GS1-India

GS1 India is a not-for-profit standards body promoted by the Ministry of Commerce (GOI) and Indian Industry to spread awareness and provide guidance on adoption of global standards in Supply Chain Management by Indian Industry for the benefit of consumers, Industry, Govt. etc.

GS1 India is the only organisation in India authorised to issue company prefix numbers for use in barcodes, RFID tags etc. for unique, unambiguous and universal identification of products, cartons, containers etc. GS1 standards find wide application in Supply Chains across sectors for unique-yet-universal product, consignment and entity identification, EDI (Electronic Data Interchange), product data synchronisation etc. GS1 standards are the dc-facto global standards in identification of consumer products in Retail. GS1 India is an affiliate of GS1 Global Office, twin headquartered at Brussels (Belgium) and Lawrenceville, New Jersey (U.S.A.), which oversees operations of a network of over 100 GS1 organisations across the world.

GS1's goal is to simplify global commerce by connecting the flow of information with the flow of goods.

Global commerce is multifaceted and the complexities innumerable; however, GS1 has focused its mission at the core of the challenge. GS1 will lead the design and implementation of global standards to improve the supply and demand chain.