What is labeling?
Labels, price tags, labels, barcode, commoditysigns, tags, stamps, inserts and even price tags and checks are all different types of markings. We face them every day and do not always understand their purpose. Let's figure out what marking is, what it's like and why it's needed.
Marking
Marking refers to everything you see ongoods, packaging or additional funds. It can be different texts, drawings, symbols, barcode. It performs several important functions, such as:
- information - thanks to it we get all the information about the product: name, manufacturer, expiry date, composition, application, operation peculiarities;
- Identifying - through it we learn how the products are certified (TU, GOST, ISO, etc.);
- emotional and motivational - marking the goods attracts the buyer, and with its semantic and artistic content stimulates the purchase.
Types of markings
All types of markings can be divided into two large groups:
- marking from the manufacturer (production);
- marking from the sales representative (commercial).
The first group includes all the markings, whichapplied directly to the plant. Features of its registration are regulated by law. The labeling from the manufacturer includes everything that receives the goods in production: a label, stamp, stigma, control tape or tag.
The same marking is not appliedmanufacturer, and those who distribute the product (seller / supplier). It contains information not about the product itself, but its seller (address, cost, article). Basically, such marking is applied to a check or a price tag.
To date, the most common type of electronic marking is the QR code. You can learn more about it from the article How to decode the QR code.
Marking exists not only on labelsproducts, but also in the electrician. For example, different colors of wires - this is also a variant of marking. Information about this is in the article What color wires | Marking of wires according to GOST.
The battery release date is another type of labeling described in the How to know the battery date.
