Step 1: Enroll with EANINDIA and receive your GS1 prefix..

Step 2: Internally generate EAN-13 was through assigning of item ids to each different item using the same GS1 prefix.

Step 3: Calculate the last digit, the check digit, using modular 10 algorithm as provided in the technical guide.

Step 4: Design the label, allowing room for barcode symbol and human readable information.

Step 5: Print the bar code on to the retail item, by incorporating the bar code in the product packaging or by applying labels on product packaging.

Step 6: Advise the trading partner of the GS1 numbers you have generated and assigned to each retail item and also to GS1 to update the product database for using electronic catalogues.

For more on the GS1 System usage in retail units select: