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Products such as consumer goods, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, raw materials at any packaging level (e.g., consumer unit, inner pack,
Point-of-Sale, Point-of-Care, Production,
case, pallet).
GTIN Shipping & receiving, Inventory
Services such as equipment rental, car rental, ...
Global Trade Item management, Border procedure
Individual trade item instance(s) and related usage instructions by combining the GTIN with attributes such as batch / lot number, serial
Number management, Order-to-cash, B2C digital
number, best before date, expiry date, net weight.
information, Customs procedures
COMPATIBLE WITH ISO/IEC 15459 - PART 4: INDIVIDUAL PRODUCTS AND PRODUCT PACKAGES

Physical Locations: An organisation’s geographical addresses such as Ship From, Ship To, Read Point. In combination with the GLN extension
GLN Order-to-Cash, Transport management,
also internal physical locations such as storage bins, dock doors, bar code scan / read points.
Global Location Shipping & receiving, Inventory
Parties: An organisation’s legal and functional entities engaging in business transactions.
Number management
RECOGNIZED IN ISO STANDARD 6523, INTERNATIONAL CODE DESIGNATOR (ICD) FOR GLN IS ‘0088’

SSCC Logistic units such as unit loads on pallets or roll cages, and parcels. The SSCC enables the unique identification of any combination of trade Order-to-Cash, Shipping & receiving,
Serial Shipping items packaged together for storage and/or transport purposes. Transport management, Inventory
Container Code COMPATIBLE WITH ISO/IEC 15459 – PART 1: UNIQUE IDENTIFIERS FOR TRANSPORT UNITS (THE ISO LICENCE PLATE) management, Customs procedures

GSIN Shipments, comprised of one or more logistic units intended to be delivered together. The logistic units belonging to a particular shipment
Order-to-Cash, Transport Management,
Global Shipment keep the same GSIN during all transport stages, from origin to final destination.
Inventory Management, Customs
Identification MEETS THE WCO REQUIREMENTS FOR UCR (UNIQUE CONSIGNMENT REFERENCE).
procedures
Number COMPATIBLE WITH ISO/IEC 15459 – PART 8: GROUPING OF TRANSPORT UNITS.

GINC
Consignments comprised of one or more logistic units (potentially belonging to different shipments) intended to be transported together
Global Identification
for part of their journey. Logistic units may be associated with different GINCs by carriers or freight forwarders during subsequent transport Transport Management
Number for
stages.
Consignment

GRAI Mostly used to identify Returnable Transport Items (RTI) such as pallets, roll containers, crates.
Asset management, Transport
Global Returnable The GRAI identifies the type of returnable asset, and if needed also the individual instances of the returnable asset via the optional serial
management, Shipping & receiving
Asset Identifier number.

GIAI
Fixed assets such as office equipment, transport equipment, IT equipment, vehicles. The GIAI identifies individual asset instances regardless of Transport management, Inventory
Global Individual
the type of asset. management, Asset management
Asset Identifier

Service provider relationships of an organisation and the provider of the service, such as the doctors employed by a hospital.
GSRN
Service recipient relationships of an organisation offering a service and the recipient of the service such as the loyalty account of a customer Point-of-Care, Consumption reporting,
Global Service
with a retailer, the registration of a patient at a hospital, the account of a customer with an electricity company. In combination with the Service Invoicing
Relation Number
Relation Instance Number (SRIN) it can identify service encounters, such as the phases of a medical treatment.

GDTI
Physical documents such as certificates, invoices, driving licenses. Electronic documents such as digital images, EDI messages. Document tracking, Archiving,
Global Document
The GDTI identifies the type of the document, and if needed also the individual document instances via the optional serial number. Document authentication
Type Identifier

GCN
Coupon Management (distribution,
Global Coupon Digital Coupons. The GCN identifies the coupon offer, and if needed the individually issued coupons via the optional serial component.
validation, redemption, settlement)
Number

CPID Components and parts such as drive motor for washing machine, fan assembly for a jet engine, starter motor for vehicle, wheel axle.
Component / part production,
Component / Part Individual components or parts, by combining CPID with a serial number.
procurement, and after sales processes
Identifier THE CPID IDENTIFIER SHALL NOT BE USED IN OPEN SUPPLY CHAINS. IT IS RESTRICTED TO USE BY MUTUAL AGREEMENT.
GTIN EPC: urn:epc:id:sgtin:CompanyPrefix.ItemReference.SerialNumber
1 2 3 7 8 (GTIN-8) (uses GS1-8 Prefix instead of GCP) EAN-8 GS1 XML: string \d{14}
‘0’ 1 2 3 11 12 (GTIN-12) UPC-A, UPC-E EANCOM: n..14; DE7140(DE7143=SRV)
1 2 3 12 13 (GTIN-13) EAN-13
AI (01) GTIN, AI (02) CONTENT, AI (8006) GCTIN - attributes (e.g):
1 2 3 4 13 14 (GTIN-14) ITF-14 , GS1-128, GS1 DataBar, GS1 DataMatrix, GS1 QR Code (*)
AI (10) BATCH/LOT, AI (21) SERIAL, AI (17) USE BY OR EXPIRY,
GS1 Company Prefix >>> <<< Item Reference (*) these symbols support all GTIN formats by adding leading zeroes where needed
AI (37) COUNT

