Serial Shipping Container Code (SSCC)
SSCC is a specific pallet identification code that contains the manufacturer code and 7 to 11 digits for pallet identification. The SSCC uses a common vendor numbering scheme that can include EAN.UCC prefixes.
You specify a code in the Manufacturer Code field in the Printing Frame of Warehouse Maintenance (4.1.1). The code identifies the enterprise’s site-named manufacturer code. This code is included in every SSCC used by the enterprise.
You specify the non-encrypted whsscc.p program in the program field in Barcode Prefix Maintenance. This program reads and interprets SSCC codes. You can customize whsscc.p or create your own SSCC program. If you create your own program, you must enter the name of the customized program and the name of the program it is replacing in Program X-Reference Maintenance (4.23.6).
During batch picking, when staff scan an SSCC, the whsscc.p program extracts the enterprise code, verifies that it corresponds to the site, verifies that the SSCC check digit is correct, and displays the eight-digit pallet reference for the scanned container or tote.
Note: Pallet numbers are eight digits; therefore, if an SSCC is more than eight digits, the system only uses the last eight digits of the code as the pallet number. Some reports and inquiries display only the eight digits.
Warehouse staff can print labels for the SSCCs. You must set Print Flavor to 1 in Warehouse Maintenance (4.1.1) to print the labels. When set, the system creates the SSCC by adding the enterprise code you define in Warehouse Maintenance to the reference for the container. It also adds a check digit for the code.
If you use barcodes in EAN/UCC-128 that contain a (00) prefix, the prefix is an SSCC that contains the manufacturing code, including a prefix, country prefix, pallet number, and a check-digit suffix. In this case, whean128.p:
• Extracts the SSCC identity with the (00) prefix
• Runs the whsscc.p program to extract the pallet number from the SSCC
• Validates the pallet number with the task, if required
You can also test the barcode print of an SSCC type barcode by specifying the whsscc.p program in EAN/UCC Barcode Testing (4.23.20).