scope:

This guideline provides recommended product marking with machine-readable symbols for products used by telecommunications companies. It covers both labels and direct marking of products. The guideline is based on ANS MH10.8.7, Labeling and Direct Product Marking with Linear Bar Code and Two-Dimensional Symbols, which includes testing procedures for label adhesive characteristics and mark durability. This guideline references these procedures.

Intended applications include, but are not limited to, support of systems that automate the control of products during the processes of production, inventory, distribution, field service, and repair.

Purpose

The purpose of this guideline is to provide a uniform method of marking products for the telecommunications industry using linear bar codes, a two-dimensional symbology or a transitional symbology.