As businesses become interconnected using
various technology options such as EDI and XML, there is a need for global
product identification standards that are usable by all trading partners in the
extended supply chain. A major goal of these standards is to guarantee unique
and unambiguous identification of products and services across the supply chain.
A Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) is a unique number assigned to a
product within the EAN/UCC framework for standard product identification.
The Oracle Warehouse Management and Inventory
Mobile Supply Chain Applications are capable of resolving items defined in the
system using GTIN. You can scan a GTIN barcode and the system will translate
the scanned value to an internal item.