GLN GS1-128 EPC: urn:epc:id:sgln:CompanyPrefix.LocationReference.Exten-

1 2 3 12 13
sion
GS1 Company Prefix >>> <<< Location Reference e.g. AI (410) SHIP TO LOC, AI (411) BILL TO GS1 XML: string \d{13}
attribute: AI (254) GLN EXTENSION COMPONENT EANCOM: n13; DE3039(DE3055=9)

SSCC GS1-128
EPC: urn:epc:id:sscc:CompanyPrefix.SerialReference
1 2 3 ... 17 18 GS1 XML: string \d{18}
GS1 Company Prefix >>> <<< Serial Reference AI (00) SSCC - attributes (e.g.): AI (330n) GROSS WEIGHT (kg), AI (335n) EANCOM: an..35; DE7402(DE7405=BJ)
VOLUME (l), AI (340n) GROSS WEIGHT (lb), AI (363n) VOLUME (g)

GSIN GS1-128 EPC: user memory

1 2 3 ... 16 17 GS1 XML: string \d{17}
GS1 Company Prefix >>> <<< Shipper Reference AI(402) GSIN EANCOM: an..70; DE1154(DE1153=SRN)

GINC GS1-128 EPC: user memory

1 2 ... n n+1 n+2 ... <=30 GS1 XML: string [-!»%&’()*+,./0-9:;<=>?A-Z_a-z]{4,30}
GS1 Company Prefix >>> <<< Consignment Reference >>> AI (403) GINC EANCOM: an..70; DE1154(DE1153=CU)

GRAI GS1-128, GS1 DataMatrix EPC: urn:epc:id:grai:CompanyPrefix.AssetType.SerialNumber

‘0’ 1 2 3 ... 12 13 14 15 ... <=29
GS1 XML: string \d{14}[-!»%&’()*+,./0-9:;<=>?A-Z_a-z]{0,16}
EANCOM: an..35; DE7140(DE7143=SUE) or
GS1 Company Prefix >>> <<< Asset Type Serial Number (optional) >>> AI (8003) GRAI DE7402(DE7405=RAG)

GIAI GS1-128, GS1 DataMatrix EPC: urn:epc:id:giai:CompanyPrefix.IndividualAssetReference

1 2 ... n n+1 n+2 ... <=30 GS1 XML: string [-!»%&’()*+,./0-9:;<=>?A-Z_a-z]{4,30}
GS1 Company Prefix >>> <<< Individual Asset Reference >>> AI (8004) GIAI EANCOM: an..35; DE7402(DE7405=CU)

GSRN GS1-128, GS1 DataMatrix

EPC: urn:epc:id:gsrn:CompanyPrefix.ServiceReference
1 2 3 ... 17 18 GS1 XML: string \d{18}
GS1 Company Prefix >>> <<< Service Reference AI (8017): GSRN PROVIDER, AI (8018): GSRN RECIPIENT EANCOM: an..70; DE1154(DE1153=SNR)
attribute: AI (8019) SRIN

GDTI <<< Document Type GS1-128, GS1 DataMatrix EPC: urn:epc:id:gdti:CompanyPrefix.DocumentType.SerialNumber

1 2 3 ... 12 13 14 15 ... <=30 GS1 XML: string [-!»%&’()*+,./0-9:;<=>?A-Z_a-z]{13,30}
GS1 Company Prefix >>> Serial Component (optional) >>> AI(253) GDTI EANCOM: an..35; DE1004

GCN <<< Coupon Reference GS1 DataBar EPC: coming soon

1 2 3 ... 12 13 14 15 ... <=25 GS1 XML: not defined
GS1 Company Prefix >>> Serial Component (optional) >>> AI(255) GCN EANCOM: not defined

CPID GS1-128, GS1 DataMatrix EPC: urn:epc:id:cpi:CompanyPrefix.ComponentPartReference.

1 2 ... n n+1 n+2 ... <=30
Serial
GS1 XML: not defined
GS1 Company Prefix >>> <<< C/P Reference Number >>> AI(8010) CPID - attribute: AI(8011) CPID SERIAL EANCOM: not defined

Check Digit Start of GS1 Company Prefix <<< variable start position
Available bar codes, see GS1 General Specifications for application rules. available application identifiers syntax formats
Numeric Filler digit >>> variable length
Alphanumeric Extension Digit / Indicator Digit <= less than or equal to
n = variable position number