Bar code facility etc.

Hello Sirs,
      1. Do we have Bar code facility in SAP?
      2. Automatic triggering of issue of materials for items received against Back
          orders?
      3. Automatic generation of binning labels with ownership code after
          inspection?
regards
Yoga

Hi,
Yes, we have facility of Bar Codes in SAP.
for more detials follow the link given below.
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005vp/helpdata/en/4f/993507446d11d189700000e8322d00/frameset.htm
For auto issuing of materials you can check our Backflush indicator (see material master MRP Views)
Regards,
Sachendra Singh

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Rodrigo.

Hi Rodrigo,
Didn't know you could produce Barcodes from ABAP reports - how did you do this? As Christian said, you could also make the font bigger. What are the barcode specs? Sometimes, you need to have the ratios between the "thin" and "thick" lines set up based onthe type of scanner you use. You can manipulate these settings through the Bar Code Settings via SE73.
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Because these commands are in the Printer's Native Language, you will need to get the relevant programming guide for your printer to know what values to manipulate.
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we are going to integrate bar code reader to SAP directly
Our thought are , Scanning the bar code and then using IDOC or directly connected to SAP - ZTables for converting the data into the SAP system..
is it possible to convert the bar code information ( such us material / batch etc..) in to SAP with an interface.
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Hi JJ,
I may be just re-iterating what has already been said, but for clarity I will put down the points again, since I was also faced with the same confusion regarding how barcode and sap will work.
1. Barcode Scanner has nothing to do with SAP or any software.
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d) then we simply scan the image (containing information on material n umber) and hooooooray,
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Scanner just saves TYPING the information manually, and hence reduces time and error both.
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How to read card reader (bar code reader) in simple java program ?

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Based on this value a function/procedure should be called which stores employee details (e.g. name, date, time etc) into the table without any manual interaction. Also the value of item should be null/clear after entry in table.
I tried it using windows hooks, but it is not working properly. (e.g. It doesn't fetch the value when computer is locked.)
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Bar code for materials.

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Our client wants to maintain bar code for the vendor provided material no.s. For vendor materil no.s we are using the old material numbers.so please explain how to use thisbar code for goods reciept, issue etc...please reply....

Hi Prasanna
A barcode solution consists of the following:
- a barcode printer
- a barcode reader
- a mobile data collection application/program
A barcode label is a special symbology to represent human readable information such as a material number or batch number
in machine readable format.
There are different symbologies for different applications and different industries. Luckily, you need not worry to much about that as the logistics supply chain has mostly standardized on 3 of 9 and 128 barcode symbologies - which all barcode readers support and which SAP support natively in it's printing protocols.
You can print barcodes from SAP by modifying an existing output form.
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The next part of the equation can be a bit tricky as you will need to get a printer to print that barcode font. Regular laser printers does not normally print barcode fonts, only specialized industrial printers that is specifically designed to support that protocol and that uses specialized label media and heat transfer (resin) ribbon to create the sharp image required for barcodes.
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- Thirdly, you can buy a third party software like Barcode.dll and install on your frontend PC connected to the laser printer.
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Hi Friends,
Our client wants to maintain bar code for the vendor provided material no.s. For vendor materil no.s we are using the old material numbers.so please explain how to use thisbar code for goods reciept, issue etc...please reply....

Hi,
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Bar code data in SAP system

Hi all,
Our Production system was installed with following modules (PP, MM, SD, QM & FICO )
we are running Bar-code data in SAP system. Because of this our database size is growing somuch. Is it advisable to keep barcode data in SAP system. If yes what are the implications of the SAP systems. OR can i use third party software for Barcode data generation.
SAP system performance is de grading day by day
Please give your valuable suggestions.
regards
Ramesh

Hi,
We are using barcode too on our system, which is for production order (order ID) for stock and goods movement purpose.
Our mechanism is converting production order number (EAN) into a graphical barcode (Code 39) while printing a production order label. By this method we are not keep barcode image on our system, but anytime we need this barcode, we just print it.
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- consider data aviodance/ data archiving
SAP system performance is degrading day by day
- how do you justify that barcode is the root cause of your performance degradation? maybe you have to take a look inside your system : checking user activities, parameters, I/O, CPU usage, expensive SQL statement, table reindexing, table statistics etc that may help you to solve your performance issue.
- if you are sure that the huge database size is the major problem of your performance degradation, consider data archiving as mentioned above. note that data archiving still give you opportunities to read data even though data has been archived. we have done for all module we have PP, MM, WM, SD, FI, CO and found no issue about reading data from archive.
- consider to reorganize, that table fragmentation may contribute in database size.
hope it help you.
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How to use Bar code field in Item master

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regards
Gorge

Hello Gorge,
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i need to do goods issue and goods receipt using bar code
using se 73 i craeted a bar code
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