What are the differences between in-store code and commodity bar code?

When we go shopping to buy fruits or vegetables, the staff will paste the bar code printed on the spot on the plastic bag. Is this bar code the commodity bar code we often say?

Although they appear to be vertical stripes of varying width and width, the bar codes printed on the store site are just in-store codes used by supermarkets to facilitate internal settlement. So what is the difference and connection between the commodity bar code and the store code?

Different scope of use

The in-store code is a temporary code and barcode identifier prepared by the seller in the store for the convenience of management when the commodity (such as the bulk food in the store) does not have the barcode. It can only be used in the store's own internal system, and is not applicable to other occasions outside the store.

Commodity bar code is a graphic consisting of a group of regularly arranged bars, blanks and their corresponding codes, used to identify commodities. It is the only "ID card" of commodities in the world, so that commodities can be circulated unimpeded around the world. In other words, the commodity bar code conforms to the international unified standard, which can achieve unique coding identification for each type of product worldwide.

Have different origins

The in-store code is designed for the clearing house of in-store bulk foods, such as convenient fresh meat, fruits, vegetables, etc. The characteristics of such products are that they are sold in random quantities without fixed packaging, so it is difficult for enterprises to measure their specific specifications and standards, so they cannot afford their coding business.

And the retail goods circulating in the market, its outer packaging need to print the global unified standard of commodity bar code.

Different coverage areas

The in-store code is closed and can only be used as a part of the sales management in the store supply chain.

The barcode is open and applicable to all links of supply chain management, including production, transportation, storage, processing, distribution and other processes. It makes the commodity information transparent and can be shared by all nodes in the supply chain, so as to improve the product management ability and competitiveness of enterprises.

A seller may use an in-store code as a temporary supplementary measure if his merchandise (e.g. in-store bulk food) does not have a barcode. However, because the in-store code can only be used in the internal system or the proprietary system, it cannot realize the automatic collection and data transmission of commodities and related information like the commodity bar code, nor can it be effectively combined with the operation and management of enterprises, which makes the efficiency of the whole supply chain low and the competitiveness of enterprises damaged.

It is obvious that the bar code of commodity has great advantages in the application scope and effect. Now, the bar code of commodity greatly facilitates the circulation of commodities, which makes the bar code of commodity widely used in retail, e-commerce, logistics management, medical and health, food and other industries.