In my experience, the communications major opens the doors to creativity in a way that many other majors simply do not. On the other hand, what is required of communications majors in order to get ahead does not appear any different from what is required of those who are majoring in other fields:
A GTIN is a numeric data structure containing 8 digits, 12 digits, 13. digits, or 14-digits. It is recommended that GTINs are represented in software. applications as 14-digits by right justifying and zero filling left, as appropriate. The term trade item refers to any product or service upon which there is a need.
Note: the equivalent UPC small format barcode, UPC-E ,encodes a GTIN-12 with a special Company Prefix that allows for zero suppression of 4 zeros in the GTIN-12. The GS1 encoding/decoding rules state that the entire GTIN-12 is used for encoding and that the entire GTIN-12 is to be delivered when scanned.he Global Trade Item Number, GTIN, is an identification number that may be encoded in UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-8 & EAN-13 barcodes as well as other barcodes in the GS1 System. 1  European Article Number-EAN.