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GS1

GS1 is a global coordinating office leading a collection of neutral not-for-profit organizations which together develop and maintain standards for barcodes and other supply chain technologies. The best known of these standards is the UPC/EAN barcode, a symbol printed on products that can be scanned electronically.

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Founded
26 April 1974; 52 years ago (26 April 1974)
Industry
Standards
Headquarters
Brussels, Belgium
Key people
Renaud de Barbuat (CEO)
Number of locations
116 offices worldwide
Revenue
30,662,000 (2021)

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GS1

Nodes45
Edges44
Triples96
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.044444
Components1

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GS1

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related to Standards · 40
GS1 → ALE, Application Level Events, CBV, Consignment, Core Business Vocabulary, Data ModelGlobal Data Synchronization, EAN/UPC, GDSN, GDTI, GIAI, GINC, GLN, Global Document Type Identifier, Global Identification Number, Global Individual Asset Identifier, Global Location Number, Global Model Number, Global Product Classification, Global Returnable Asset Identifier, Global Service Relationship Number
related to Sunrise 2027 · 12
GS1 → EAN/UPC, GDP, GS1 DataMatrix, GS1 Digital Link, In, Pilot, POC, POS, QR, Sunrise, The, Two-dimensional
related to Retail and marketplaces · 7
GS1 → Apparel, CPG, Fresh Foods, General Merchandise, Key, Retail, Today
related to Other industries · 6
GS1 → Food, GS1's, Logistics, Member Organisations, Technical Industries, Transport
related to Healthcare · 5
GS1 → GS1 Healthcare, Healthcare, Members, More, Since
related to Barcodes · 4
GS1 → Barcodes, In, They, UK
Founded · 1
GS1 → 26 April 1974; 52 years ago (26 April 1974)
Headquarters · 1
GS1 → Brussels, Belgium
Industry · 1
GS1 → Standards
Key people · 1
GS1 → Renaud de Barbuat (CEO)

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barcodes standards global retail ean product code products countries upc healthcare industry identification data barcode gtin standard brussels number ucc

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GS1Founded26 April 1974; 52 years ago (26 April 1974)1.00infobox
GS1HeadquartersBrussels, Belgium1.00infobox
GS1IndustryStandards1.00infobox
GS1Key peopleRenaud de Barbuat (CEO)1.00infobox
GS1Number of locations116 offices worldwide1.00infobox
GS1Revenue30,662,000 (2021)1.00infobox
GS1TypeNot-for-profit organisation1.00infobox
GS1Websitewww.gs1.org1.00infobox
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