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Breaking code: UCC looks to standardize Web usage among business around the world. (Industry Standards).(Uniform Code Council and electronic commerce standards)
Industrial Distribution, August, 2002 by Tuttle, Al
STANDARDIZING electronic communication is one of the hottest topics in business today, according to standards experts. Transactional methods, both internal and through the Internet, and all kinds of printed and wireless standards are being debated by committees around the globe. The Uniform Code Council, long known for its development of the now-ubiquitous barcode trading system, launched a new division this year.
UCCnet is the Internet commerce standards and implementation arm of the council, created to help manufacturers and distributors use more common language for e-business transactions. "UCCnet enables clean, accurate and up-to-date information to be communicated throughout all points of the supply chain," says Jim Petragnani, director of...
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