ID Key |
Used to Identify |
Example |
Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) |
Products and services |
Can of soup, chocolate bar, medicines, medical devices |
Global Location Number (GLN) |
Parties and locations |
Companies, warehouses, factories, stores, hospital theatres, imprests, pharmacies |
Serial Shipping Container Code (SSCC) |
Logistics units |
Unit loads on pallets, roll cages, parcels, medicine totes, ward boxes |
Global Returnable Asset Identifier (GRAI) |
Returnable assets |
Pallet cases, crates, totes |
Global Individual Asset Identifier (GIAI) |
Assets |
Medical, manufacturing, transport and IT equipment |
Global Service Relation Number (GSRN) |
Service provider and recipient relationships |
Patients, Loyalty scheme members, doctors at a hospital, library members |
Global Document Type Identifier (GDTI) |
Documents |
Tax demands, shipment forms, driving licences, patient records, pathology order forms |
Global Identification Number for Consignment (GINC) |
Consignments |
Logistics units transported together in a shipping container |
Global Shipment Identification Number (GSIN) |
Shipments |
Logistics units delivered to a customer together |
Global Coupon Number (GCN) |
Coupons |
Digital coupons |
Global Model Number (GMN) |
Product model |
Medical devices (in the European Union) |