What Would Happen if You Change Your Barcode Standard?

USDM Life Sciences has quite a bit of experience with this. Let’s say you chose to move to GS1 standards, you're effectively changing the label.  You would have to sunset, retire, and create a new record associated with the GS1 standard as your device identifier.

There are some ways to do this that are a bit more flex, if you haven't already submitted the record, that we've helped some clients with. So if you've already submitted, then you're going to have to end date and then create a new record. If you haven't submitted, then take advantage of the primary and secondary DIs that are associated with the product so that you don't have to create new records downstream.

USDM Life Sciences will help you assess, plan and execute the changes and enhancements necessary to meet UDI regulations. Our team of UDI experts will assess your products, the markets where they are sold and determine an implementation strategy for the changes that need to be made. USDM’s assessment methodology is extensive and includes the labels and packaging, the management of identification changes to each product, the changes to PLM, ERP, EPCIS and packaging systems, changes to printing, vision inspection and warehouse/inventory management systems and interfaces to the GUDID.