able to interpret any combination of AIs in a single barcode – allocating the associated data to the appropriate fields on the form (and disregarding any unnecessary information) Allow multiple GS1 barcodes to be scanned for a specific transaction – GS1 labels can be attached to products by suppliers so the AIs are consistent but the actual layout is liable to differ. One supplier might have a single GS1 barcode containing the container number (00), item number(01) and lot(10). Another supplier might have exactly the same information printed in two separate barcodes Factory Track needs to be able to handle both of these scenarios automatically

Template v4 September 27, Copyright © Infor. All Rights Reserved. Standard GS1 AI Logic All GS1 Application Identifiers are two, three or four digits in length If two-digit, those two digits are not used for three or four-digit AIs e.g. 00 identifies the Container (SSCC) Number, 10 the Lot (Batch) Number – there are no 3 or 4 digit AIs starting with 00 or 10 If three-digit, those three digits are not used for four digit AIs e.g. 241 identifies the Customer Part Number, 400 the Customer Purchase Order Number – there are no 4-digit AIs starting with 241 or 400 (and there are no 2-digit AIs of 24 or 40) If four-digit, the fourth digit often identifies the number of decimals if the AI relates to a quantitative field e.g identifies the Net Weight in KG with one decimal place, 3102 is the same but with two decimals, meaning that (3101) identifies the weight as KG. (3102) identifies it as KG

Template v4 September 27, Copyright © Infor. All Rights Reserved. Composite Barcode Setup The Composite Barcode Forms can be found in the Configuration Menu

Template v4 September 27, Copyright © Infor. All Rights Reserved. Composite Barcode Forms Barcode IDs – used to define the prefix returned when the barcode is scanned. The scanner must have the ‘return prefix’ option turned on. This tells the system what type of barcode has been scanned so that the correct interpretative logic is invoked Scan Formats – used to define the AIs associated with a type of barcode Transaction Field Scan Mapping – used to map data related to AIs with fields on a form Composite Barcode Label Formats (Phase 2) – used to define locally-used fixed format barcodes Composite Barcode Transaction Label Mapping (Phase 2) – used to map data read from composite barcodes to fields on a form

Template v4 September 27, Copyright © Infor. All Rights Reserved. Barcode IDs Barcode IDs identify the type of barcode being scanned Each prefix is linked to a type to be used when interpreting the barcode For example, a barcode beginning with a ]C1 or ]D1 prefix will be interpreted in exactly the same way, as a GS1 barcode, even though one of them is a Code-128 barcode and the other is a Data Matrix one

Template v4 September 27, Copyright © Infor. All Rights Reserved. Scan Formats Identify Separators and AIs for a type of Barcode Can support Multiple Separators Specify each AI for that type of Barcode Can be either fixed length or variable Date format Numeric Values can use GS1 logic or be manually assigned

Template v4 September 27, Copyright © Infor. All Rights Reserved. Transaction Field Scan Mapping This form links the scanned AIs to fields on the form Fields are pre-defined by the developer against the Transaction Multiple AIs can be assigned to the same Form Field, meaning that multiple types of barcode can be interpreted by the same transaction

Template v4 September 27, Copyright © Infor. All Rights Reserved. Composite Barcode Label Formats Identify Layouts of Standard Composite Barcodes used by a Customer Fixed Number of Elements (some could be empty) Fixed Sequence – in this example, the label must contain Item, Lot and Serial in that sequence, separated by a pipe (|) Acceptable barcodes ITEMX|LOT123|SERIAL456 ITEMX||SERIAL789 ITEMX|LOT456| ITEMX||

Template v4 September 27, Copyright © Infor. All Rights Reserved. Composite Barcode Field Scan Mapping This form links the scanned composite barcodes to fields on the form Fields are pre-defined by the developer against the Transaction