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Barcoding & Labelling/Systems Integration

Unique Product Identification: the key to a better Supply Chain

As a major distributor of plumbing and heating products throughout Ireland, Uppercross Enterprises Ltd (UEL) handle a large number of SKUs (Stock Keeping Units) from a wide range of suppliers. All of these suppliers identify their products differently, with some manufacturers not using barcodes at all at item, carton or pallet level. Additionally, UEL have their own codes in their back office system to indentify the products they trade.

As the Irish Hardware and DIY retailers are moving closer to adopting Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), UEL required a solution for ensuring that all their products were uniquely identified so that they could be prepared to trade electronically with their customers.

Gorilla Systems Ltd, a Dublin-based consultancy firm specialising in supply chain software solutions for the SME market, provided UEL with a complete solution for product identification and labelling. The solution consists of a web based application, fully integrated with UEL’s back office system. The database holds a cross reference between UEL’s product codes and their Global Trade Identification Number (GTIN).

Gorilla Systems have been phenomenal in listening to what telConsulting was looking for. They had a very pragmatic and straight forward way on gathering our requirements, and were very fast on getting samples pages and layout released for reviews and comments. The iterative process worked very well for us as it allowed us to fine tune the design and get what we really wanted, without added weeks of delay to the overall process. Frank Hesse Managing Director telConsulting Sdn. Bhd.