GS1 identifiers: GTIN, GLN, SSCC and pallet labels

Elements

The pieces this function usually contains in a large organisation:

• GTIN master data
• Location numbers
• Pallet/case labels with SSCC
• Check-digit validation

Catalog items that already cover part of it

• Barcode generation INV-0020
• Barcode types supported DOC-0042

What is not described

GTIN/GLN/SSCC structures and pallet labels.

Classification

Status

Present partially

Fit

Element candidate

Suggested module

INV: Inventory, Products & Purchasing

Suggested attributes

Pro; priority Optional; always offline. Starting points only.

Cluster

Distribution, supply chain and wholesale

Public excerpts

domain analysis

Archetypes and companies

Foodservice and broadline wholesale distribution; Healthcare and pharmaceutical distribution; Big-box, warehouse club and mass merchants; Supermarket and grocery chains; Consumer-goods makers and bottlers.

Example companies in these archetypes: Sysco, US Foods, Performance Food Group, McLane, Core-Mark, C&S Wholesale, McKesson, Cardinal Health, Cencora (AmerisourceBergen), Owens & Minor, Walmart, Costco. These come from general knowledge unless a source code is shown on the archetype page; it is not a statement that each company runs every element, and it implies no relationship.

Closest industry pages

• Wholesale food and grocery
• Wholesale: diversified, building and industrial supplies
• Wholesale electronics, office and technology distribution
• Health care wholesale and distribution
• Medical products, supplies and devices
• Pharmaceuticals and biotech
• General merchandise and big-box stores
• Grocery and supermarkets
• Household and personal products
• Beverages, brewing and bottling

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Status is a hand review against catalog names and descriptions and can be wrong. See the method.