All Home Depot vendors are required to send a representative sampling of their carton barcodes for certification. THD logistic barcodes are printed either directly on corrugate boxes or white pressure sensitive labels. Barcode submissions should include samples from every shipping or manufacturing location, packaging type and format utilized for THD shipments.
Submitted sample barcodes must be actual barcodes from your product line and not a facsimile. Vendor must provide samples for every size printed carton and label which carries a logistic barcode from each ship/production point.
All submissions must include a completed Testing Agreement. In the top section of the form, please complete the vendor's primary corporate address and include a vendor ID, if known. Submissions which are received without a completed Testing Agreement will not be processed.
Since THD logistic barcode certification program requires certification by ship/production point, separate sample Submission Forms are to be used for each location which supplies product through THD RDC supply chain.
Each individual test sample must be properly itemized on the Submission Form. The unique GTIN data from either the UPC or ITF-14 will be used to identify each size carton and/or label submitted for testing. Vendors may also use the optional reference field for individual sample identification. Submissions with more than 4 test samples should use multiple Submission Forms. At the bottom of each form is a box to indicate if additional forms are included.
THD logistic barcodes may either be directly printed on corrugate shipping box or printed on white pressure sensitive labels.
The entire carton does not need to be shipped. Only the panel with the printed logistics barcode needs to be provided.
Actual label stock needs to be provided.
Upon receipt and completion of Testing Agreement processing, the listed primary contact will receive an e-mail notification. Certification results will be provided via e-mail within 3 business days.
Testing results will be provided via e-mail to the listed primary and secondary (optional) contacts. For vendors who do not pass certification for certain size cartons or labels, the email evaluation will provide digital images, verification scan reports (if applicable), and corrective actions.
For questions regarding certification processing, vendors are encouraged to review the Frequently Asked Questions.