Understanding UCC and EAN13 Generation
The Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) in the U.S., the Electronic Commerce Council of Canada (ECCC), and the International Article Numbering Association (EAN) have established standard identification and information transmission procedures. These standards, known as UCC 128 compliance, facilitate uniform product identification and the exchange of shipment information between suppliers and customers (retailers). Based on the standards, each company can assign an identification code to each item using 13 digits of information. The 13-digit unique identification code is referred to as a Universal Product Code (UPC). Each UPC code consists of:
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A seven-digit company or manufacturer ID that the UCC or EAN assigns. You must save the company IDs in UDC 41/UC. For North American companies, the company ID is represented by only six digits because the leading digit is always zero and can be left off the code.
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A five-digit product ID that the company assigns. The five-digit product ID is system-generated and can be different from the item number.
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A single-digit check character.
Because the multi-level hierarchy of a style item has a multitude of child items, manually entering the 13–digit UPC for all the child items in a hierarchy is not easy. Use the Generate EAN13 report (RCW28) to generate UCC and EAN-13 codes for a style item or for all of the child-level items of an item hierarchy.
Also, you can enter the UPC code manually by accessing the Storage/Shipping form from the Style Item Master program.