Industry Organisations
GS1 UK (formally e.centre) is a UK business association. It is part of the worldwide EAN network, which specialises in cross-sector supply chain standards from bar coding to electronic business communications. www.gs1uk.org
PPMA is a founder member of the Confederation of Packaging Machinery Associations which provides an international forum and voice for all the worlds major machinery manufacturing nations. The PPMA has over 300 member companies who are responsible for the majority of machines sold in the UK each year. www.ppma.co.uk
PMMI in America can be contacted through their web site. www.pmmi.org
Food Traceability depends upon accurate product coding. [more..]
FoodTracE relates to how we identify every single item that passes through the supply chain. www.eufoodtrace.org
EAN International and The Uniform Code Council are voluntary standards organizations. The EAN.UCC System standardizes bar codes, EDI transactions sets, XML schemas, and other supply chain solutions. www.ean-ucc.org. For information on industry standards and EAN barcode allocation visit www.ean-int.org. For information on UCCnet and UPC barcode allocation visit www.uc-council.org
