Identifying Locations Using a GLN The Global Location Number (GLN) is used to identify the locations of parties involved in business transactions. These can be functional groups within a company or real, physical “places” that might ship, receive, process, or hold inventories, like: Legal Entities: Whole companies, subsidiaries or divisions within a company, health system corporations, … Read More →
GTIN: How to Identify Products If you need to identify products for retail point of sale or at all package levels (inner packs, cases, and pallets), or if you need to identify medical devices for U.S. FDA UDI, you’ll need a GTIN. A Global Trade Item Number® (GTIN) is the number you see underneath the … Read More →
GS1 EDI Barcoding Guidelines GS1 Barcodes come with a membership as a GS1 US® Member, you’ll have access to a variety of tools, expertise, and support to help you as your business grows. Every barcode number starts with a GS1 Company Prefix. Make sure your products are correctly identified as yours. Sign up online and you’ll … Read More →
GS1 Standards for UDI Rule UDI Rule establishes a unique device identification system for medical devices (“the UDI Rule”). Under the rule, the healthcare community and the public will be able to identify a device through a Unique Device Identifier (UDI) that will appear on the label and package of a device in both plain-text format … Read More →