VICS-VOLUNTARY

Historic US retail standards association.

Definition

VICS key historic publications: CPFR Voluntary Guidelines (1998 9-step + 2010 revision 8-task), VICS Bill of Lading (BOL), VICS Hangtag Guidelines (clothing tags), VICS Item Maintenance, VICS Logistics Information System (LIS), VICS UCS (Uniform Communications Standard EDI). Membership: ~250 major retailers and suppliers (Walmart, Target, JCPenney, Macy, Kohl, Levi Strauss, Procter & Gamble, etc.). Merger with GS1 US October 2012, smooth transition 2013 standards transferred.

Origin

VICS founded 1986 by major US retailers and suppliers after initial UCS EDI standards ; standards publications 1990s-2000s ; GS1 US merger October 2012 ; standards maintained by GS1 US Retail community.

Example in context

Levi Strauss & Co. historically uses VICS Hangtag Guidelines for tagging its jeans in Macy's, JCPenney stores: color code, size, style, SKU encoded UPC standard ; maintained by GS1 US 2013+.

Related terms

• VICS CPFR — key framework.