GS1 128 Puns

Hi there,

First, I'm a real basic user of barcodebuddy and grocy, but i learn!

In my lab we are dealing with stocks. For the moment, we handle the stock survey with excel sheets and in house filemaker db.

The stock management is quite anti ergnonomic ! so i propose them to give a try to grocy! (ease of use face to some huger ERP system)

A great part of our product barcode are encoded with EAN-128 norm, which include product number as well as expiricity date, batch number, and so on.

Is there a way to process this encoded barcode to automatically fill expiricity date and maybe some userdefine entity (for batch number) ?

Or could you give me some advice how I could implement a plugin ?

The algorythm to elucidate barcode is quite simple (I may be able to write some php code for that part and maybe interact with the api?).

I've contacted them many times about the ]C1 problem with no response so did my own investigations into it. Apps like Stocard can correctly read a GS1-128 barcode and reproduce it (whether it's valid or not). Google Pay chooses to correct any and every GS1-128 barcode into Code128 which although similar is like comparing a .DOC file to a .TXT. The data is all there but as the app doesn't know what to do with it... You get ]C1 at the start and a fail to scan at POS. Remove the ]C1 manually and you get a clean Code128 barcode that the POS doesn't expect or understand as the loyalty card (They usually use Code128 on the reduced items). The yellow stickers have distictly different barcodes to the original product if you look closely.

It's not the fault of the scanners, i've had a clear photo of my Nectar card scan at Sainsburys as well as the Stocard generated copy. It's Google Pays 'correction' which is at fault. I also had a refusal recently to scan my screen based on some old advice about touching customers phones which when I offered to wave it over the scanner myself turned into we should scan your Nectar card or type in the number manually... I've since contacted Sainsburys care to ask why (passed onto the Comms office) and they told me that it was an old policy not valid anymore and staff should allow a scan from a phone before resorting to keying it in manually.... I did get the distinct impression that it was Nectar that originally wanted the physical cards swiped/scanned rather than Sainsburys themselves (for security).

My main point on it all is if you don't carry a physical card, there is nothing to lose or have cloned anyway. It's all hidden behind a lockscreen in relative safety... As we (and the banks) trust GPay with security for contactless payment transactions I see no reason why they shouldn't support all loyalty cards whether collection or redemption so we don't have to install Stocard (or some other scammy app instead). Google Pay should pull their finger out and support all these cards so we don't have to install other apps or resort to taking a photo of our card just to leave our wallets at home. Thoughts?

Either way Nectar isn't the only one using a GS1-128 barcode and some don't even offer cash rewards so whats the point in this obscure barcode format? Every GS1-128 barcode has a (AI) Application ID which is the first 2 or 4 digits of the code and part of the standard. Tesco clubcard at least used AI (97) which is

I'm currently working with a manufacturer that provided barcodes that I believe are not compliant with the GS1 standard for Code 128. The manufacturer believes otherwise.

The issue lies in the fact that there is an extra FNC1 encoded immediately before the first AI. According to my reading of the GS1 standards, after the initial FNC1 that immediately follows the start character, any subsequent FNC1 should only be used following a variable length AI (unless that AI is the last one). In the case of a barcode with AIs (01),(10),(17), and (21). The structure should appear as follows:

However, the manufacturer encoded the barcode like this:

My verifier returns returns an error when testing the barcode, the manufacturer's verifier (Integra 95xx on the report) passes the barcode.

My problem is that since the extra FNC1 is in there, the data is decoded with a <GS> at the start of the string which causes errors when scanning the barcodes into our warehousing system.

There are workarounds we can use with the product, but I want to ensure that the issue is fixed in the future. Would others consider these barcodes to be non-compliant?

My 3PL is really struggling to print GS1-128 labels to our retailer's specifications. The mapping from our XML seems to fail almost every time. Does anyone have a suggestion for a company that can print GS1-128 labels which I would then have couriered to my 3PL? Can provide orders as XML or CSV.

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

Do your worst!

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

It really does, I swear!

Because she wanted to see the task manager.

They’re on standbi

BamBOO!

Heard they've been doing some shady business.

Pilot on me!!

Nothing, he was gladiator.

Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.

This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.

If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.

Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.

What did 0 say to 8 ?

" Nice Belt "

So What did 3 say to 8 ?

" Hey, you two stop making out "

When I got home, they were still there.

I won't be doing that today!

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This morning, my 4 year old daughter.

Daughter: I'm hungry

Me: nerves building, smile widening

Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.

She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.

Thank you all for listening.

Where ever you left it 🤷‍♀️🤭

There hasn't been a post all year!

You take away their little brooms

It was about a weak back.

Why

It’s pronounced “Noel.”

After all his first name is No-vac

What, then, is Chinese rap?

Edit:

Notable mentions from the comments:

• Spanish/Swedish/Swiss/Serbian hits

• French/Finnish art

• Country/Canadian rap

• Chinese/Country/Canadian rock

• Turkish/Tunisian/Taiwanese rap

There hasn't been a single post this year!

(Happy 2022 from New Zealand)

Nothing, it just waved