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Electronic Commerce Bar Coding Resources



Stage: Awareness Training
Technology: Bar Coding

Introduction to Bar Codes
Introduction
The Uses of Bar Codes
Parts of a Bar Code
Popular Bar Code Types
Bar Code Scanners
Bar Code Input Devices
Input Device Light Source & Their Differences
How to Verify that Bar Codes are Scannable
Contact/Availability:
AIT World
The complete document is available on-line at http://www.aitworld.com/techvalley/barcodes.html.
Price: None
Medium: WWW

EDI & BAR CODE FOR MANAGERS

By: Rick Bushnell, Scott Cardais, Jack Shaw

First Edition
Copyright © 1992 by Quad II, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be copied or reproduced by any means without the permission of the publishers.

Note: Only Bar Code related issues are listed here. Other sections of the book deal with EDI.
TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1 -- How Bar Code and EDI Fit Together
  • Financial Success Relies on Control
  • Bar Code and EDI Provide Control .
  • Closed Loop Electronic Information Cycle
  • The EDI & Bar Code Loop
  • Leader or Laggard
  • The Strategic Building Blocks
  • The Trading Partner Issues .
  • The Business Plan
  • The Technical Plan
  • The Partner Plan
  • Parity vs. Advantage
  • The Importance of Standardized Numbers
  • Total Partnership .


Chapter 2A -- Bar Code Issues (Part 1)
  • Benefit of Information on the Product
  • Bar Codes are Good Business For Everyone
  • Multi-Step Distribution
  • Why and How to Plan For Bar Codes
  • Why Use Bar Codes? ..
  • What are Errors Costing You?
  • Bar Code Costs/Benefits .
  • Bar Codes Improve Accuracy In Receiving & Shipping
  • Bar Codes Can Be a Marketing Tool
  • Where Bar Codes Can Be Used


Chapter 2B -- Bar Code Issues (Part2)
  • What Are Bar Code Standards?
  • How Number System, Symbology and Application Work Together
  • Misconceptions and Clarifications
  • Item Identification
  • Keeping Important Numbers
  • Why UPC Numbers
  • Branded Product Identification Numbers and the UCC



Stage: Business Analysis
Technology: Bar Coding

Getting Started with Bar Code ... Lite: An Introductory Primer on Bar Coding
What is a Bar Code?
Benefits of Bar Code
Bar Code Applications
Different Types of Bar Code
Compatibility with Existing Systems
Components of a Bar Code System
Bar Code Standards
Getting Bar Codes On Your Products
Printing Bar Codes
Initial Implementation Action Steps
Contact/Availability:
INSIGHT ... the Bar Code Support Group
24 Far View Road, Chalfont, PA 1891
Phone: (215) 822-6880-Fax: (215) 822-8109
The complete document is available on-line at http://mgfx.com/info/papers/gslite.htm
Price: None
Medium: WWW

EDI & BAR CODE FOR MANAGERS

By: Rick Bushnell, Scott Cardais, Jack Shaw

First Edition
Copyright © 1992 by Quad II, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be copied or reproduced by any means without the permission of the publishers.

Note: Only Bar Code related issues are listed here. Other sections of the book deal with EDI.
TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1 -- How Bar Code and EDI Fit Together
  • Financial Success Relies on Control
  • Bar Code and EDI Provide Control .
  • Closed Loop Electronic Information Cycle
  • The EDI & Bar Code Loop
  • Leader or Laggard
  • The Strategic Building Blocks
  • The Trading Partner Issues .
  • The Business Plan
  • The Technical Plan
  • The Partner Plan
  • Parity vs. Advantage
  • The Importance of Standardized Numbers
  • Total Partnership .


Chapter 2A -- Bar Code Issues (Part 1)
  • Benefit of Information on the Product
  • Bar Codes are Good Business For Everyone
  • Multi-Step Distribution
  • Why and How to Plan For Bar Codes
  • Why Use Bar Codes? ..
  • What are Errors Costing You?
  • Bar Code Costs/Benefits .
  • Bar Codes Improve Accuracy In Receiving & Shipping
  • Bar Codes Can Be a Marketing Tool
  • Where Bar Codes Can Be Used


Chapter 2B -- Bar Code Issues (Part2)
  • What Are Bar Code Standards?
  • How Number System, Symbology and Application Work Together
  • Misconceptions and Clarifications
  • Item Identification
  • Keeping Important Numbers
  • Why UPC Numbers
  • Branded Product Identification Numbers and the UCC


