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Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) is an identifier for trade items developed by GS1 (comprising the former EAN International and Uniform Code Council). Any item (product or service) upon which there is a need to retrieve pre-defined information and that may be priced or ordered or invoiced at any point in any supply chain. ...
GS1 is a global organization dedicated to the design and implementation of global standards and solutions to improve the efficiency and visibility of supply and demand chains globally and across multiple sectors. ...
GS1 is a global organization dedicated to the design and implementation of global standards and solutions to improve the efficiency and visibility of supply and demand chains globally and across multiple sectors. ...
European Article Numbering-Uniform Code Council (EAN-UCC) is the international organization of product barcodes that are printed on almost everything that is sold in stores worldwide. ...
GTIN is an “umbrella” term used to describe the entire family of GS1 data structures for trade items (products and services) identification. GTIN numbers may be 8, 12, 13 or 14 digits long, and can be constructed using four numbering structures, depending upon the exact application. GTIN-8s will be encoded in an EAN-8 bar code, GTIN-12s may be shown in UPC-A, ITF-14, or GS1-128 bar codes. GTIN-13s may be encoded in EAN-13, ITF-14 or GS1-128 bar codes, and GTIN-14s may be encoded in ITF-14 or GS1-128 bar codes. The choice of bar code will depend on the application; for example items to be sold at a retail point of sale must be marked with either EAN-8, EAN-13, UPC-A or UPC-E bar codes. ITF-14 is the GS1 implementation of an Interleaved 2 of 5 bar code to encode a Global Trade Item Number. ...
The EAN-8 code is an eight digit bar code used usually for very small articles, such as bubblegum, where fitting a larger code onto the item would be problematic. For other uses, see Bubblegum (disambiguation). ...
The numbering structure is as follows:
- Indicator digit, used for GTIN-14, "0" to "8" indicates a packaging level and "9" a variable measure item.
- GS1 Company Prefix.
- Item (product or service) reference number. This part of the numbering structure is allocated by the user company. Each different type of trade item is allocated a different number and, for ease of administration, it is recommended that companies do this sequentially (001, 002, 003, etc.).
- And a check digit, the last one, which follows a standard GS1 algorithm.
Although the numbers have a structure to ensure that each one is unique, each GTIN is non-significant, in other words it has no meaning and the number cannot be decoded to reveal anything. The number is simply used as a unique identifier to look up all the product information that is held on a database. GS1 is a global organization dedicated to the design and implementation of global standards and solutions to improve the efficiency and visibility of supply and demand chains globally and across multiple sectors. ...
A check digit is a form of redundancy check used for error detection, the decimal equivalent of a binary checksum. ...
All books and serial publications sold internationally (including those in U.S. stores) have GTIN (GTIN-13) codes. The book codes are constructed by prefixing the ISBN 10 number with 978 (and eventually 979 as the 978 numbers are used up) and recalculating the trailing check digit. The International Standard Book Number, or ISBN (sometimes pronounced is-ben), is a unique[1] identifier for books, intended to be used commercially. ...
A check digit is a form of redundancy check used for error detection, the decimal equivalent of a binary checksum. ...
Since each type of trade item is given its own GTIN, it may be helpful to note that the term trade item refers to any product or service upon which there is a need to retrieve pre-defined information; this product or service may be priced, ordered, or invoiced at any point in the supply chain. This includes individual items as well as all of their different packaging configurations. A supply chain, logistics network, or supply network is a coordinated system of organizations, people, activities, information and resources involved in moving a product or service in physical or virtual manner from supplier to customer. ...
In February 2005, employees and booksellers of Barnes & Noble were informed that beginning at the end of March, their computer systems were going to add the ability to search by EAN to facilitate a switch over to the EAN (called ISBN 13 when used for books) from the current standard of ISBN 10 codes. Receipts will now list the EAN number, rather than the ISBN 10 number. Since all existing 10-digit ISBN codes are mapped to a subset of the space of 13-digit EANs, booksellers' computer systems will still be able to search by ISBN (and UPC in the music departments) to help booksellers locate older books that have not been assigned an EAN. A typical Barnes & Noble bookstore. ...
The International Standard Book Number, or ISBN (sometimes pronounced is-ben), is a unique[1] identifier for books, intended to be used commercially. ...
The Universal Product Code (UPC) is one of a wide variety of bar code languages called symbologies. ...
By January 1, 2005 the U.S. ISBN agency requires publishers be able to communicate ISBNs as GTIN-13s. The new 979 prefix for publications will be available on January 1, 2007 or upon assignment of the last 978 prefix. January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ...
2007 (MMVII) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Prefixes
Each country gets one or several three digit prefixes assigned. List of GS1 country codes List of GS1 country codes. ...
Some special ranges exist. The usage for some is GS1 Member Organisation (GS1 MO) specific:
ISSN, or International Standard Serial Number, is the unique eight-digit number applied to a periodical publication including electronic serials. ...
Bookland is an imaginary place created in the 1980s in order to have an EAN Country Code reserved for books, regardless of country of origin, to accommodate the large number of books published worldwide each year. ...
For information on using ISBNs in Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:ISBN. The International Standard Book Number, or ISBN (sometimes pronounced is-ben), is a unique (#1) identifier for books, intended to be used commercially. ...
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