[colug-432] Bar Codes

[Angelo McComis]

On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 2:18 PM, Thomas W. cranston
<cranston.thomas at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> A little off subject
>
> I am trying to identify where something comes from by the 12 digits
> associated with a bar code.
>
> Home Depot sells 1 x yellow pine, but not int the lengths I want. I want
> to find out who mills the lumber. Each piece has a bit of plastic with a
> bar code stapled to it. In this case the numbers associated w/the bar
> code are 0 99167 21015 5. There is no company name printed along with
> the bar code.
>
> Lumber yards where I live no longer carry what I need.
>
> Is there anyway I can determine who the manufacturer is?
>
> Tom
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Tom,

There is a specific format there, and it is decipherable.

Based on the barcode you provided, I found the provider is:

Boise Cascade Building Materials Distribution, L.L.C.
P.O. BOX 62
BOISE ID 83728
United States
Tel:(208) 384-4869
Fax:(208) 384-6099

Google for UPC-A, GTIN, and GS1.   Plug in your UPC here,
http://gepir.gs1.org/v32/xx/gtin.aspx?Lang=en-US  and you'll be able
to tell the manufacturer, based on the first 6 characters of the UPC
(well, technically, the 5 digits starting after the first position).

Angelo