Analysis guide for determining likely impact of a new EC-related technology on specified business processes. Appendix I of AIAG's EDI Project Planner

Contact/Availability:
Automotive Industry Action Group
26200 Lahser Road, Suite 200
Southfield, MI 48034
Phone: (810) 358-3570-Fax: (810) 358-3253
http://www.aiag.org/
Price: $80.00 (For complete EDI Project Planner)
Medium: Book



Stage: Design
Technology: Bar Coding

Bar Coding Application and Implementation
Guide to Adopting Your System
Interactive Adoption Matrix to determine how far along you are in your implementation effort, and how to complete the task.
System Implementation Blueprint
A step-by-step blueprint for conceptualizing, designing, developing, and installing an ADC or EDI system..
Information Guide for Adoption and Implementation
Table of Contents for the Knowledge Base, ordered by specific topics in the Interactive Adoption Matrix.
Information Guide for System Implementation
Table of Contents for the Knowledge Base, ordered by specific topics in the System Implementation Blueprint.
Cost Estimator
A guide for estimating the various costs involved in system implementation.
Case Studies and Application Papers
Freeware and Shareware Programs
Contact/Availability:
http://mgfx.com/info/appimp.htm
Price: None
Medium: WWW

Detailed checklist of action items in implementing EC related technologies. Appendix G of AIAG's EDI Project Planner. Focus is on EDI, but most of the steps are relevant to all the forms of EC. Forty items fall into four sections:
  • Problem definition: as-is analysis
  • Requirements: to-be analysis
  • Planning and implementation
  • Routinization and maintenance


Contact/Availability:
Automotive Industry Action Group
26200 Lahser Road, Suite 200
Southfield, MI 48034
Phone: (810) 358-3570-Fax: (810) 358-3253
http://www.aiag.org/
Price: $80.00 (For complete EDI Project Planner)
Medium: Book



Stage: Implementation
Technology: Bar Coding

Bar Coding Application and Implementation
Guide to Adopting Your System
Interactive Adoption Matrix to determine how far along you are in your implementation effort, and how to complete the task.
System Implementation Blueprint
A step-by-step blueprint for conceptualizing, designing, developing, and installing an ADC or EDI system..
Information Guide for Adoption and Implementation
Table of Contents for the Knowledge Base, ordered by specific topics in the Interactive Adoption Matrix.
Information Guide for System Implementation
Table of Contents for the Knowledge Base, ordered by specific topics in the System Implementation Blueprint.
Cost Estimator
A guide for estimating the various costs involved in system implementation.
Case Studies and Application Papers
Freeware and Shareware Programs
Contact/Availability:
http://mgfx.com/info/appimp.htm
Price: None
Medium: WWW


Assessment checklists to determine an organization's ability to manage change. Appendices B - F of AIAG's EDI Project Planner.

B: Assessing ability to determine business objectives
C: Assessing ability to use teams
D: Ability to use lever of change
E: Assessing coordination
F: Assessing ability to implement metrics

Contact/Availability:
Automotive Industry Action Group
26200 Lahser Road, Suite 200
Southfield, MI 48034
Phone: (810) 358-3570-Fax: (810) 358-3253
http://www.aiag.org/
Price: $80.00 (For complete EDI Project Planner)
Medium: Book

Detailed checklist of action items in implementing EC related technologies. Appendix G of AIAG's EDI Project Planner. Focus is on EDI, but most of the steps are relevant to all the forms of EC. Forty items fall into four sections:
  • Problem definition: as-is analysis
  • Requirements: to-be analysis
  • Planning and implementation
  • Routinization and maintenance


Contact/Availability:
Automotive Industry Action Group
26200 Lahser Road, Suite 200
Southfield, MI 48034
Phone: (810) 358-3570-Fax: (810) 358-3253
http://www.aiag.org/
Price: $80.00 (For complete EDI Project Planner)
Medium: Book

Detailed checklists for managing technology implementation. Focus on EDI, but most items useful for any EC related technology. Appendices R - T of AIAG's EDI Project Planner.

