1. BAR CODE

2. HISTORY The first idea about Barcode was developed by Bernard Silver and Norman Joseph Woodland in 1948. Bernard SilverNorman Joseph Woodland On 20 October 1949 Woodland and Silver launched their pattern application for "Classifying Apparatus and Method“. The patent was issued on 7 October 1952 as US Patent 2,612,994.US Patent 2,612,994 The first product to have a bar code included was a packet of Wrigley's Gum at a Marsh's supermarket in Troy, Ohio in June of 1974.Gum

3. International Article Number (EAN) An EAN-13 barcode (originally European Article Number, but now renamed International Article Number) is a 13 digit (12 data and 1 check). The EAN-13 barcode is defined by the standards organization GS1. The less commonly used EAN-8 barcodes are used also for marking retail goods; it usually reserved for smaller items, for example cigarettes, chewing gum packets, lipstick…EAN-8

4. EAN-13 barcode The country code: the first two or three digits, it identifies the GS1 Member Organization which the manufacturer has joined. The Company code: may be consist of four, five or six next digits. This number was licensed by EAN in each country. The code item: may be consist of five, four or three digits, depend on The company code. The check digit: the thirteen digit.( Depend on the twelve digit before)

5. EAN-8 The country code: the first three digits. The code item: may be consist four next digits. The check digit: the last one.

6. Khoảng số Quốc gia Khoảng số Quốc gia Khoảng số Quốc gia 00-13MỹMỹ & CanadaCanada20-29 dự trữ để sử dụng khu vực (cửa hàng/kho tàng) 30 -37Pháp 400-440Đức45, 49Nhật Bản46 Liên bang Nga 471Đài Loan474Estônia475Latvia 477Litva479Sri Lanka480Philippines 482Ukraina484Moldova485Acmênia 486Grudia487Kazakhstan489Hồng Kông 50Vương quốc Anh520Hy Lạp528Li băng 529Síp531Macedonia535Malta 539Ai Len54BỉBỉ & LuxembourgLuxembourg560Bồ Đào Nha 569Iceland57Đan Mạch590Ba Lan 594Rumani599Hungary600-601Nam Phi 609Mauritius611Ma rốc613Algeria

7. 619Tunisia622Ai Cập625Jordani 626Iran64Phần Lan690-692Trung Quốc 70Na uy729Israel73Thụy Điển 740-745 GuatemalaGuatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador Honduras Nicaragua Costa RicaRica & Panam aPanam a 746 Cộng hòa Dominicana 750Mexico 759Venezuela76Thụy Sĩ770Colombia 773Uruguay775, 785Peru777Bolivia 779Argentina780Chile784Paraguay 786Ecuador789Brazil80 -83Italy 84Tây Ban Nha850Cuba858Slovakia 859 Cộng hòa Czech 860Nam Tư869Thổ Nhĩ Kỳ 87Hà Lan880Hàn Quốc885Thái Lan

8. 888Singapore890Ấn Độ893Việt Nam 899Indonesia90-91Áo93Úc 94 Tân Tây Lan 955Malaysia977 ISSN (báo chí) 978 ISBN (sách) 979 ISMN (nhạc) 980 Biên lai thanh toán tiền 99Vé, phiếu

9. The benefits of Barcode Barcodes eliminate the possibility of human error. Using a barcode system reduces employee training time. Barcodes are inexpensive to design and print. Inventory control improves. Barcode is a effective tool for audit and accounting.