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Global Trade Item Number (GTIN)

The use of a GTIN code is essential for an efficient supply chain, better product recognition and an errorless processing of supply and selling.
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Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) can be used by a company to uniquely identify all of its trade items. GS1 defines trade items as products or services that are priced, ordered or invoiced at any point in the supply chain.

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Standards

Our standards provide a common way for businesses to uniquely identify, accurately capture and automatically share information about their products, locations, assets and more.

  1. GS1 General Specifications

  2. GTIN Management Standard

  3. Tag Data Standard (TDS)

  4. Tag Data Translation (TDT)

Relevant application standards & guidelines

All sectors

  1. GS1 General Specifications
  2. GTIN Management
  3. Missing Identification Resolution, Highlighting Serialisation

Fresh Foods

  1. Fresh Food and Upstream GTIN Allocation Rules
  2. GS1 AIDC Fresh Foods Sold at Point-of-Sale Implementation Guideline
  3. GS1 Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Labelling Consumer Units Guideline

Healthcare

  1. GS1 AIDC Healthcare Guideline
  2. Bar Coding Plasma Derivatives
  3. GS1 Healthcare GTIN Allocation Rules
  4. Identification of Investigational Products in Clinical Trials Application Stand…

Rail

  1. Identification of Components and Parts in the Rail Industry - Application Stand…

Construction

  1. GTIN Management Guideline for Construction Products
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    Trust and efficiency start with a valid ID.

    Use Verified by GS1 to verify that products are assigned with a valid GTIN.
     

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