Background: UPC Codes
Use the UPC Codes (TUPCM) program to add branch-specific Universal Product Code parameters. See Road Map for work flow.
After code parameters are entered from your branch you can use the system to generate UPC/GTIN codes for items in the Enterprise Item Maintenance (IM) program. The system checks to make sure the code has not been used for another item number or is not an existing item number.
You can enhance the number validation if you activate the UPC validation? option in the System Options Maintenance (XM) Inventory Control Options program. The program validates that the code is 12 digits and checks that the 12th position digit is sequentially correct. The number is generated using your login manufacturing branch, the 6-digit prefix entered in the UPC Codes (TUPCM) program, and the system appends the 5-digit sequential number to calculate the correct code.