GTIN - Global Trade Item Number

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.

Advantages :

• ·     Because GTIN is unique and widely accepted, the need for maintaining internal cross references to vendor or customer item is substantially reduced. Data entry and maintenance is also simplified.
• ·   Each packaging configuration of the item can be assigned a new 14-digit number.  This implies that a carton of a particular product will have a distinct 14-digit number from a standard pallet of the same item. Warehouse operations are vastly simplified as the warehouse operator can transact based on standard pack quantities (i.e. Pick 2 Dz Banana) rather than transacting in primary UoM (e.g. 24 EA Banana)

Eg. Item WM100 comes in two standard pack configurations as below. Although the item is same, it will have different GTIN for different packaging configurations.

GTIN	Item	UOM	GTIN Description
00012345678905	WM100	EA (Each)	UPC Code for Item NA110AX
20012345678909	WM100	CAS (Case)	Master case of item NA100AX containing 10 EA
50012345678900	WM100	PLT (Pallet)	Pallet of item NA100AX containing 100 EA

Transactions using GTIN:

When GTIN is scanned in a WMS mobile transaction form, the cross-referenced item and packaging configuration (UoM) is populated and at the background the conversion to primary UOM happens automatically.

1. Receipt :

Warehouse operator performs a miscellaneous receipt of 2 pallets of item WM100. He scans the EAN.UCC-14 bar code (50012345678900) on one of the pallet in the item field. The item is defaulted to WM100 and UoM is defaulted to PLT. He enters the quantity of the cases received (2) in the quantity field. In the background a receipt transaction of 200 EA is posted.

2. Picking :

Warehouse operator performs a pick load of 40 EA of item WM1000. He scans the EAN.UCC-14 bar code (20012345678905) appearing on the master case in the item field. The item is defaulted to WM100 and UoM is defaulted to CAS. The operator is suggested to pick 4 master cases. He enters the quantity of the cases picked (4) in the quantity field. In the background a pick load of 40 EA is posted.

Label Printing Support

GTIN and GTIN description have been enabled for the following label types:

• Material
• LPN Contents
• Shipping Contents

How to Set Up and Use GTINs

1.    Specify profile value INV: GTIN Cross Reference Type

                               (You can choose any option from LOV)

2.    Navigate to ‘Cross Reference Types’ form and choose the one based on the profile option value set above.

3.        Click on Assign in the above form.

4.        Set up mapping between the internal item and the GTIN code. One item may have more than one GTIN code.  A structure that is less than 14 digits has to be right justified to 14 digits and padded by leading zeros.

5.        Perform a mobile transaction with a GTIN code.

6.        Scan GTIN code which will translate it to its internal item counterpart according to the cross-reference definition and display the internal item number in the field.