GS1 DataBar Etilux 22th September 2011 Nicolas Stuyckens, manager GS1 Barcodes and GS1 EPC Global

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GS1 DataBar General points

© 2010 GS1 © 2011 GS1 GS1 DataBar : What’s behind the name? 7 GS1 DataBar, the next- generation bar code, carries over 100 different bar code data elements like : - serial number - lot number - expiration dates - measurements A GTIN in a GS1 Databar needs less space (less than 50%) (01) (15) EAN 13 area GTIN, best before date on the same barcode

© 2010 GS1 © 2011 GS1 GS1 DataBar applications A barcode for:  very small products  Loose products (ex. Vegetables & fruits) – a better category management and a faster processing at POS An international solution for:  Variable weight products (ex. weight, price, date, …)  Coupons (ex. Date)  Traçability (ex. Lot number, Best before,... )

© 2010 GS1 © 2011 GS1 Advantages Use of “international” GTIN instead of national structures Possibility to make use of data synchronisation (GDSN) Better control of the best before date Less food waste and a possibility of better food waste management. Possibility of encoding additionnal data (Lot n°, serial n°…) Stocks optimization Traceability/ recall made easier

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GS1 DataBar : Technical specifications General overview

© 2010 GS1 © 2011 GS1 Application Identifiers (AI), prefixes( 2 to 4 digits) at the beginning of an element string that uniquely define its format and meaning. Example : AI (10) = lot/batch Data’s– depending on the information, AI have a fixed or variable lenght, numerical or alphanumerical structure. The structure is predefined or not. Example : Lot/batch = variable lenght up to 20 alphanumerical characters with a free structure. (02) (37)56(15)030303(10)ABCDEF Application Identifier (AI) structure

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© 2010 GS1 © 2011 GS1 Example GTIN: Net weight: 450 gr Best Before: GS1 DataBar Expanded Stacked

© 2010 GS1 © 2011 GS1 Size of the barcode Depending on the amount of data encoded Depending on the X-Dimension Actual size of the labels: 6,5 x 4 cm 8,5 x 5 cm 6 x 6 cm 7 x 8 cm 6,5 x 9 cm 8, x 9,5 cm 15 Min. Dimension-X : 0,264 mm 1,8 cm 4 cm 2,9 cm 2,8 cm

GS1 DataBar Business cases

© 2010 GS1 © 2011 GS1 Colruyt : DataBar on loose produce Pilot Sept 2009 with Colruyt and Special Fruit GS1 DataBar with GTIN only Objective : Increased checkout efficiency More correct price setting Schrink reduction/stock optimization No category mgmt (>< data synch) Test results : Quick and succesfull scanning at the check-out Fluent printing of GS1 DataBar Label needs to be resist to humidity, a smaller label is prefered

© 2010 GS1 © 2011 GS1 Colruyt : GS1 DataBar for prepacked variable weight products Project Colruyt: pre-packed products with variable weight GTIN Best Before Date (recommendation) Net weight Objective Consummer can check the price in store 18

© 2010 GS1 © 2011 GS1 AH : DataBar on meat (variable measure) Sept-Oct 2010 : first small ‘instore’ test GS1 DataBar with ‘instore code’ and expiry date on chicken Objective : Better product service towards customers Set promotions more efficiently Schrink reduction/ stock optimisation/ cost reduction Test results : Test is still going on, but it seems the results will be very positive Consumers react also positive Next steps: AH will set up roll-out strategy if objectives are met

© 2010 GS1 © 2011 GS1 Sligro : DataBar on cheese (variable measure) 2008 : Pilot Sligro (wholesale retailer) and cheese manufacturer Wijngaard GS1 DataBar with GTIN, weight, best before date Objective : Better product service towards customers Schrink reduction/ stock optimisation/cost reduction Traceability Set promotions more efficiently Status 2010: new release retail POS application software in Q2, start roll-out for variable weight products (cheese, meat)

© 2010 GS1 © 2011 GS1 Feile Foods (Ireland) : DataBar on meat (variable measure) Pilot : Begin 2010 Feile Foods is a meat processing company and retailer GS1 DataBar integrating GTIN, batch, price, weight, expiry date Objective : Better product service towards customers Traceability Shrink reduction/stock optimisation /cost reduction

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