R: Pilot implementation checklist (9 general categories, 36 specific issues)
S: Key production implementation points (6 general issues, 29 specific issues)
T: EDI implementation master checklist (Major sections: Strategy, Change Management, Business Planning, Technical Planning, Application Development/Integration, Supply Base Review, Selection, and Agreements, Pilot Implementation, Production Implementation, Continuing Support and Process Improvement)



Stage: Integration and Validation Testing
Technology: Bar Coding

Bar Coding Application and Implementation
Guide to Adopting Your System
Interactive Adoption Matrix to determine how far along you are in your implementation effort, and how to complete the task.
System Implementation Blueprint
A step-by-step blueprint for conceptualizing, designing, developing, and installing an ADC or EDI system..
Information Guide for Adoption and Implementation
Table of Contents for the Knowledge Base, ordered by specific topics in the Interactive Adoption Matrix.
Information Guide for System Implementation
Table of Contents for the Knowledge Base, ordered by specific topics in the System Implementation Blueprint.
Cost Estimator
A guide for estimating the various costs involved in system implementation.
Case Studies and Application Papers
Freeware and Shareware Programs
Contact/Availability:
http://mgfx.com/info/appimp.htm
Price: None
Medium: WWW



Stage: Maintenance
Technology: Bar Coding

Bar Coding Application and Implementation
Guide to Adopting Your System
Interactive Adoption Matrix to determine how far along you are in your implementation effort, and how to complete the task.
System Implementation Blueprint
A step-by-step blueprint for conceptualizing, designing, developing, and installing an ADC or EDI system..
Information Guide for Adoption and Implementation
Table of Contents for the Knowledge Base, ordered by specific topics in the Interactive Adoption Matrix.
Information Guide for System Implementation
Table of Contents for the Knowledge Base, ordered by specific topics in the System Implementation Blueprint.
Cost Estimator
A guide for estimating the various costs involved in system implementation.
Case Studies and Application Papers
Freeware and Shareware Programs
Contact/Availability:
http://mgfx.com/info/appimp.htm
Price: None
Medium: WWW



Stage: Requirements Analysis
Technology: Bar Coding

Bar Coding Application and Implementation
Guide to Adopting Your System
Interactive Adoption Matrix to determine how far along you are in your implementation effort, and how to complete the task.
System Implementation Blueprint
A step-by-step blueprint for conceptualizing, designing, developing, and installing an ADC or EDI system..
Information Guide for Adoption and Implementation
Table of Contents for the Knowledge Base, ordered by specific topics in the Interactive Adoption Matrix.
Information Guide for System Implementation
Table of Contents for the Knowledge Base, ordered by specific topics in the System Implementation Blueprint.
Cost Estimator
A guide for estimating the various costs involved in system implementation.
Case Studies and Application Papers
Freeware and Shareware Programs
Contact/Availability:
http://mgfx.com/info/appimp.htm
Price: None
Medium: WWW

EDI & BAR CODE FOR MANAGERS

By: Rick Bushnell, Scott Cardais, Jack Shaw

First Edition
Copyright © 1992 by Quad II, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be copied or reproduced by any means without the permission of the publishers.

Note: Only Bar Code related issues are listed here. Other sections of the book deal with EDI.
TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1 -- How Bar Code and EDI Fit Together
  • Financial Success Relies on Control
  • Bar Code and EDI Provide Control .
  • Closed Loop Electronic Information Cycle
  • The EDI & Bar Code Loop
  • Leader or Laggard
  • The Strategic Building Blocks
  • The Trading Partner Issues .
  • The Business Plan
  • The Technical Plan
  • The Partner Plan
  • Parity vs. Advantage
  • The Importance of Standardized Numbers
  • Total Partnership .


Chapter 2A -- Bar Code Issues (Part 1)
  • Benefit of Information on the Product
  • Bar Codes are Good Business For Everyone
  • Multi-Step Distribution
  • Why and How to Plan For Bar Codes
  • Why Use Bar Codes? ..
  • What are Errors Costing You?
  • Bar Code Costs/Benefits .
  • Bar Codes Improve Accuracy In Receiving & Shipping
  • Bar Codes Can Be a Marketing Tool
  • Where Bar Codes Can Be Used


Chapter 2B -- Bar Code Issues (Part2)
  • What Are Bar Code Standards?
  • How Number System, Symbology and Application Work Together
  • Misconceptions and Clarifications
  • Item Identification
  • Keeping Important Numbers
  • Why UPC Numbers
  • Branded Product Identification Numbers and the UCC