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The '''Serial Shipping Container Code''' (SSCC) is an eighteen digit number used to identify logistics units. The SSCC is encoded in a [[barcode]], generally [[GS1-128]], and used in electronic commerce transactions.

The SSCC comprises an Extensionextension digit, a [[GS1]] Companycompany Prefixprefix, a Serialserial Referencereference, and a Check[[check digit]].

The SSCC is commonly used in the Advance Ship Notice (ASN) [[Electronic Data Interchange|EDI]] transaction.