1. Sales Order Management Implementation Guide
  2. Bar Code Labels for UPC/EAN-13

Bar Code Labels for UPC/EAN-13

This example illustrates the structure of a UPC label:

UPC code example

The UPC symbology has different formats, depending on business needs:

  • UPC-A: A format that displays all 12 or 13 digits.

  • UPC-E: A format that compresses the 12-digit or 13-digit numbers to eight digits by removing zeroes from the number.

    Although the UPC-E version displays only eight digits, when the code is scanned and decoded by the bar reader, the transmission includes all digits to the computer.